Past Events
Offshore Wind Energy Seminar
Friday, Oct. 2
10:00 a.m. - noon
Ford Auditorium, 1610 Industrial and Operation Engineering Building
1205 Beal Street
University of Michigan, North Campus
Werner Zielke is a U-M alumnus who most recently was a professor of fluid mechanics and director of the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Computer Applications in Civil Engineering at Leibniz Universität in Hannover, Germany. His considerable expertise includes in flow and flow-induced processes in hydraulic, maritime, geotechnical and structural engineering.
Zielke spoke on the political, geographical and economical background and environmental issues of offshore wind energy and on the technical design challenges of wind turbines.
He shared information about the interdisciplinary research center ForWind and the research project GigaWind, which have been created at the Leibniz in cooperation with other institutions.
The presentation is sponsored by the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute.
U-M Energy Workshop: Forging Alliances, Positioning for Opportunity
March 12, 2009
The Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute hosted a day-long campus wide workshop to:
- Provide insight on the funding landscape from the experts
- Update and share U-M’s intellectual capital in energy research
- Identify strengths and opportunities and how to capitalize on them
- Begin forging alliances, both within U-M and with external partners
For workshop details visit here.
For a listing of presentations visit: http://www.energy.umich.edu/res/workshop09quads-presentations.html
2007 - 2008 Past Events
Energy and the Social Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities - May 6, 2008
Freedom from Oil: Lecture & Panel Discussion - October 29, 2007
Solar Cities Kick-Off Celebration - October 29, 2007
Role of Engaged Universities in Economic Transformation Conference - October 15-16, 2007
Energy Day - September 19, 2007
New Directions in Energy Economics Symposium - September 7, 2007
Energy Science, Technology & Policy:
Facing the Challenge Symposium
A pdf file with the written transcripts from the February 13-14, 2007 Energy Challenge Symposium can be found at http://www.drda.umich.edu/contacts/ovpr/ESTPsymposium.pdf