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U-M 2009 Energy Workshop presentations

For details on the March 12, 2009 workshop visit here.

Note: The 'Overview' summarizes the researcher's focus on a single page in pdf format.

Biofuels and Fuel Chemistry

Researcher	Overview	Full Presentation
Xiaoxia (Nina) Lin	Tweaking microbes for better biofuel	Workshop 09
Nancy G. Love	Waste as a resource	Workshop 09
R. Main and H. Wang	Reconfigurable bioenergy production	Workshop 09
Neil Marsh	Engineering plants to produce new biofuels	Workshop 09
Steve Ragsdale	Microbial generation of energy-rich gases	Workshop 09
Lutgarde Raskin	Bioenergy production and waste treatment
Phillip Savage	Biofuels from biomass via hydrothermal processing	Workshop 09
Johannes Schwank	Biomass gasification
Johannes Schwank	Synthetic fuels	Workshop 09
Angela Violi	Kinetic mechanisms of biofuels	Workshop 09
Henry Wang	Bio-oil platform design and development	Workshop 09
M. Wooldridge	Making better fuels	Workshop 09

Combustion top

Electric Grid top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Duncan Callaway	Modeling and controlling electricity loads	Workshop 09
Ian Hiskens	Grid integration of wind energy	Workshop 09
John C. Lee and Athi Varuttamaseni	Impacts of PHEVs on electric grid reliability	Workshop 09

Energy Materials top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
David Gidley	Probing materials at the nano-scale and below
John Hart	Nano structures for energy conversion & storage	Workshop 09
Jinsang Kim	Designer organic molecules for flexible solar cells and solid-state lighting
Jamie Phillips	Improving solar cell efficiency with low-cost materials
K. Pipe and M. Shtein	Thermal-to-electrical energy conversion	Workshop 09
Johannes Schwank	Solid oxide fuel cells
Kai Sun	Electron microscopy study: materials for energy	Workshop 09
Katsuyo Thornton	3D engineering of fuel cell electrode microstructure	Workshop 09
M.D. Thouless	Bonding of materials for energy-efficient structures
Ctirad Uher	Novel materials for thermoelectric power	Workshop 09
Margaret Wooldridge	Materials for clean power
Zhaohui Zhong	Improving solar cells at a nanolevel	Workshop 09

Energy Storage top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Hosam Fathy	Battery health on vehicle-to-grid integration	Workshop 09
Theodore Goodson	Organic high energy density capacitor	Workshop 09
Mike Hartman	Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage	Workshop 09
Chris Mi	Improving Li-ion batteries	Workshop 09
Chris Mi	Powering electronic transportation: Intelligent management systems
Huei Peng	Energy system design for future ground robots
Johannes Schwank	Materials for catalysis, gas sensing & energy storage
Anna Stefanopoulou	Detection and adaptation in flex-fuel vehicles	Workshop 09
Anton Van der Ven	Predicting Li-battery electrode properties	Workshop 09

Hydrogen Production & Storage top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Bart M. Bartlett	Coaxing power from water and sun	Workshop 09
Tom Downar	Next gen nuclear plant for hydrogen production	Workshop 09
Barry Dunietz	Electron transport and hydrogen storage	Workshop 09
Mike Hartman	Borohydrides for hydrogen storage	Workshop 09
Nicolai Lehnert	Biomimetic catalysts for the generation of hydrogen	Workshop 09
W. Martin & J. C. Lee	Analyzing VHTR nuclear reactors for hydrogen prod.
Johannes Schwank	Hydrogen for fuel cells: Catalytic reforming of fuels
Levi Thompson	Nanostructured materials for hydrogen production	Workshop 09
Ralph Yang	Hydrogen storage at ambient temperature

Living & Design top

Nuclear top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Gary Was	Materials for light water reactor sustainability
Gary Was	Materials for a new generation of nuclear reactors	Workshop 09

Policy and Social Impact top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Adriaens & Lastoskie	Energy Water Nexus	Workshop 09
Lucas Davis	Assessing the cost-effectiveness of energy policy
Roger De Roo	ENGR 100: Introduction to Renewable Energy
Meredith Fowlie	Market-based environmental regulation
Levine, Grengs, Zielinski	Transportation accessibility	Workshop 09
Lyon & Fowlie	Economics and politics of renewable energy	Workshop 09
Marans & Jackson	U-M Planet Blue Evaluation
Richard Norton	Citizens planning for sustainable development
Salmeen & Simon	Energy Technologies and Social Systems	Workshop 09
A.N. (Tassos) Perakis	Benefits of marine highways	Workshop 09
Carl Simon	Models that link social science and engineering	Workshop 09
Steve Skerlos	Benefits of green technology policies	Workshop 09
John L. Sullivan	Automotive marketplace modeling	Workshop 09

Solar & Lighting top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Stephen Forrest	White lighting and Reducing the cost of solar	Workshop 09
Judy Jin	QC for photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing
P. C. Ku & Goldman	Solid-state photonic devices and materials
Jamie Phillips	Improving solar cell efficiency w/ low-cost materials	Workshop 09
Shtein & Pipe	New lighting, courtesy of the sun

Sustainability top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Gregory Keoleian	Curbing vehicle carbon emissions
Anna Michalak	The role of the global carbon cycle	Workshop 09

Vehicles & Transportation top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Dennis Assanis	Carbon Neutral Vehicles	Workshop 09
Zoran Filipi	Plug-in hybrid simulations	Workshop 09
Zoran Filipi	Hybrid propulsion
Zoran Filipi	Hydraulic hybrid propulsion
Gordon & Brad Liu	Energy, vehicle and traffic interaction	Workshop 09
Katta Murty	CNG as car fuel	Workshop 09
Huei Peng	Optimization of power-split hybrid vehicles	Workshop 09
Peter Sweatman	Challenges of PHEVS and the power system	Workshop 09

Wind & Water top

Researcher	Overview	Presentation
Michael Bernitsas	Marine renewable energy
Sridhar Kota	Offshore Wind Energy	Workshop 09
Guy Meadows	Monitoring buoys assess energy impact
Guy Meadows	Powering remote Alaskan villages and camps
Jing Sun	Energy management for marine environment	Workshop 09