UT Energy Symposium
A weekly guest lecture series that is both free and open to the public and available for course credit.
In an effort to provide a multi-disciplinary platform for UT faculty and students to interact on the most pressing energy issues facing our world, the Energy Institute sponsors the UT Energy Symposium (UTES), which will enter its 27th semester in fall 2024.
The UTES serves as a “convener” for the campus community, uniting students interested in energy issues with faculty and others working on sustainable energy security. Students who register for the symposium receive one credit hour for the 15-week seminar course, which is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Ongoing themes for UTES include climate change policy, innovation and diffusion of energy technologies, low-carbon technology options and status, and behavioral aspects of energy consumption.
Each UTES talk will be recorded and posted on this page and on the Energy Institute YouTube channel following the event.
Instructor: Carey King
Unique Number (Spring 2024): 60345 (graduate students) / 60030 (undergraduates)
Day & Time: Tuesday, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Christa Hopkins, who can be reached at 512-475-8447 or christa@energy.utexas.edu, no later than five (5) business days prior to the event.
UT Energy Symposium Talks
November 21, 2013
The impacts of shale gas development on surface water quality
Sheila Olmstead, Associate Professor at UT Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs
November 14, 2013
Valuation of plug-in vehicle life-cycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits
Paulina Jaramillo, Assistant Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
November 7, 2013
Leveraging large data sets: demand side models and control in low carbon power systems
Duncan Callaway, Assistant Professor at the University of California Berkeley
October 31, 2013
Telling the U.S. Energy Story
Jim Malewitz, Energy Reporter at The Texas Tribune
October 24, 2013
The Future of Coal
Andrew Maxson, Program Manager at Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
October 17, 2013
Game-changer: How Business Model Innovation Transformed the US Residential Solar Market
David Arfin, Special Advisor at the Department of Energy
October 3, 2013
Transforming America’s Transportation System With Natural Gas
Balu Balagopal, CEO at Nat-G
September 26, 2013
The New Paradigm of Energy Production: Opportunities, Challenges and Implications for Global Markets
Helen Currie, Senior Economist at ConocoPhillips
September 19, 2013
Modelling energy technology policy alternatives using expert elicitations
Greg Nemet, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison
September 12, 2013
Student Research Showcase
- Craig Andrew Milroy, PhD student, Chemical Engineering: “Lithium-sulfur batteries”
- Daniel Urieli, PhD student, Computer Science: “A Learning Agent for Heat-Pump Thermostat Control”
- Krystian Perez, PhD student, Chemical Engineering: “Smart Use of Smart Meters: Disaggregation of A/C Loads from Residential Homes”
September 5, 2013
Framing Energy Innovation Policy: Why We Fail to Learn from Experience
Jeffrey Alexander, Associate Director for Research & Analytics, SRI International