Author Archive: Lucas Valone

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By September 25, 2023 Read More →

27 September – Optimal Energy Storage System and Smart Switch Placement in Dynamic Microgrids with Applications to Renewable Energy Integration

Date: 27 September 2023
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701
Speaker: Xuan Wu
Topic: Optimal Energy Storage System and Smart Switch Placement in Dynamic Microgrids with Applications to Renewable Energy Integration

Abstract: Most renewable energy resources (e.g., solar and marine energy) is volatile and intermittent. Innovative operational technologies designed …

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19 April — Decarbonizing industry with computationally-derived, 3D-printed absorption columns

Date: 19 April 2023
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Grigorios Panagakos
Topic: Decarbonizing industry with computationally-derived, 3D-printed absorption columns

Capturing CO2 emissions at point sources like thermal power plants or industrial sites, is widely considered an essential pillar in the fight for anthropogenic emissions’ mitigation. …

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12 April — Cellulosic Biofuel 2.0

Date: 12 April 2023
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Lee Lynd
Topic: Cellulosic Biofuel 2.0

Cellulosic biofuels fell short of expectations a decade ago but are likely needed as part of the sustainable energy transition. Perspectives will be offered pursuant to configuring Cellulosic Biofuel 2.0 …

By April 6, 2023 Read More →

6 April — Tackling the Grand Challenges in the Energy Industry: A Roadmap for Future Research and Innovation

Date: 6 April 2023
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Seyed Madaeni
Topic: Tackling the Grand Challenges in the Energy Industry: A Roadmap for Future Research and Innovation

In this visionary talk, we will explore the most pressing challenges facing the energy industry in the …

By March 1, 2023 Read More →

Morgan chairs National Academies reports

Over the past decade, CEDM Director Granger Morgan has chaired three consensus studies by the US National Academies on issues related to electric power. The work of these studies has both been informed by and has informed work going on in CEDM.

Each of these can be downloaded for free from …

By February 23, 2023 Read More →

1 March — Paleoecology, Climate Change, and Conservation

Date: 1 March 2023
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Cathy Whitlock
Topic: Paleoecology, Climate Change, and Conservation

Paleoecology is a discipline that looks at the past to understand how ecosystems have responded to long-term variations in climate, natural disturbances, and human activity.  While history …

By February 15, 2023 Read More →

15 February — Is China on a path to carbon neutrality by 2060?

Date: 15 February 2023
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Valerie Karplus
Topic: Is China on a path to carbon neutrality by 2060?

Achieving net zero carbon dioxide emissions in China by 2060 will require the transformation of the country’s energy system. A national rate-based …

By January 18, 2023 Read More →

Interdisciplinary Research on Climate and Energy Decision Making: 30 Years of Research on Global Change

For over 30 years, an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students anchored at Carnegie Mellon University, joined by investigators and students from a number of other collaborating institutions across North America, Europe, and Australia, have worked together to better understand the global changes that are being caused by both human …

By December 1, 2022 Read More →

7 December — How can we restore ecosystems in a changing world?

Date: 7 December 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Don Falk
Topic: How can we restore ecosystems in a changing world?

This talk will focus in part on fire-adapted forests as a case study. These are interesting because, like many disturbance-adapted ecosystems such as …

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30 November — To fix it, you need to know it’s broken – Advanced sensing for the distribution grid

Date: 30 November 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 and via Zoom
Speaker: Panos Moutis
Topic: To fix it, you need to know it’s broken – Advanced sensing for the distribution grid

Black-outs which are widely spread throughout a transmission system are relatively rare phenomena. On the contrary, …

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