Workshops

2 - 4 pm                 SHORT COURSES

Course 1: “Tools for Materials Genome Research”
Course Description: The White House’s materials genome initiative states, “Advanced materials are essential to economic security and human well being, with applications in industries aimed at addressing challenges in clean energy, national security, and human welfare, yet it can take 20 or more years to move a material after initial discovery to the market. Accelerating the pace of discovery and deployment of advanced material systems will therefore be crucial to achieving global competitiveness in the 21st century.” The group led by Conn Center at UofL (Sunkara, Datta, Jasinski) with UK (Menon, Sheetz) and Iowa State (Rajan) and funded through NSF’s SOLAR initiative has been developing various statistical modeling, materials informatics, first principles computations, and materials synthesis approaches to accelerate the pace of discovery. PIs of this effort will provide pedagogical discussion of various techniques being developed and the status of this effort.

Course 2: “Standard Research Practices in Materials R&D for Renewables”
Course Description: Learn about various research methodologies for understanding structure-property-performance relationships of advanced materials toward use in energy conversion and storage technologies. This short course will cover the following topics: 1) advanced microscopy, diffraction and spectroscopy techniques; 2) electrochemical techniques; and 3) photoelectrochemical techniques. The goal is to show the standard research practices to enable new materials development efforts toward dye sensitized solar cells, lithium ion batteries and solar fuels.

Course 3: “Manufacturing R&D in the Energy Sector”
Course Description: Learn how cutting edge research evolves from the lab to the marketplace at universities and industries in the renewable energy sector. Focus is on emerging technologies defining the future of energy production and consumption, including 1) photovoltaics, 2)passive solar, 3) energy storage, and 4) materials.

4 – 5                     Conn Center Board Meeting (Open to all)

6 – 8                     WELCOMING RECEPTION

7.00 – 5.00 pm     REGISTRATION

8.30 – 9.45 am     PLENARY SESSION

     8.30 – 8.35      Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
     8.35 – 8.45      Dr. Jim Ramsey, President, University of Louisville
     8.45 – 9.15      Dr. James Fenton, Director, Florida Solar Energy Center, UCF
     9.15 – 9.45      Dr. Ali Shakouri, Director, Birck Nanotech Center, Purdue Univ.

9.45 – 12.00 pm   SOLAR ENERGY
 
       9.45 – 10.00  Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
     10.00 – 10.30  Dr. Gregory Wilson, Director, Center for Photovoltaics, NREL
     10.30 – 11.00  Dr. Rakesh Agrawal, Distinguished Professor, Chemical Eng., Purdue                              Univ.
     11.00 – 11.30  Dr. Zeev Valy Vardeny, Distinguished Professor, Univ. of Utah
     11.30 – 12.00  Mr. Marc Thomas, CEO, Dyesol Inc.

12.00 – 1.30         LUNCH @ POSTER SESSION

1.30 – 3.15           ENERGY MATERIALS DISCOVERY

     1.30 – 1.45      Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
     1.45 – 2.15      Dr. Krishna Rajan, Director, Institute for Combinatorial Discovery, Iowa                              State Univ.
     2.15 – 2.45      Dr. Wladek Walukiewicz, Sr. Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National                              Lab
     2.45 – 3.15      Dr. John Gregoire, Staff Scientist, Joint Center for Artificial
                             Photosynthesis (JCAP), CalTech

3.15 – 4.45           DISTINGUISHED PANEL – FRONTIERS IN RENEWABLE                              ENERGY RESEARCH & THE LEIGH ANN CONN PRIZE

Panel: J. Fenton; A. Shakouri; G. Wilson; E. Miller; J. Lemmon; R. Savinell; L. Groom

     3.15 – 3.25      Moderator Comments
     3.25 – 4.00      Panelist Comments
     4.00 – 4.45      Q&A; Panel Discussion

4.45 – 6.00           POSTER SESSION, FINAL JUDGING

6.30 – 9.30           BANQUET at KICC (Cascade Ballroom A)

8.00 – 9.15 am     PLENARY SESSION
     8.00 – 8.15      Comments by Organizers
     8.15 – 8.35      Dr. Eric Miller, Fuel Cell Technologies Program, DOE Energy Efficiency                              and Renewable Energy (EERE)
     8.35 – 8.55      Dr. John Lemmon, Program Director, DOE Advanced Research Projects                              Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
     8.55 – 9.15      Mr. Jon Wagner, VP Sales and Marketing, Clariant Corporation

9.15 – 10.30         BIOFUELS
     9.15 – 9.30      Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
     9.30 – 9.45      Dr. Les Groom, Director, USDA Forest Service, Utilization of Southern                              Forest Resources Unit
     9.45 – 10.00    Mr. Steve Csonka, Exec. Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels                              Initiative (CAAFI)
     10.00 – 10.15  Mr. Pete Nelson, Director, New Business Development, Biodimensions, Inc.
     10.15 – 10.30  Mr. Marty Siebert, VP and Managing Director, Nixon Energy Solutions

10.45 – 12.30 pm ENERGY STORAGE
     10.45 – 11.00  Session Introduction/Comments by Chairs
     11.00 – 11.25  TBN, Argonne National Lab’s Energy Storage Hub
     11.25 – 11.50  Dr. Robert Savinell, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Case Western                              Reserve Univ.
     11.50 – 12.10  Dr. Chongmin Wang, Sr. Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National                              Lab
     12.10 – 12.30  Dr. Claus Daniel, Deputy Director, Sustainable Transportation Program and                              Head, Battery Manufacturing Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

12.30 – 1.30         LUNCH@POSTER SESSION

1.30 – 3.00           ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
     1.30 – 1.45      Introduction & Team Kentuckiana
     1.45 – 2.15      Dr. Andre Weiss, Director of Business Development, Sortech AG
     2.15 – 2.45      Dr. Patrick Phelan, Supervisor, Emerging Technologies, DOE EERE
     2.45 – 3.00      Dr. James Katsaros, R&D Team Leader, DuPont Bldg Innovations

3.00 – 4.00           COMMERCIALIZATION PANEL
Panel: M. Thomas (Dyesol); R. Hinkman (A startup); B. Butler (Blue-Sky Foundation);
J. Wagner (Clariant); A. Weiss (Sortech); J. Katsaros (DuPont), T. Hancock (KY/ANL BRDC); L. Combs (Brown-Forman) V. Sunkara (AdEM)

4.00                      ADJOURN