Energy@Stanford & SLAC Summer Conference

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One-week conference for incoming and current Stanford graduate and professional school students interested in energy. No prerequisites or a background in energy required. Jumpstart your academic year by learning about the breadth and depth of energy expertise across Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

• Network with Stanford faculty and students as they showcase their innovative energy research. Get to know members of various energy-related research groups/labs at Stanford and discuss potential research opportunities.
• Tour Silicon Valley energy companies, Stanford energy labs, SLAC's state-of-the-art SSRL and LCLS lightsource facilities, and Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.
• Meet energy Rock Stars from Stanford's seven schools (Business, Law, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Education, Humanities & Sciences, and Medicine), SLAC, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
  
  
  • Fahmida Ahmed, Associate Director, Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, Stanford University
  • Brentan Alexander, Co-Founder, Co-President, Stanford Energy Club; Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
  • Sally Benson, Director, Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP); Professor (Research), Energy Resources Engineering, School of Earth Sciences
  • Stacey Bent, Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy; Professor, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering
  • Ken Caldeira, Climate Scientist, Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology
  • Philippe Cohen, Administrative Director, Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
  • Noah Diffenbaugh, Assistant Professor, Environmental Earth Systems Science, School of Earth Sciences
  • Chris Field, Founding Director, Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology; Professor, Biology, School of Humanities & Sciences
  • Margot Gerritsen, Associate Professor, Energy Resources Engineering, School of Earth Sciences
  • Mark Jacobson, Director and Co-Founder of Atmosphere/Energy Program; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering
  • Jon Krosnick, Professor, Communications and Political Science, School of Humanities
  • David Lobell, Assistant Professor, Environmental Earth Systems Science, School of Earth Sciences
  • Michael McGehee, Director, Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics; Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
  • Nick Melosh, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering
  • Franklin Orr, Director, Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE), Professor, Energy Resources Engineering, School of Earth Sciences
  • Stefan Reichelstein, Professor, Accounting, Graduate School of Business
  • Dan Reicher, Executive Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; Professor, Stanford Law School and Graduate School of Business
  • Zhi-Xun Shen, Director, Stanford Institute for Materials and Engineering Sciences; Chief Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator; Professor, Applied Physics, School of Humanities & Sciences
  • Joe Stagner, Executive Director, Office of Sustainability and Energy Management, Stanford University

Through this conference, students will explore the range of current and future energy resources, issues in energy conversion and storage technologies, the potential for improved energy efficiency and behavior, energy markets, energy finance and policy, the geopolitics of energy and national security, environmental justice, and greenhouse gas reduction. Additionally, students will learn how Stanford builds sustainability practices and innovation into every aspect of campus life, from operations and buildings to student life, teaching, and research.

Lunches and dinners will be a fun time for enrichment and building long-lasting cross-campus connections among the students, faculty, and staff. Mealtimes will include special speakers, and dinners will rotate among different campus locations to orient students to places at Stanford with strong energy curriculum and research. It is our hope that participants will become quite familiar with Stanford's energy programs, and may immediately begin to engage with other energy students, faculty, staff, and communities.

The deadline to apply online is June 15, 2011. Space is limited, so apply today at: http://sgsi.stanford.edu/courses_11/energy_11.html