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Elevator Pitches
June 19, 2020 Energy Institute Lecture Series | College Station TX
Faruque Hasan
Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Energy Institute
Complex Challenge/ research questions1. Develop pioneering approaches to dramatically reduce
the cost of CO2 capture2. Develop scalable, market-viable utilization pathways3. Create a carbon-to-value economy4. Develop policies, regulatory frameworks, and economic
paradigms to accelerate and incentivize the growth of a
carbon-to-value economy
Skills/disciplines neededMaterials synthesis/screening/discovery; Separation science; Catalysis; Process systems design/integration/intensification; Technoeconomic and life cycle analyses; Network science;
Data analytics; Energy policy
StakeholdersPower and utility sector; CO2-intense chemical sector; Manufacturing; Energy and environmental regulatory bodies
Contact information: [email protected]
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CO2CARE: CO2 Capture and Utilization based Carbon Economy
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Challenges• Materials Screening• Materials discovery• Materials Synthesis
Alternatives• Solvents (Amines, piperazine, ionic liquids, ….)• Nanoporous adsorbents (Zeolites, MOFs, activated carbon, …)• Membranes (Polymeric, inorganic, zeolitic, …)• Catalysts (Dry reforming, methanol synthesis, DME, …)
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Supply Chains, Policy,
Acceptance
Challenges• Scale-up• Process Design• Techno-economic analysis• Process Integration
• Separation science (CO2 capture)• Catalysis (CO2 utilization) • Process systems engineering• Environmental and sustainability science
Challenges• Capture and utilization networks• Source-sink matching• Policy-making (carbon tax, trade)• Investment, acceptance
• Data science• Network science• Economics• Public policy• Law
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Yangyang Xu
Department of
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1. Complex challenge: Integrated energy and environmental
assessment of future urban cooling demand
2. Potential members:Architecture, Engineering, Computer
Science, …
3. Additional expertise needed: Building operational energy demand
modeling, …
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Burak Güneralp
Department of
Geography
Konstantinos E Kakosimos
Texas A&M University at Qatar, Chemical Engineering
Topics: Modelling of Transport and Reacting
Phenomena in concentrating solar energy
processes ; Experimental & Numerical ; Risk and
Consequences Analysis
Capacities: Computational Fluids Dynamics;
Optical simulation at low & high temperature;
Experimental Design & Development; Coding;
Accelerated Aging-Light Degradation
Needs/Gaps: Materials/Catalysts Development;
Molecular Simulations; Life Cycle Analysis
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High Flux Solar SimulatorHigh
TemperatureReactors
LED-LightTG-DSCPhoto
ReactorsConcentrating Light
Degradation
Dr. C. Silva Hamie
Bush School of Government and
Public Service, Texas A&M University
Complex Challenge/ research questions
Disaster Technical Assistance
Current team members (and their disciplines) [if any?]
N.A yet.
Skills/disciplines you need on your teamDisaster/Humanitarian/Emergency management
Your contact information: [email protected]
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Chase Straw, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor – Turfgrass Science
Soil and Crop Sciences
Complex challenge
Competing priorities and issues of importance
among stakeholders at the community sports field
level
Current team members• Bassel Daher, Ph.D.
• Brian McCullough, Ph.D.
• Chrissie Segars, Ph.D.
Skills/disciplines looking for on your team• Public health, youth development, kinesiology,
park and recreation tourism, ag economics,
social and behavioral scientists
Contact information: [email protected]
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Sarhan Musa
Prairie View A&M University
1.Complex Challenge/ research questions(a). A major challenge for Home Area Network is achieving an optimum Quality-of-Service delivery across the network based on the Smart Grid. Little progress has been made to put together an algorithm or develop a model that will resolve response time concerns. (b). Because of its translucent appearance and low concentration in natural waters, G. lamblia is not easy to detect, but even a few cysts are enough to make a person severely sick. Fiber Optical Fluorescence Microscopy can be used to detect G. lamblia and other microorganisms in water for public health safety (c). Solar cells based on complex nanostructured materials. However, the large-scale use of solar cells remains prohibitively expensive. Further design and discovery of new nanostructured materials are essential to achieving the necessary efficiency breakthroughs that would make the next generation of solar cells economically viable solutions to current energy concerns.
2. Current team members (and their disciplines): None
2. Skills/disciplines you need on your teamMatlab/Simulink, Other open sources, Mathematic, Material Science
/Chemistry, Biology, Water experts, Physics, Experimental Laser and Optics
4. Your contact information: [email protected]
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Nancy ZakhourWell Design Lead
Occidental Petroleum
1. Revolutionizing the O&G Business Model through Multi-Industry
Collaboration for a More Sustainable and Profitable Future Oil and Gas companies suffering from the cyclical nature of the industry, weakened balance sheets, and environmental misalignment need a revolutionized business model to help transform and repurpose their structure and operability to profitably adapt and deliver clean and carbon negative energy solutions for tomorrow’s world. Cross-industry expertise, consolidation, diversification, vertical integration, scalability, repurposing of existing infrastructure and resources are few of the many approaches to be strategically considered to develop customized and feasible business models, reshaping oil and gas companies to weather the current difficulties and position them for success in meeting world energy demand.
2. Cross-Industry and Multidisciplinary experience and skillset need:Engineering disciplines (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Petroleum, Chemical, Mining, Aerospace), Computer Scientist, Biologist, Chemists, Geologist…etc.
3. My contact information: [email protected]
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Joseph Gallegos
Drought Diet Products
1. Complex Challenge/ research questions:Water- WEF, transpiration only model,
eliminating evaporation and deep
percolation. New discipline in “virtual water
table infrastructure” design and management
2. Current team members (and their disciplines) All California Base, looking for new team in
Texas.
3. Skills/disciplines you need on your team, Civil
engineering, physics, law, economics,
agriculture
4. Your contact information: [email protected]
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For more informationBassel Daher, PhD
Convergence Research Incubator
Energy Institute Seminar Series| College Station, TX | June 19, 2020
