18 Feb - 18 Feb 09
Moffett Field, California, United States

From Mary Trigiani 9 months ago

Category: Education & E-Learning
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Desc: Many purported solutions to our energy problems simply shift the consumption of fossil fuels to less visible venues, or use biofuels that have other environmental costs in species diversity and ecosystem degradation. Renewable energy sources such as the wind, waves and sun may avoid these problems, but have yet to prove cost-effective. This panel will bring together leading experts in frontier technologies for renewable energy, with practitioners and innovators to examine the key technological breakthroughs and systemic changes required for renewable energy to truly make a difference. Dr. Peter Borden is a leading technologist and Distinguished MTS with the Solar Business Group of Applied Materials. He holds Ph.D. and MS degrees in Applied Physics from Stanford and BS degrees in Physics and EE from MIT, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Borden is the author of over 80 publications in the fields of photovoltaics, silicon and III-V devices and processing, and VLSI process monitoring, and has over 30 patents. Awais Khan is the Director of the VC Practice at KPMG, where he serves as a strategic advisor to Cleantech sector firms. His expertise includes software, media and energy industry business strategies as well as product development and systems integration. Khan works closely with the National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL) and is a selection committee member of their Venture Growth Forum. He has also been featured extensively in international media discussing the need for energy independence in the developing world. Khan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Science and Math. Ali Shakouri is professor of electrical engineering, Jack Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz. He received his undergraduate degree from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Paris, France and his Ph.D., from California Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. His current research is on nanoscale heat and current transport in semiconductor devices, high resolution thermal imaging, micro refrigerators on a chip and waste heat recovery. He is also working on a new sustainability curriculum in collaboration with colleagues in engineering and social sciences. He is the director of the Thermionic Energy Conversion center, a multi university research initiative aiming to improve direct thermal to electric energy conversion technologies. He received the Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering in 1999, the NSF Career award in 2000 and UCSC School of Engineering FIRST Professor Award in 2004. Mary Trigiani is a consultant in market positioning and engagement. Based in San Francisco, she works with technology companies and specializes in startups. From 2002 to 2005, Miss Trigiani served as a member of the Presidio Restoration Advisory Board, through which community stakeholders and regulatory agencies work to produce consensus decisions about the environmental restoration of the former military base. Before establishing her consulting practice, Miss Trigiani was a member of the executive staff of Andersen Worldwide, where she served as a speechwriter. A published author, she is a graduate of Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, with a BA in government