AZSEC 2021
Welcome!
A warm "thank you!" to Dr. Martin Keller, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), who spoke on NREL's research to enable a decarbonized economy by 2050 at the first AzSEC Spring Event on March 5th, 2021. The recording, event flyer (including bio and abstract) and Dr. Keller's presentation slides are below.
Additional announcements:
- Planning for the 10th annual AZSEC Conference in the fall has begun, with Northern Arizona University as this year's host for the event. Please check back for further updates for this event.
- Tutorials provided by panel members and speakers for AzSEC 2020 can be found in the Tutorials page (link to the left). See below for the presentation by Jeff Guldner detailing APS's plan for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Watch the recording of the spring webinar with Dr. Martin Keller of NREL here:
AzSEC Spring Webinar Presentation Slides
Dr. Martin Keller's presentation slides from the AzSEC Spring Webinar on March 5, 2021.
AzSEC Spring Webinar Flyer - Dr. Martin Keller

Flyer includes Dr. Keller's biography and talk absract.
Tenth Student Conference: Topic and Details Coming Soon
Graduate students and post-docs from Arizona's top universities meet every Fall semester with the state's leading renewable energy experts and researchers for the Arizona Student Energy Conference (AzSEC), an annual three-day symposium focusing on developments and exploration in the fields of renewable energy science, technology, and policy at the energy-water-food nexus.
Poster sessions and awards, Grand Challenge competition, policy panel discussions, and PhD presentations will demonstrate the broad scope of research activities being conducted at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, along with special guests from Universidad Nacional Autonoma (UNAM), and Universidad de Sonora, Mexico. Keynote talks from Energy-Water experts from the U.S. and Mexico and an evening industry mixer will provide opportunities for discussion and networking among students and professionals.
For further information, please contact a university conference representative: Program Coordinator, Ruby Sayed, robina.sayed@asu.edu (ASU), Dr. Tom Acker, tom.acker@nau.edu (NAU), or Lori Emler, emler@arizona.edu (UA)