Energy Talks and Community Outreach
Fall 2020 Energy Talks
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Energy Talks is on hold. Thank you for your support and we hope to see you out when we resume!
Energy Talks
Membrane Processes at The Water-Energy Nexus: Does Energy Efficiency Imply Optimal Cost?
Membrane Processes at The Water-Energy Nexus: Does Energy Efficiency Imply Optimal Cost?
Asst. Prof., Chemical & Environmental Engineering
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Using Renewable Energy for Greener Food Production Systems
Systems & Industrial Engineering
February 20, 2020
Fully Relying on Solar Energy to Meet Every Day, Year-Round Energy Demands. A Study of How to Achieve It
Fully Relying on Solar Energy to Meet Every Day, Year-Round Energy Demands. A Study of How to Achieve It
Climate-Positive Buildings: What's Next?
Climate-Positive Buildings: What's Next?
Asst. Prof. of Architecture, Sustainable Built Environments, and Marketing, CAPLA
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Advancing Equity in Tucson With Net-Zero SunBlock Neighborhoods
Tim Kilpatrick & Alec Kelly-Jones
Master's of Architecture students
October 17, 2019
Printing Our Energy Future: Sunlight Into Electricity and Fuel
Printing Our Energy Future: Sunlight Into Electricity and Fuel
Erin Ratcliff, PhD
Asst. Prof. of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Laboratory for Interface Science of Printable Electric Materials
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Big Machines and Big Science: Peering into the Atomic World of the Next Solar Cells
Chemistry & Biochemistry
September 19, 2019
Quantum What? The Next Revolution in Electronics
Quantum What? The Next Revolution in Electronics
Asst. Prof., College of Science
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Energizing Controlled Environment Agriculture
Rebekah Waller, MS Cand.
April 11, 2019
The Exciting History of Photovoltaics
The Exciting History of Photovoltaics
Neal R. Armstrong, PhD
IES Interim Director Associate Vice President
Research Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor, Optical Sciences
IES Interim Director Associate Vice President
Research Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Professor, Optical Sciences
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Microbial Adaptations for Arid Regions and Middle Schoolers
Ashton Leo, MS Cand.
March 14th, 2019
The Science of Low Energy Water Purification
The Science of Low Energy Water Purification
Andrea Achilli, PhD, PE
Asst. Prof., Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Water and Energy Sustainable Technology Center, The Science of Low Energy Water Purification
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Finding New Fuels Using Math
Spencer Lunderman, PhD Cand.
Applied Mathematic
November 13, 2018
Solar Energy + Agriculture: Co-Locating for a Sustainable Future
Solar Energy + Agriculture: Co-Locating for a Sustainable Future
Asst. Prof. in School of Geography and Development, and Biosphere 2
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Solar Energy Forecasting: Two Sources Are Better Than One
Travis Harty, PhD Cand.
Applied Mathematics
February 7th, 2019
Guayule Fuels the Future
Guayule Fuels the Future
Blase Evancho, PhD Cand.
The School of Plant Science
October 9th, 2018
Super Concentrating Solar Cells
Super Concentrating Solar Cells
Liliana Ruiz Diaz, PhD Cand.
College of Optical Sciences
October 9th, 2018