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July 15-16, 2008 Professor Webber will be offering his popular 2-day industrial course “Energy Technology and Policy” again on July 15-16, 2008. This course is designed for professional engineers, business leaders, attorneys, policymakers, and representatives from government agencies who would like to learn a lot about energy in a short amount of time. The course will include several prominent guest lecturers and will cover topics such as alternative energy, energy & the economy, energy & the environment, and much more. Please find more information here.
July 15-16, 2008 Professor Webber will be offering his popular 2-day industrial course “Energy Technology and Policy” again on July 15-16, 2008. This course is designed for professional engineers, business leaders, attorneys, policymakers, and representatives from government agencies who would like to learn a lot about energy in a short amount of time. The course will include several prominent guest lecturers and will cover topics such as alternative energy, energy & the economy, energy & the environment, and much more. Please find more information here: http://lifelong.engr.utexas.edu/shortcourse.cfm?course_num=1097
3.2.08 Benjamin Eisterhold and Michael Webber published the op-ed “Oil: Is Now the Time to Fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?” in the March 2008 issue of Geotimes. Ben is a member of the Webber group and an Energy and Earth Resources graduate student in the Jackson School of Geosciences.
2.21.08 Carey King, post-doctoral fellow in the Bureau of Economic Geology, and Michael Webber recently published "The Water Intensity of the Plugged-In Automotive Economy" which was also the topic of a news story "Plugging in to more water use" both published in the Environmental Science & Technology.
2.18.08 The paper, "Computational Modeling of Fuel Reforming with Ethanol-Water Fuel Mixtures," by C.H. Smith, D.M. Leahey and J.L. Ellzey won the Innovation Grand Prize at the GAIN 2008 conference. The GAIN (Graduate and Industry Networking) Conference was held on the 13th of February, 2008 at UT's Alumni Center. The conference was co-sponsored by the Graduate Engineering Council (GEC), UT's Cockrell School of Engineering, and Engineering Career Assistance Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Their award was given for the most innovative research as determined by UT's Chair of Free Enterprise. Their research described a novel method of converting ethanol and ethanol-water mixtures into valuable hydrogen fuel. The paper described computational modeling of the novel technique showing efficient hydrogen production and hydrogen production increases with the addition of water. The vision for the technology is for distributed hydrogen production from varied feedstock.
2.8.08 Stuart Cohen, Webber Group Member and Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student, was recently accepted as a mentor for UT’s Student Engineers Educating Kids (SEEK) after-school mentoring program, which is affiliated with the Austin area Communities in Schools volunteer organization. The SEEK program provides high risk middle school students with college engineering student mentors who serve as positive role models that offer the opportunity to explore engineering as an attainable career path.
1.27.08 The Webber Group and friends get together at the Waterloo Ice House for a Fall Social Gathering.
1.27.08 Melissa Lott, Webber Group Member and Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student, recently returned from a trip to La Ceiba, Honduras with Habitat for Humanity. Melissa was gone from January 4-13, 2008. While in Honduras Habitat for Humanity volunteers worked on various aspects including both structural (walls, roofs, etc) and detail (interior, plumbing, etc) work. Pictures of Melissa are here:Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3
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06.25.08 Webber and King article recognized as Most-Accessed Article
The article "The Water Intensity of the Plugged-in Automotive Economy," published in Environmental Science & Technology, by Carey King and Michael Webber was recognized as a Most-Accessed Article for the first-quarter of 2008. <link>
06.19.08 Webber quoted in Austin American Statesman
Michael Webber was quoted in the Austin American Statesman article "Doggett unveils new bill to cut greenhouse gases" on June 18. <link>
06.11.08 Webber to give talk at CEO Roundtable
On June 23 Michael Webber will give a talk to CEO's of Technology Companies entitled "The Cost of Green: What Carbon Pricing and other Clean Energy Initiatives Mean for your Company’s Bottom Line." The Event is presented by Austin Technology Council. <link>
05.30.08 Webber op-ed in Austin American Statesman
Dr. Michael Webber’s op-ed article titled “When it comes to energy policy, beggars can’t be choosers” was published in the Austin American Statesman this week. <link>
05.27.08 Webber Group in Austin American Statesman
Michael Webber is quoted in a recent Austin American Statesman article on energy and water in Texas. <link>
05.14.08 Cassandra Telenko to help with DTEACh
Cassandra Telenko will be a graduate research assistant helping Dr. Kris Wood and Dr. Rich Crawford with DTEACh this summer. DTEACh is a series of seminars to provide high school teachers with experience solving and creating engineering and science problems with hands-on projects modeled after modern design challenges. This year’s topic for training is Energy. <link>
05.14.08 Melissa Lott to teach Thermodynamics
Graduate student Melissa Lott will be co-teaching Thermodynamics (ME 326) with Dr. Keihne for the 9-week summer session. <link>
05.12.08 King, Holman and Webber Publish in Nature Geoscience
Carey King, Ashlynn Holman and Michael Webber published commentary in the Nature Geosciences. The article is titled “Thirst for energy.” <link>