Publications
Energy Technology & Policy 3-day Short Course, August 18-20, 2009
Professor Webber will be offering his popular 3-day industrial course “Energy Technology and Policy” again on August 18-20, 2009. 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.
August 18-20, 2009
Professor Webber will be offering his popular 3-day industrial course “Energy Technology and Policy” again on August 18-20, 2009. 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 14-15, 2009
Professor Webber will be offering his popular 2-day industrial course “Energy Technology and Policy” again on July 14-15, 2009. 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.
December 16-17, 2008
Professor Webber will be offering his popular 2-day industrial course “Energy Technology and Policy” again on December 16-17, 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.
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
1.8.08
Cassandra Telenko, a graduate student and member of the Webber Research Group, was accepted to be a mentor for the Spring 2008 Graduates Linked with Undergraduates in Engineering facilitated by the Women in Engineering Program. Cassandra was matched with Nazira Amotova, a Junior Mechanical Engineer. Nazira will be in the lab 3-5 hours a week helping with reverse engineering of consumer products, applying and discovering green design principles, and performing Life Cycle Assessments. Nazira's already learning to use Eco-it, SimaPro, and GaBi. Cassandra and Nazira are very excited to work together, and Cassandra looks forward to seeing Nazira’s creativity and contributions.
12.9.07
On December 9th, 2007 Round Rock High School hosted the Central Texas First LEGO League Championship Tournament. The competition included over 600 participants, ages 9 to 12. Judges included numerous local industry representatives, faculty from the University of Texas at Austin, and 3 graduate students from UT. Melissa Lott from the Webber Energy Group was a judge for the Project section of this competition.
Sponsors for the event included Silicon Labs, National Instruments, SpawGlass, KVUE Austin, and the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering.
12.16.07
Congratulations to Nick Padon and Ben Branstetter, alumni of UT and the Webber Group as of December 2007. Nick will be going on to ConocoPhillips to work as a Project Engineer and Ben will be going to UBS to work as a Financial Associate.
December 11-12, 2007
Dr. Webber is teaching a 2-day course on Energy Technology & Policy, December 11-12, 2007 for members of private industry, the public sector, and the legal community. For more information and to register, please go here.
8.23.07
Colin Smith and Melissa Lott upgrade the common area of ETC 6.106 to get it ready for Webber Group Meetings.
9.3.07
The Webber Group and friends get together at the Waterloo Ice House for a Fall Social Gathering.
