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Title: Science for Energy Technology: The Industry Perspective (2011 EFRC Summit, panel session)

Abstract

A distinguished panel of industry leaders discussed how basic science impacts energy technology at the 2011 EFRC Summit. Panel members are Jeffrey Wadworth, President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute; David E. Carlson, the Chief Scientist for BP Solar; Yet-Ming Chiang, Professor at MIT and the founder of A123 Systems; and Catherine T. Hunt, the R&D Director of Innovation Sourcing and Sustainable Technologies at the Dow Chemical Company. The 2011 EFRC Summit and Forum brought together the EFRC community and science and policy leaders from universities, national laboratories, industry and government to discuss 'Science for our Nation's Energy Future.' In August 2009, the Office of Science established 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers. The EFRCs are collaborative research efforts intended to accelerate high-risk, high-reward fundamental research, the scientific basis for transformative energy technologies of the future. These Centers involve universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit firms, singly or in partnerships, selected by scientific peer review. They are funded at $2 to $5 million per year for a total planned DOE commitment of $777 million over the initial five-year award period, pending Congressional appropriations. These integrated, multi-investigator Centers are conducting fundamental research focusing on one or more of several 'grand challenges'more » and use-inspired 'basic research needs' recently identified in major strategic planning efforts by the scientific community. The purpose of the EFRCs is to integrate the talents and expertise of leading scientists in a setting designed to accelerate research that transforms the future of energy and the environment.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Office of Science Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)
OSTI Identifier:
1021740
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Resource Relation:
Conference: Science for our Nation's Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit and Forum, Washington D.C., May 25 - May 27, 2011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; FOCUSING; PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENT; MONEY; SCIENTIST; INDUSTRY

Citation Formats

Wadsworth, Jeffrey, Carlson, David E., Chiang, Yet-Ming, and Hunt, Catherine T. Science for Energy Technology: The Industry Perspective (2011 EFRC Summit, panel session). United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Wadsworth, Jeffrey, Carlson, David E., Chiang, Yet-Ming, & Hunt, Catherine T. Science for Energy Technology: The Industry Perspective (2011 EFRC Summit, panel session). United States.
Wadsworth, Jeffrey, Carlson, David E., Chiang, Yet-Ming, and Hunt, Catherine T. Wed . "Science for Energy Technology: The Industry Perspective (2011 EFRC Summit, panel session)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1021740.
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title = {Science for Energy Technology: The Industry Perspective (2011 EFRC Summit, panel session)},
author = {Wadsworth, Jeffrey and Carlson, David E. and Chiang, Yet-Ming and Hunt, Catherine T.},
abstractNote = {A distinguished panel of industry leaders discussed how basic science impacts energy technology at the 2011 EFRC Summit. Panel members are Jeffrey Wadworth, President and CEO of Battelle Memorial Institute; David E. Carlson, the Chief Scientist for BP Solar; Yet-Ming Chiang, Professor at MIT and the founder of A123 Systems; and Catherine T. Hunt, the R&D Director of Innovation Sourcing and Sustainable Technologies at the Dow Chemical Company. The 2011 EFRC Summit and Forum brought together the EFRC community and science and policy leaders from universities, national laboratories, industry and government to discuss 'Science for our Nation's Energy Future.' In August 2009, the Office of Science established 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers. The EFRCs are collaborative research efforts intended to accelerate high-risk, high-reward fundamental research, the scientific basis for transformative energy technologies of the future. These Centers involve universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit firms, singly or in partnerships, selected by scientific peer review. They are funded at $2 to $5 million per year for a total planned DOE commitment of $777 million over the initial five-year award period, pending Congressional appropriations. These integrated, multi-investigator Centers are conducting fundamental research focusing on one or more of several 'grand challenges' and use-inspired 'basic research needs' recently identified in major strategic planning efforts by the scientific community. The purpose of the EFRCs is to integrate the talents and expertise of leading scientists in a setting designed to accelerate research that transforms the future of energy and the environment.},
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year = {Wed May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Wed May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
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