Educating the Energy Generation
Panel Discussion, 03/08/2010, Stanford University
Following Speech by Secretary Chu (available here)
Hosted by Energy Crossroads
Sponsored by MAP Royalty & Americans for Energy Leadership
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Speaker Bios:
Dr. Franklin M. (”Lynn”) Orr, Jr. (1st on left) became the director of the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford upon its establishment in 2009. He served as director of the Global Climate and Energy Project from 2002 to 2008. Orr was the Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University from 1994 to 2002. He has been a member of the Stanford faculty since 1985 and holds the Keleen and Carlton Beal Chair of Petroleum Engineering in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering, and is a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment. His research activities focus on how complex fluid mixtures flow in the porous rocks in the Earth’s crust, the design of gas injection processes for enhanced oil recovery, and CO2 storage in subsurface formations. Orr is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He serves as vice chair of the board of directors of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and he chairs the Science Advisory Committee for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and was a foundation board member from 1999-2008.
Dr. Henry Kelly (2nd from left) is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In his prior post, Dr. Kelly served as the President of the Federation of American Scientists where he led a team that conducted analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy, including global security issues, energy policy, and learning technology. Dr. Kelly has served in a variety of government positions. For seven years he worked in the Clinton White House as the Assistant Director for Technology for the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Before his tenure at the White House, he was a senior associate at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; assistant director for the Solar Energy Research Institute; and worked on the staff of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dr. Kelly is returning to EERE, where he worked as a Special Assistant and Senior Scientist early in his career. He was also the Assistant Director at the Solar Energy Research Institute (the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s predecessor). Dr. Kelly has a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University and a Bachelors of Science in Physics from Cornell University.
Camron Gorguinpour (2nd from right) is Executive Director of Scientists & Engineers for America and a PhD candidate in the UC Berkeley/UC San Francisco Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering. His area of expertise is human space exploration, particularly the impact of radiation on humans during long-duration missions. Camron co-created the Introduction to Bioastronautics course and taught it for four years in Berkeley’s Bioengineering Department. Prior to working for SEA, Camron spent six years as Executive Director for Space Science Outreach and Research (SSOAR) – a Berkeley-based nonprofit organization. Through SSOAR, Camron designed and executed numerous science education programs, including the creation of two public charter schools in collaboration with NASA, UC Berkeley, and the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation. In addition to his work as a scientist, educator, and nonprofit executive, Camron has worked on political campaigns at both the state and national levels. He most recently worked as campaign manager for a House of Delegates race in Virginia. Camron holds a B.A. in Physics and a B.A. in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley, and he expects to receive his PhD in May 2010.
Moderator: Teryn Norris (1st on right, bio here)
