Yellott Award Lecture Aldo Steinfeld Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and Solar Technology Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland Presentation Title: Fuels from Sunlight, Water, and CO2 Abtsract: Solar thermochemical processes for the production of hydrogen, syngas, metals, and other synthetic fuels and materials make use of concentrated solar radiation as the energy source of high-temperature process heat. Considered are H2O/CO2-splitting thermochemical cycles based on metal oxide redox reactions, and reforming/gasification/decomposition processes for the thermal decarbonization of fossil fuels and other carbonaceous feedstock. R&D work encompasses fundamental studies on thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, heat/mass transfer, and chemical reactor engineering. Solar reactor prototypes - at the 10 kW power level - are designed, fabricated, modeled, and tested in a high-flux solar furnace, further optimized for maximum solar-to-chemical energy conversion efficiency, and finally scaled-up for industrial applications - at the MW power level - using concentrating solar tower technology. Biography: Aldo Steinfeld is Full Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich. He further leads the Solar Technology Laboratory of the Paul Scherrer Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1989. Prior to joining PSI and ETH, he was Research Fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science. His research program is aimed at the advancement of the thermal, thermochemical, and electrochemical engineering sciences applied to the field of renewable energy technology. The research is focused on radiation heat transfer in multi-phase reacting flows and high-temperature chemical reactor engineering, with applications in solar fuels production (e.g. hydrogen), fossil fuel decarbonization processes, CO2 mitigation technologies, and sustainable energy conversion and utilization. Prof. Steinfeld is the Editor of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering and has authored over 140 research articles in refereed scientific journals. His contributions to science and education have been recognized with the ASME Calvin Rice Award (2006), the UOP/Honeywell Lecturer (2006), the Electrosuisse Fachliteraturpreis (2006), the University of Minnesota Founders Lecturer (2007), and the ASME Yellott Award (2008). http://www.pre.ethz.ch/
		Dan Arvizu Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Biography: Dr. Dan Arvizu became the eighth Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on January 15, 2005. NREL, in Golden, Colorado, began operations in 1977 and is the Department of Energy's primary laboratory for energy efficiency and renewable energy research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Alliance). Dr. Arvizu is President of Alliance and also is an Executive Vice President with the Midwest Research Institute, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to joining NREL, Dr. Arvizu was the chief technology officer with CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd. Before joining CH2M he was an executive with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He started his career and spent four years at the AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 2004, Dr. Arvizu was appointed by the President and confirmed by the full U.S. Senate to be on the 24-member National Science Board, which is the governing board of the National Science Foundation and the national science policy advisory body to the President and the Congress. He chairs the Audit and Oversight Committee and is the co-chair of the Task Force on Sustainable Energy. Dr. Arvizu serves on a number of Boards, Panels and Advisory Committees including the American Council on Renewable Energy Advisory Board; the Energy Research, Development, and Deployment Policy Project Advisory Committee at the Harvard Kennedy School; the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Alternative Energies; the Singapore Clean Energy International Advisory Panel; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III; the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation; and the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority Board of Directors. He has a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
		W. Norm Shade President of ACI Services Inc. & Cambridge Cryogenic Technologies LLC Presentation Title: Efficient Use of Our Natural Gas Resources - An Important Component of Energy Sustainability Abstract: Any effective strategy for energy sustainability must include a significant near term contribution from natural gas. Environmentally friendly compared to other hydrocarbon fuels, recent technological breakthroughs have unlocked as much as 120 years of domestic supply. Unlike renewable energy sources, which require major infrastructure investments, government subsidies and development time, an extensive natural gas pipeline network already exists to deliver and transport this resource to market. With a supply surplus available now, aggressive expansion in the use of natural gas for vehicle fuel in the USA is a practical and economic way to significantly reduce the USA's dependence on imported oil while also reducing air pollution. Natural gas can bridge a significant gap while technologies are developed and commercialized for increased efficiency and "greener" alternatives to traditional hydrocarbon energy sources. Biography: W. Norm Shade is the President of ACI Services Inc. and Cambridge Cryogenic Technologies LLC, both headquartered in Cambridge, Ohio. He received his BME and MSME degrees from The Ohio State University, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1970. The first 16 years of his career were spent designing and developing large natural gas and diesel engines, compressors and turbines at Cooper Energy Services in Mount Vernon, Ohio. In 1987, he was named Director of Engineering at the Apex Division of Cooper Industries, and in 1989 was promoted to a similar position at the Ajax Superior Division. In 1994 he became Director of Operations for Cooper Bessemer Reciprocating Products, and in 1996 was named Director of Engineering for all of Cooper Energy's reciprocating products businesses. The succeeding 5 years included executive management positions with Cooper Cameron Corporation, including General Manager of two business units, Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, and Vice President, Product Development at the Houston, Texas headquarters. In 2003 Shade started his own consulting business and also became a Field Editor for COMPRESSORTechTwo magazine. In 2004, he assumed the role of business leader for ACI Services, becoming President in 2007. The company specializes in innovative products and services for the optimization, revitalization and efficient application of reciprocating compressors for oil, natural gas and other industrial applications. He is also President of Cambridge Cryogenic Technologies, LLC, specializing in innovative LNG production technologies. A registered professional engineer in Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas, Shade has authored more than 135 technical papers and published articles. He is active in the Gas Compressor Association, the Gas Machinery Research Council, the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the American Petroleum Institute, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, having chaired various committees. He enjoys competitive sports and singing as active hobbies. In 2000, he was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, recognizing his career achievements in the engineering field; and he has received numerous other awards including the ASME Distinguished Service Award.
		Dr. Mark Little VP and Director Global Research, General Electric Corp Presentation Title: Advanced Energy Systems and Sustainability Abstract: Despite today's economic challenges, the time is now to make big investments in the next generation of energy systems and key technologies in the area of sustainability. Mark Little, Chief Technology Officer for GE, will discuss where GE sees growth, opportunities for accelerated technology development and areas where GE is placing bets. Little believes that a diversified mix of energy products and programs, enabled by revolutionary technologies such as MEMS, Microsystems and nanotechnology, will be required to have an impact on CO2 emissions and that only technologies that come without an economic penalty will succeed