Seminar Event
Location: 310 ICTAS
Speaker: Dr. Eric Toone, Principal Deputy Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) More information: Please see the flyer
Dr. Eric Toone is the Principal Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) where he is responsible for oversight of all of ARPA-E’s programs and operations. In addition to his role at ARPA-E, Toone currently serves as the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University.
Kulkarni, Satish Abstract:
In 2007, Congress created the Advanced Research Project – Energy with the America COMPETES Act. First funded under the Recovery Act of 2009, the Agency exists to support high-risk high-reward transformational technologies across the entire energy landscape. Over the last three years, the Agency has awarded over $750M to some 250 performance teams to advance technologies from laser drilling to power electronics, from natural gas storage to transgenic plants. In this talk we briefly review the history of the Agency and consider the means by which it operates by reviewing the Agency’s activities in the transportation sector, including liquid fuels, vehicle electrification, and natural gas storage.
Contact: Satish Kulkarni
Email: kulkarnisv@vt.edu