The workshop has concluded.
The agenda can be viewed here (.pdf), and below.
Presentations, Day 1
Michael Hightower – Energy, Water, Transportation Interdependencies
Lamine Mili – Resilient and Sustainable Interdependent Electric Power and Communications Systems
Robert Brown – Bioeconomy Institute and Iowa EPSCoR Project
Presentations, Day 2
James McCalley – National Energy & Transportation Infrastructure Design
Arka Pandit and John C. Crittenden – Sustainable Infrastructure for Energy and Water Supply (SINEWS)
Paul Thompson – Ethics and Technology
Leigh Raymond – Market-based Approaches to Address Climate Change – Myths And Reality
Philip Warburg – Wind Power’s Human Landscape
Fred Beach – Infrastructure as Momentum
Juliet E. Carlisle – Public Attitudes Towards Large-Scale Solar Energy Development in the U.S.
Lulu Rodriguez – Public perception of and attitudes toward wind energy
Presentation, Day 3
Michael Deane – The Sustainable Path Forward for the Nation’s Water Infrastructure
Speakers’ Biographies
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Wednesday | July 17 | Memorial Union, Iowa State University |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Registration |
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Sun Room |
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1:00 – 1:30 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
James D. McCalley Harpole Professor of Electrical Engineering and Principal Investigator, RESIN Iowa State University
Arne Hallam Associate Dean for Operations, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Iowa State University
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1:30 – 2:20 |
Featured Speaker
Michael Hightower Distinguished Member, Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories Policy development pathways for energy, transportation and water infrastructure
Introduced by Nicholas Brown, Workshop Co-chair
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2:20 – 3:30 |
Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (RESIN) National Science Foundation Session A RESIN PIs present their work on sustainability, resilience, and robustness followed by Q&A
David T. Allen Melvin H. Gertz Regents Chair in Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin The interface of infrastructures, markets, and natural cycles – innovative modeling and control mechanisms for managing electricity, water, and air quality in Texas
Kevin E. Lansey Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics University of Arizona Optimization of conjunctive water supply and reuse systems with distributed treatment for high-growth, water-scarce regions
Introduced by Jeremy Van Dam, Wind Energy Science, Engineering and Policy IGERT Fellow
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3:30 – 3:45 |
Break |
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3:45 – 5:30 |
Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (RESIN) National Science Foundation Session B
Emery Roe Senior Researcher, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management UC-Berkeley Assessing and managing cascading failure vulnerabilities of complex interdependent, interactive, adaptive human-based infrastructure systems
Lamine Mili Professor of Electrical Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Resilient and sustainable interdependent electric power and communications systems
Huei Peng Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jarod Kelly Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Sustainable Systems University of Michigan – Ann Arbor A multi-scale design and control framework for dynamically coupled sustainable and resilient infrastructures, with application to vehicle-to-grid integration
Introduced by Armando Figueroa, Workshop Outreach
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5:30 – 6:30 |
Break |
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6:30 – 8:00 |
Campanile Room Welcome Dinner for Invited Guests |
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7:15 – 7:35 |
Robert C. Brown
Introduced by Sara Beth Parks, Workshop Communications
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Thursday | July 18 |
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7:00 – 8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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8:00 – 8:40 |
Sun Room |
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Featured Speaker Policy development pathways for infrastructure in transportation
Paul F. Hanley Director of the Transportation Policy Research Program, Public Policy Center University of Iowa
Introduced by David Jahn, Workshop Budget and Logistics Manager
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8:40 – 10:25 |
Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructures (RESIN) National Science Foundation Session C
James D. McCalley Harpole Professor of Electrical Engineering Iowa State University 21st Century national energy and transportation infrastructures: Balancing sustainability, costs, and resiliency (NETSCORE-21)
Arka Pandit Graduate Research Assistant in Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Sustainable infrastructures for energy and water supply (SINEWS)
Yun Bai Postdoctoral Researcher University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Interdependence, Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructures for Biofuel Development
Introduced by Michael Johnson, Workshop Committee Student Member
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10:25 – 11:10 |
White Paper Breakout Session #1 |
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11:10 – 12:35 |
Panel Chair: Professor Clark Wolf Director of Bioethics, Professor of Philosophy Iowa State University
Land Use
Paul B. Thompson W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food and Community Ethics Michigan State University Land use decisions and property rights: Food vs. energy |
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11:10 – 12:35 |
Carbon Dioxide Carbon dioxide, the ultimate externality: Are there market solutions?
Jonathan C. Carlson Professor of Law & International Studies and Victor and Carol Alvarez Fellow in Law The University of Iowa College of Law
Leigh S. Raymond Professor of Political Science Purdue University Market-based approaches to address climate change: myths and realities
Introduced by Heather Sauder, Workshop Outreach Manager
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12:35 – 12:45 |
Break |
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12:45 – 2:20 |
Luncheon |
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1:30 – 2:20 |
Featured Speaker
Dean A. Crist Vice President of Regulation MidAmerican Energy Company Policy development pathways for infrastructure in energy
Introduced by Dr. James McCalley, Workshop Principal Investigator and Advisor
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2:20 – 2:30 |
Break |
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2:30 – 3:20 |
Featured Speaker
Philip Warburg Author of Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability (2012) Wind Power’s Human Landscape
Introduced by Nicholas Brown, Workshop Co-chair
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3:20 – 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 – 5:50 |
Panel Chair: Professor James McCormick Chair, Department of Political Science Iowa State University
Wind Energy
Lulu Rodriguez Professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication Iowa State University
David A. Drescher Vice President of Wind & Solar Exelon Generation
Natural Gas
Fred C. Beach Assistant Director, Energy Policy, The University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute The University of Texas at Austin
Introduced by David Jahn, Workshop Budget and Logistics Manager
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5:50 – 6:30 |
Break |
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6:30 – 8:00 |
Great Hall Cocktail Reception & Poster Session |
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6:30 – 6:50 |
“Sri” S. Sritharan
Introduced by Huiyi Zhang, Workshop Chair
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8:00 |
Announcement of Winning Posters |
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Friday | July 19 |
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7:00 – 8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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8:00 – 8:50 |
Sun Room |
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Featured Speaker
Michael Deane Executive Director National Association of Water Companies The Sustainable Path Forward for the Nation’s Water Infrastructure
Introduced by Huiyi Zhang, Workshop Chair
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8:50 – 10:00 |
White Paper Breakout Session #2
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Breakout Summaries
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Group Tours
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For tour information, see https://www.igert.windenergy.iastate.edu/events/etwi-psp/workshop-agenda/