Happy New Year!  

Join us next week, Thursday, Jan. 12, 1 - 2:30 pm, in the Toyota Auditorium for the first 
E&E Forum with special guest, Baker Fellow, David McCollum.  David is a originally from 
Knoxville but is visiting from Laxenburg, Austria where he is a research scholar at the 
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Dr. McCollum will speak on "The Role of Transport in a Global Energy Transition." His 
main fields of scientific interest include techno-economic analysis of advanced energy 
and transport technologies and the development and application of energy-economic 
and integrated assessment models. His research informs national, regional, and global 
energy and environmental policies on matters related to climate change, sustainable 
transport, energy security, and air pollution. He received his doctorate in Transportation 
Technology & Policy from the University of California, Davis, Institute of Transportation 
Studies in 2011, following the completion of an MS in Agricultural & Resource Economics 
from the same institution, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of 
Tennessee. You can read more about Dr. McCollum and his research here:   
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/Energy/
David-McCollum.en.html

Join us -Free & open to the public!