 |
 |
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!