Winston Chung Global Energy Center Inaugural Symposium
Winston Chung Global Energy Center Inaugural Symposium
Monday, May 21, 2012
9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Location: Chung Hall (formerly Engineering 2) 205/206
Parking Information
Category: Colloquium
Description:
Please RSVP to (951) 827-5190 if you plan to attend
PROGRAM
9 a.m.
Welcome, Introductions, and BCOE/WCGEC Overview
Reza Abbaschian, Dean, Bourns College of Engineering
9:15 a.m.
WCGEC Vision, Mission and Materials Research
Nosang Myung, Faculty Director, WCGEC, and Chair, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, BCOE
9:30 a.m.
WCGEC Applied and Large Systems Research
Sadrul Ula, Managing Director, WCGEC
9:45 a.m.
New Electrochemical Materials and Devices
Bruce Dunn, Department of Material Science and Engineering, UCLA
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:40 a.m.
Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Sri Narayan, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California
11:25 a.m.
Efficient Thermal Management of High-Power Batteries and Battery Packs with Graphene-Based Materials
Alexander Balandin, Electrical Engineering, BCOE
11:45 a.m.
Nano/Micro Hierarchically Structured Porous Metal Oxides for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Heejung Jung, Mechanical Engineering, BCOE and Yadong Yin, Chemistry, UCR
12:05 p.m.
Lunch
1:05 p.m.
Biologically Inspired Synthesis and Application of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage Applications
David Kisailus, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, BCOE
1:25 p.m.
Silicon Quantum Dot – Graphene Composite as Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries
Lorenzo Mangolini, Mechanical Engineering, BCOE
1:45 p.m.
Electrochemical Synthesis of Vertical Nanowire Arrays for Lithium Ion Rechargeable Microbatteries
Alfredo Martinez-Morales, Managing Director, SC-RISE
2:05 p.m.
Tunable Hybrid Nanotube-Graphene Architectures for Energy Storage
Cengiz Ozkan, Mechanical Engineering, and Mihri Ozkan, Electrical Engineering, BCOE
2:25 p.m.
Break
2:35 p.m.
Smart Grid and Implications
Mukhles Bhuiyan, PE, Smart Grid Program Director and Manager of Power System Information and Advanced Technology, City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
3:25 p.m.
Discussion, feedback and plans for the future
Open to: Please RSVP to (951) 827-5190
Admission: Free
Sponsor: Bourns College of Engineering
Contact Information:
Don Davidson
(951) 827-2988
ddavidson@engr.ucr.edu