UC-National Lab Fees Research
Program Workshop

Hydrogen gas station with wind turbines and solar panels in the

Clean, Renewable Energy and Decarbonization

Focus Areas

Understanding

Understanding decarbonization and impacts

  • Social & economic impacts
  • Health impacts
  • Ecological impacts
  • Climate and data science
  • Climate modeling
Advancement

Advancing decarbonization technologies for the energy sector

  • Discovery and adoption of clean, renewable and sustainable energy
  • Development of new green technologies
  • Negative emissions technology
  • Transitioning away from fossil fuels
Policy Needs

Identifying policy needs for clean energy

  • Social & economic solutions
  • Innovative policy approaches
  • Environmental justice considerations

Schedule of Events

May 6, 2021
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PDT)

8:00 AM Opening Remarks from Pramod Khargonekar, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Irvine
8:10 AM Remarks from Sandy Brown, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC San Diego
8:20 AM Remarks from Rodolfo Torres, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC Riverside
8:30 AM

Director of UC Research Initiatives Kathleen Erwin, and Program Officer Leila Sievanen, UCOP
9:00 AM Deputy Director John Sarrao, and Associate Laboratory Director Pat Fitch, Los Alamos National Lab
9:20 AM Deputy Director Horst Simon, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
9:40 AM Deputy Director Patricia Falcone, and Senior Scientist Roger Aines, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM
Pre-recorded Individual Researcher Lightning Talks and PDF slides
Password required, see May 5 email sent to registered participants
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 PM

Working Groups (Zoom breakout rooms)

  1. Identifying policy needs for clean energy
    Facilitator: David Feldman, UC Irvine
  2. Understanding decarbonization and impacts
    Facilitator: Manvendra Dubey, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  3. Advancing decarbonization technologies for the energy sector – Discovery and adoption of clean, renewable and sustainable energy
    Facilitator: Jack Davis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  4. Advancing decarbonization technologies for the energy sector – Development of new green technologies
    Facilitator: Steven Swinger, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  5. Advancing decarbonization technologies for the energy sector – Negative emissions technology
    Facilitator: Buddhinie Jayathilake, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  6. Advancing decarbonization technologies for the energy sector – Transitioning away from fossil fuels
    Facilitator: Matthew Barth, UC Riverside
3:00 PM – Additional breakouts, as needed for brain storming and writing purposes

The deadline to submit a LOI to the UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program is May 27, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. PDT

Event Organizers

Jack Brouwer

Jack Brouwer

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center<

Director, Advanced Power and Energy Program

Henry Samueli School of Engineering
University of California, Irvine

Matt Barth

Matthew Barth

Professor and CE-CERT Director

Director, College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology

Yeager Family Chair

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering.
University of California, Riverside

George Tynan

George Tynan

Kazuo Iwama Endowed Chair

Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Science Department Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego

Participating Organizations

The UC-National Laboratory Fees Research Program enhances partnerships between UC researchers and laboratory scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Awards from this program promote the development of projects and collaborations that advance the missions of the national laboratories and UC.