Lecture by Visiting Researcher Dane Boysen
"Investing in Energy Innovation Leadership"
When: December 2, 2013 at 12:00-1:00PM
Where: ACEP Energy Technology Lab
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Speaker: Dane Boysen
Program Director, Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E)
How would you like $60 million to spend on developing cutting-edge technology to solve the important energy problems in the country? That is Dr. Dane Boysen job at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), U.S. Department of Energy. As a program director at the newly established agency鈥攃harged with ensuring the nation鈥檚 leadership in energy technology鈥擝oysen has invested in technologies from natural gas compressors to next generation batteries at institutions that span the nation. What lessons might be learned from ARPA-E and how could 91视频 grow their own local energy innovation ecosystem?