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Monday, November 16, 2009 from 5:30 PM - 8:15 PM (ET)
The Energy Conversation
Monday, November 16th, 2009 David King, Director of Energy Policy, HQ/USAF Roy Minson, Vice President, SAIC Can Algae Replace Petroleum as a Clean, Low Carbon, Homegrown Fuel for our Military and More?
Is Algae the home grown clean substitute for petroleum? How far can Algae take the MILITARY SERVICES and more? With both the Navy and Air Force addressing the increased broad parameters of algae fuel solutions for drop ins, ground vehicles, diesel, and J8, can algae meet the goals set forth? And if so, does it have the potential to be even more ambitious? Energy returned on energy invested and water usage and impacts are the two largest factors affecting costs and environmental impacts of algae-derived biofuel. Other factors include toxic chemical inputs/outputs and native v. Foreign species incursions including whether the algae is genetically modified. All factors vary widely depending on technologies used. Which brings us to Omega and a new visionary approach from NASA - an innovative approach to growing oil-producing, freshwater algae in offshore enclosures, using municipal wastewater that is currently dumped into the ocean. Join us Monday, November 16th, 2009, at 5:30 PM in Washington, DC, at the next Energy Conversation, to hear Chris Tindal (Navy) and David King (Air Force) and TBA (SAIC/DARPA) discuss the broad parameters - of the liquid fuels the Services need, why they need it and how they are seeking to integrate conventional energy sources with new and renewable sources. Dr. Jonathan Trent, (NASA Ames Research Center), will present results from laboratory and small-scale field-tests of OMEGA and discuss some of the challenges in biology, engineering, economics, and environmental issues. His objective is to call to action people who would like to collaborate to address the challenges of the future to help meet our nation’s energy needs to fuel the future. Speaker bios are listed below. Feel free to forward this invite to other interested parties. Monday, November 16, 2009 5:30 - 8:15 PM L'Enfant Plaza Hotel 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, D.C. Directions to L'Enfant Plaza Hotel. Metro stop on Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange lines Inside directions to Hotel: Up escalator, through the glass doors. First right. Look at overhead signs to hotel, brown doors on right with no signage. We will post a sign for the meeting. Up the stairs to the right of the hotel lobby. Online ticket sales end on Friday, November 13th. You may register at the event in person after that date. AVAILABLE BIOS: Jonathan Trent, Ph.D. Dr. Jonathan Trent is a member of Silicom Ventures advisory board. Dr. Trent is aSenior Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. After receiving his Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Dr. Trent spent six years in Europe at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany, the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and the University of Paris at Orsay in France. He returned to the U.S.A. to work at the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine at Yale Medical School for two years before establishing a biotechnology group at Argonne National Laboratory. In 1998 he moved to NASA Ames Research Center to be part of NASA’s Astrobiology program and established the Protein Nanotechnology Group in 1999. In addition to working at NASA, he is an Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Biomolecular Engineering at UC Santa Cruz and is a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. Chris Tindal Chris Tindal joined Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) in Charleston in 1988 working in Facilities Management, Operations, and Energy Management. Early in his job as the Utilities and Energy Management Division Director, Chris created, developed and led the innovative Utilities and Energy Cost Saver Tiger Team. This program helped save the Navy over $9 million in energy reductions. He moved up to NAVFAC Headquarters in 2006 to head up the Navy’s Energy Program. Chris recently moved over to work for the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment as the Deputy Director for Renewable Energy in the Naval Energy Office. In this position, Chris is in charge of setting energy policy and direction for the Department of the Navy, and promoting renewable energy resources. Additionally he is developing inter-service and inter-agency relationships throughout the energy field. Chris is a Professional Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager. Chris Tindal has been a Navy man for over 30 years. Chris graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served on Active Duty on two ships inCharleston, South Carolina. He still serves as a Captain in the Navy Reserves. Originally from Alabama, Chris currently lives in Alexandria, VA.
Dr. Jonathan Trent, NASA Ames Research Center
Chris Tindal, P.E., CEM, Deputy Director for Renewable Energy, Naval Energy Office
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Roy Minson, Vice President – SAIC
Roy Minson, Vice President at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), currently manages advanced programs business area that focus on addressing our Nations security. With energy on the forefront of our Nations security needs, SAIC is working with DARPA to develop commercial scale processes to grow and process algae to liquid fuel for today’s aircraft – with a focus on sustainability. Roy’s business area also covers advanced systems for efficient high power conversion systems and grid applications, and supports the US Tank and Automotive Development Center (TARDEC) developing advanced hybrid electric vehicle propulsion systems for military vehicle applications.
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