Schedule & Sessions

8 – 8:25 a.m. — Registration (N201 Memorial Union) — With coffee and continental breakfast 

8:25 – 8:40 a.m. — Welcome & Remarks (N201 Memorial Union)

• Tim Glass, College of Arts & Science
• Shibu Jose, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

8:40 – 9:40 a.m. — H2 and Renewables Session (N201 Memorial Union) — Moderated by Tim Glass, College of Arts and Science

• Hydrogen as a clean energy carrier: promises and challenges 
  Chad Xing, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Next-generation hydrogen sensor for hydrogen emission and leak detection 
  Xiangqun Zeng, Chemistry, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Carbon capture, conversion, utilization, and permanent storage in “rocks”: A truly carbon-negative pathway 
  Hongyan Ma, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Missouri S&T
• Q&A Session

9:40 – 11:55 a.m. — Bioenergy Session (N201 Memorial Union) — Moderated by Shibu Jose, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

• Pushing carbon into fatty acid synthesis to produce higher-oil plants 
  Jay Thelen, Biochemistry
• Integrated Biorefinery for maximizing biomass utilization 
  Ellen Wan, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Mechanisms of switchgrass adaptation across the US latitudinal gradient 
  Felix Fritschi, Plant Sciences and Technology
• Rational design of sustainable biomass feedstocks using poplar tree genomics 
  Jaime Barros Rios, Plant Sciences and Technology
• Development of biocatalyst systems for renewable biofuel production 
  Chung-Ho Lin, Natural Resources
• The role and need for policy research in CEI 
  Mike Sykuta, Applied Social Sciences
• Valorizing CO2 into commodity chemicals using catalysis 
  Wes Bernskoetter, Chemistry
• Cochran programs for international fellows
  Robin Rotman, Natural Resources
• Q&A Session

11:55 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. — Lunch (Stotler Lounge) — Boxed lunches provided

12:50 – 2:20 p.m. — Grid and Storage Technologies Session (N201 Memorial Union) — Moderated by Tim Glass, College of Arts and Science

• Fourth-generation solar cells based on halide perovskites: Poking them with ultrafast light 
  Suchi Guha, Physics
• Polar amplification helps forecast northern temperature anomalies 
  Zack Miller, Economics
• Securing smart grid resources via knowledge-driven threat modeling, analysis, and mitigation 
  Prasad Calyam, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• More efficient wide-bandgap motor drive
  Qingyun Huang, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Futureproofing the grid: Navigating uncertainty, extreme risks, and sustainability through informed decision-making 
  Mert Korkali, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Q&A Session

2:20 – 2:30 p.m. — Break (N201 Memorial Union)

2:30 – 4 p.m. — Nuclear Energy Session (N201 Memorial Union) — Moderated by Tim Glass, College of Arts and Science

• Neutron transmutation doping control of semiconductor materials 
  John Gahl, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Development of the deep learning-based modeling approaches for nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics applications 
  Yue Jin, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Opportunities and challenges in using additively manufactured materials in modular nuclear reactors
  Scott Thompson, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Energy innovation and the legacy of the 1970s
  Victor McFarland, History
• Migration of fission products in graphitic materials used in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors
  John Brockman, Chemistry
• Q&A Session

4 – 6 p.m. — Poster Session and Reception (Stotler Lounge) — With light refreshments

• Posters presented by undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers