Environmental
Innovation Practicum
ENTRE
490/579 ENGR 498 and ENVIR 450
Class meets Fall Quarter 2010
Tuesdays 4:00-5:50 pm, Johnson 175
Instructor: Emer Dooley (emer@u.washington.edu), 206 369-7248
Reading Packet available: RAMS 4144 University Way
Link to Washington Clean Technology Alliance Events Page
Link to Class Discussion Group:
Class Syllabus is here
Links to class presentations and notes are below
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Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
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October
5 |
Denis
Hayes, President and CEO, Bullitt Foundation |
|
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October
12 |
Life
Cycle Analysis Read:
Excerpt from Collapse by Jared Diamond |
David Smukowski, CEO Sensors in Motion. |
|
October
19 |
Bio fuel and Bio Algae Products Read: US Department of Energy: Biodiesel Class 3 Presentation: Hoby Douglass Slides |
Stan Barnes, Founder and CEO BioAlgene and Hoby Douglass |
|
October
26 |
Nuclear Options: Terra Power Read: Nuclear Energy Explained Read: Nuclear Reactor Renaissance, IEEE Spectrum, August 2010 |
Patrick Ennis, Global head of Technology for Intellectual Ventures |
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November
2 |
Smart
Grid Technologies Read: Mc Kinsey on Smart Grid , McKinsey, June 2010 |
Peter
Christansen PNNL |
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November
9 |
Student Preliminary presentations and coaching |
Coaches:
Joshua Binder, Boeing; Dana Soukup, Siemens; George Pfeiffer, Siemens; |
|
November
16 |
Electric Vehicles Read: JOLT!: The Impending Dominance Of The Electric Car And Why America Must Take Charge: Chapters 2,3 and 4. Class 7 Notes: Marina Rozmarina |
Jim Billmaier, author of JOLT. |
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November
23 |
Transportation |
Greg Whiting |
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November
30 |
Funding for Clean Tech Innovation |
Kirk Van Alstyne,
Evolution Capital and others and Brad Zenger, Pivotal Investments |
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December
7 |
Group
Presentation and coaching |
Coaches:
Joshua Binder, Boeing. |