UT PGE Faculty and Alumni Present at Energy Week
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May 25, 2022
Four Hildebrand Department faculty members and two alumni took part in UT Energy Week, an annual event that showcases the depth and breadth of energy research at The University of Texas at Austin.
Research Professor Mojdeh Delshad, Associate Professor Hugh Daigle, Assistant Professor Wen Song, and alumni Helge Haldorsen and Gene Shepherd participated in this year’s event held online and in person in March:
- “Hydrogen Storage and the Power Sector” Panelist
Research Professor Mojdeh Delshad - “Hydrogen Generation and Distribution” Panel Moderator
Associate Professor Hugh Daigle - “Overcoming Public Uncertainty About Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies” Panelist
Associate Professor of Instruction Hilary Olson - “Supply Chain: Addressing an Energy Transition Bottleneck” Panelist
Assistant Professor Wen Song - “Enabling the Sustainable Energy Transition: Economic Recovery of Rare Earth Elements” Panelist
Assistant Professor Wen Song - “Cockrell School of Engineering — Our Energy Future” Panelists
- Helge Haldorsen (PhD PE ’83)
Chief Executive Officer
Wichmann WH&M Advisory - Gene Shepherd (BSPE ’81)
President and Chief Executive Officer
ATX Energy Partners
- Helge Haldorsen (PhD PE ’83)
Energy Week is hosted by UT Austin’s Energy Institute. This year’s event, “Leveraging Our Strengths, Focusing on the Future,” included leaders from industry, government, nonprofit organizations and other academic institutions discussing pressing topics including critical minerals supply chains, carbon management, the hydrogen energy economy and industrial decarbonization.