Hottel Lecture
Past Lectures
Nov 8, 2019
Hottel Lecture
Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Biofuels and Bioproducts
James A. Dumesic, Micek Distinguished Professor in the College of Engineering and the Michel Boudart Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UW-Madison
3:00 p.m., 66-110
Oct 26, 2018
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: Climate change and how we can shift to a sustainable future
Steven Chu, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
3:00 p.m., 32-123
Dec 8, 2017
Hottel Lecture
Hoyt C. Hottel Lecture in Chemical Engineering: The Clean Energy Transformation
Ernie Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems Emeritus and Special Advisor to the MIT President
3:00 p.m., 34-101
Sep 9, 2016
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Grand Challenges in Science for a Clean Energy Future”
Dr. Cherry Murray, Director, Office of Science, Department of Energy
3:00 p.m., 32-123
Oct 2, 2015
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Towards a Rational Design of Solid Catalysts for Single and Multistep Reactions”
Avelino Corma, Professor, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València
3:00 p.m., 32-123
Nov 21, 2014
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Energy and the Industrial Revolution: Past, Present, and Future”
Arun Majumdar, Jay Precourt Professor, Stanford University; Former VP of Energy, Google.org
3:00 p.m., 34-101
Nov 30, 2012
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Emerging Technologies and the Future of Energy Production”
Dr. Eric Toone, Principal Deputy Director, ARPA-E, US Department of Energy
3:00 p.m., 32-123
Apr 13, 2012
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by membrane-supported photoelectrochemical water splitting”
Nathan S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology
3:00 p.m., 34-101
Sep 22, 2010
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Energy Innovation at Scale”
Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Dept. of Energy
2:00 p.m., 32-123
Dec 4, 2009
Hottel Lecture
Hottel Lecture: “Membranes: The Vanguard of Large Scale Low Energy Intensity Separations”
Bill Koros, Georgia Institute of Technology
3:00 p.m., 66-110