Hottel Lecture
Past Lectures
Nov 30, 2012
Seminar Series
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
Seminar Series
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
Seminar Series
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
Seminar Series
Hottel Lecture: “Membranes: The Vanguard of Large Scale Low Energy Intensity Separations”
Bill Koros, Georgia Institute of Technology
3:00 p.m., 66-110
Sep 23, 2008
Seminar Series
Hottel Lecture: “Extrapolate the past… or invent the future”
Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
3:00 p.m., E25-111
Nov 16, 2007
Seminar Series
Hottel Lecture: “Frontiers of Surface Science: Transition from Studies of Crystal Surfaces in Vacuum to High Pressure and Liquid-based Bio-interfaces and Nanoparticles leads to New Science and Applications”
Gabor A. Somorjai, University Professor, University of California, Berkeley
4:00 p.m., Building 32-123
May 9, 2006
Seminar Series
Hottel Lecture: “Our Energy Future: Why American science and engineering must lead the way”
Honorable Samuel W. Bodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy
3:30 p.m., Kirsch Auditorium (32-123)
Dec 3, 2004
Seminar Series
Hottel Lecture: “Progress and challenges in simulating large scale fires: from Hottel’s seminal model to current multiscalar approaches”
Adel F. Sarofim, MIT Emeritus Professor
3:30 p.m., 66-110
Oct 24, 2003
Seminar Series
Hottel Lecture: “The Impact of Combustion Emissions on the Atmosphere: New Tools and Techniques”
Dr. Charles E. Kolb, President, Aerodyne Research, Inc.
3:00 p.m., 66-110