Monday, September 16, 2024 • UT Conference Center Fourth Floor
Registration – tiny.utk.edu/ISSEconference2024
Agenda
| Time | Event | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 7:40 – 8:45 | Networking Breakfast and Poster Set Up | all attendees |
| 8:45 – 8:55 | Opening Remarks | Matthew Mench, Dean of Tickle College of Engineering |
| 8:55 – 9:05 | Overview of Research Programs | Mingzhou Jin, Director, ISSE |
| 9:05 – 9:50 | ISSE Research Showcase | |
| Water Center Activity | John Schwartz, TNWRRC Director | |
| Progress in Alternative-Fuel and Electric Vehicle Adoption | Jonathan Overly, Director, East TN Clean Fuels Coalitions | |
| 09:35~10:15 | Seed Project Showcase | Seed Grant PIs |
| Underground Hydrogen Storage | Anna Herring, CEE | |
| Aviation Fuels from Black Soldier Fly | Toni Wang, Food Science UTIA | |
| Integration of Hydrogen and Grids | Kai Sun, EECS | |
| Particle emission during battery thermal runaway and fires | Peng Zhao, MABE | |
| EV Charging Infrastructure for Environmental and Social Justice | Leon Tolbert, EECS | |
| Decarbonization of nitrogen fertilizer for agriculture | Xiaofei Ye, BESS UTIA | |
| Innovative tandem system for micro-nano-plastics and PFAS removal | Anming Hu, MABE | |
| Environmental Justice: Socio-Economic Dimensions of Urban Stream Health | Eminé Fidan. BESS UTIA | |
| 10:15~11:05 | Student Poster Session | |
| 11:05~12:00 | Keynote Presentations | |
| Tennessee Volunteer Emission Reduction Strategy | Rachael Maitland, Senior Policy Analyst, TDEC Office of Policy and Planning John LeCroy, Deputy Director, TDEC Division of Stakeholder Engagement | |
| Design for Sustainability: Circular Bioeconomy Systems at UT and ORNL | Erin Webb, Group Leader, ORNL-Bioresource Science & Engineering; Laboratory Relationship Manager, DOE-BETO | |
| An Overview of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Office of Energy Program (TDEC OEP) | Molly Cripps, Director, TDEC Office of Energy Programs (OEP) | |
| 12:04 – 12:10 | Poster Award Announcement | Mingzhou Jin, ISSE Director |
| 12:10 – 12:15 | Closing Remarks with Outstanding ISSE Staff Award Announcement | Bill Dunne, Associate Dean, Tickle College of Engineering |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 3:30 | Advisory Board Meeting |