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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Energy Futures Institute Quarterly.
As a select insider, you'll be updated every three months via email on our progress in setting up the Institute and provided with news and updates about Carnegie Mellon University's energy and environmental research. We're pleased to include you. |
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CMU Launches Presidential Consultation Committee for
Energy Futures Institute
The innovative, "can-do" spirit that marked Carnegie Mellon University's beginning is alive and well in its second century as work moves forward in establishing the new Energy Futures Institute (EFI).
President Jared L. Cohon recently announced the university's intention to distinguish itself and the Pittsburgh region as the world's leading center for enabling and managing the transition to a sustainable energy future. To achieve that goal, Carnegie Mellon will create a campus-wide EFI, committed to excellence in both research and education. The EFI will tackle problems at a "systems" level, bringing together the expertise of engineers, computer scientists, designers, chemists, decision scientists, economists and policy analysts.
To lay the foundation for launching the EFI during the 2011–2012 academic year, Carnegie Mellon hosted two Energy Summits in March 2011. Select industry, academic and policy leaders explored the challenges of transitioning the United States and the world to sustainable energy forms.
Now, the next step has been taken: forming the EFI Presidential Consultation Committee. Dr. Cohon has invited the following industry leaders to serve on the committee:
- Honorary Committee Chairman Raymond J. Lane, managing partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; chairman of the CMU board of trustees
- Aris S. Candris, Ph.D., president and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Company; CMU alumnus and trustee
- Lewis Hay III, chairman and CEO, NextEra Energy, Inc.; CMU alumnus
- J. Michael McQuade, senior vice president, science and technology, United Technologies Corporation; CMU alumnus
- David L. Porges, chairman, president, and CEO, EQT Corporation
- Sherman Scott, president, Delmar Systems, Inc.; CMU alumnus
- Carol A. Williams, senior vice president and president, Chemicals and Energy Division, The Dow Chemical Company; CMU alumna
These distinguished leaders bring expertise in areas ranging from traditional energy sources like oil, gas and nuclear energy to renewables like wind and solar. The EFI Presidential Consultation Committee will confer with President Cohon to determine the strategic direction and research agenda for the EFI.
Carnegie Mellon is honored by these prominent individuals' generosity of time and talent and their willingness to help shape this transformative initiative. |
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Announcing the Future
Home of the Energy Futures Institute
 This month, Carnegie Mellon will choose the architectural firm which will design its highly anticipated new engineering research building. The 78,000-gross-square-foot space will be the first dedicated structure for the College of Engineering since 1997 and will enable teams of researchers to collaborate in new state-of-the-art laboratories.
It will serve three essential areas of research — energy technologies, nanotechnology and biomedical engineering. Groundbreaking is planned for spring 2012 on land at the intersection of Wean, Roberts and Hamerschlag Halls, a challenging hillside tract within the heart of existing science facilities. The EFI will be housed in this building and will leverage collaborative opportunities with the other research teams, particularly in nanotechnology.
Carnegie Mellon enlisted architectural firms through a design competition which garnered nationwide attention. The Selection Committee trimmed the field from 11 submitting firms to four finalists, who are making final presentations this week.
They are:
- Office 52 (Portland)
- Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (Pittsburgh)
- Wilson Architects (Boston)
- ZGF Architects LLP (Washington, D.C.)
More details on the winning design will be provided in next quarter's newsletter. |
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More Energy News from CMU |
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Study: Effects of Shutting Down U.S. Nuclear Plants
Shutting down nuclear power plants will have significant consequences. Read more »
Energy Stars
Several CMU alumni have a lot to offer about the promise and challenges of working in the alternative energy sector. The story begins on page 20 of Tepper Magazine [.pdf] »
CMU Nobel Winner Helps Reduce Greenhouse Emissions
Edward S. Rubin was tapped to help guide California's policy on the long-term geologic storage of carbon dioxide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more » |
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Copyright © 2011 Carnegie Mellon University and the Energy Futures Institute
Contact: Kathy Lachenauer, Associate Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
kathyl@andrew.cmu.edu or 412.268.8524 |
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