2018 Conference Committees and Workshops
Conference Co-Chairpersons
Robert Catell
Chairman of the Board, Advanced Energy Center
Chairman, NYS Smart Grid Consortium
Yacov Shamash
Vice President, Economic Development
Stony Brook University
Alicia Barton
President & CEO
NYSERDA
Gil C. Quiniones
President & CEO
New York Power Authority
Ken Daly
President
National Grid New York
Scientific Advisory Council
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Yacov Shamash
Vice President, Economic Development
Stony Brook University
Co-Chairperson: Dr. Doon Gibbs
Director
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dr. Nada Marie Anid
Dean, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
New York Institute of Technology
Dr. Kathleen Araujo
Assistant Professor, Technology and Society Department, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Stony Brook University
Dr. Chulsung Bae
Professor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Kurt Becker
Vice Dean for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Dr. Edward A. Bogucz
Executive Director, Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University
Dr. Ellen Burkhard
Senior Project Manager, Environmental Research and Energy Resources
NYSERDA
Dr. Lance R. Collins
Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering
Cornell University
Dr. Doreen Edwards
Dean and Professor
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Rochester Institute of Engineering
Dr. Jeremy Firestone
Director, Center for Carbon-free Power Integration Professor
School of Marine Science and Policy
University of Delaware
Dr. Liesl Folks
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences University at Buffalo
Dr. Serpil Guran
Director, Rutgers EcoComplex,“Clean Energy Innovation Center” RutgersX “EcoIgnite: Clean Energy Proof of Concept Center& Accelerator” Program Assoc. Teach. Prof. Dept. of Plant Biology
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Dr. William Jemison
Tony Collins Professor of Innovative Engineering Culture
Dean of Engineering - Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering
Clarkson University
Dr. Laura Joseph
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Farmingdale State College
Dr. Robyn Marquis
Project Manager, Clean Transportation
NYSERDA
Dr. Richard Perez
Research Professor
University at Albany
Dr. Bahgat Sammakia
Interim President
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Fotis Sotiropoulos, PhD, Dean
SUNY Distinguished Professor
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Stony Brook University
Dr. Esther Takeuchi
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry Director, Center for Mesoscale Transport Properties (m2M), Stony Brook University, Energy Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University
Workshop Presenters
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Moderator: Sammy Chu
Chief Executive Officer
Edgewise Energy
Moderator: Pat Malone
Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Education and The Advanced Energy Training Institute
Stony Brook University
Introduced by: Lisa Broughton
Suffolk County Energy Director
Economic Development and Planning Department
Alicia Barton
President & CEO
NYSERDA
Kenneth D. Daly
President
National Grid New York
Dr. Doon Gibbs
Director
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kimberly A. Harriman
Senior Vice President of Public & Regulatory Affairs
New York Power Authority
Danielle W. Merfeld, Ph.D.
VP and Chief Technology Officer
GE Renewable Energy
Paul Meyer
Senior Vice President
WSP
Ed Murphy
Executive Director
Workforce Development Institute (WDI)
Kristine Pizzo
SVP of Human Resources and Enterprise Shared Services
New York Power Authority
Ellen A. Redmond
International Representative
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
