Speakers

Speakers

ES 2025

Engineering Sustainability 2025

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Smart Grid and Energy Conversion
Moderator: Doron Shmilovitz, Ph.D., Tel Aviv University

Scott Samuelsen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine
Doron Shmilovitz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Yossi Rosenwaks, Ph.D., Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering - Physical Electronics, Tel Aviv University
Jack Brouwer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Associate Director, Advanced Power And Energy Program, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine
Ofer Amrani, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University

Dinner

Keynote Speaker: David Siegel, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Energy Efficiency and Power Systems
Moderator: Nader Bagherzadeh, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Avi Kribus, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Mark Bachman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Assistant Director, Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility, University of California, Irvine
Marco Levorato, Ph.D., Professor, School of Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine
Keyue Ma Smedley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine

Lunch

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Henry Samueli, Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer, Broadcom Corporation

Water Technologies
Moderator: Brett Sanders, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Yosi Shacham-Diamand, Ph.D., The Bernard L. Schwartz Chair for Information Nano Technologies & Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
Stanley Grant, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Dror Avisar, Ph.D., Head, Hydro-chemistry Laboratory, Tel Aviv University
Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Director, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, University of California, Irvine
Eilon Adar, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Environment Hydrology & Microbiology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Hadas Mamane, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University

Panel Discussion
Moderator: G.P. Li, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Discussion Topic - Internet of Things: Transforming the Infrastructure for a Sustainable World

Dan Cregg, Chief Technology Officer, INSTEON, SmartLabs, Inc.
David Feldman, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, University of California, Irvine
Michel Kamel, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Executive Officer, MelRoK
Paul Cook, General Manager, Irvine Ranch Water District
Ali Diba, Ph.D., Founder & President, Spatial Wave

October 22-23, 2014