6 October 2023

Dalton J. Woods Auditorium & Rotunda Conference Room
Energy, Coast & Environment Bldg
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Energy Transition Research Symposium

Agenda

NOTE: Topics, speakers,and session times are subject to change.

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Check-in/Onsite Registration (coffee & continental breakfast provided)
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.	Welcome & Symposium Overview
9:10 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.	Presentations Begin Exxon Advanced Recycling Jennifer Purpera, Baton Rouge Area Project Development Lead, ExxonMobil Product Solutions Advanced Recycling Decarbonization at AEP/SWEPCO Sandra Nessing, VP & Chief Sustainability Officer, AEP Overview of Entergy Decarbonization Andrew Owens, Director, Regulatory Research & Strategy, Entergy
10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	Break
10:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Gulf Coast Sequestration Ryan Furby, Head, External Affairs, Gulf Coast Sequestration Pelican DAC Hub Collaboration Saratu Mohammed, Technical PM, Shell Polymers Monaca Orphan Wells Roby Fulkerson, Petroleum Scientist Manager, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch - Boxed sandwich lunch provided onsite sponsored by the Louisiana Board of Regents
1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
Dalton J. Woods Auditorium	Legal Issues on Decarbonization Keith Hall, Director, LSU Energy Law Center; Director, Mineral Law Institute, Professor of Law
	State Lands in the Energy Transition Jamie S. Manuel, Assistant Secretary, Louisiana Office of Mineral Resources
	2023 Updates to CCS Development in Louisiana Colleen Jarrott, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
	Acquisition of Pore Space Rights for CCS Keith B. Hall, Director, LSU John P. Laborde Energy Law Center
Rotunda Conference Room #1019	Chair: Kerry M. Dooley, Professor, LSU Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
	A Review of Polyolefin Recycling Technologies Kerry Dooley, Professor, LSU Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
	Environmentally Sustainable Carbon-Free Hydrogen Generation by Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Short Alkanes Yang Xiao, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University
	Nano and Atomic Scale Manipulation of 2D Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Michael Naguib, Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Engineering Physics,Tulane University
	Halloysite Clay Nanotube Emulsions for Oil Spill Bioremediation Yuri Lvov, Professor, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University
	Generating Valuable Products from Hydrocarbon Waste Using Solid Crystallized Zeolites Shengnian Wang, Professor, Institute for Micromanufacturing, Louisiana Tech University
	Revolutionizing Energy: Harnessing the Power of Drones in Louisiana's Landscape Erik Schultz, Founder & Owner, Liberty Drones
	Integrated Technologies for Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Energy Industry Dandina Rao, Professor, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University
	Potential for Carbon Dioxide Removal Using Agricultural Wastes in Louisiana Anurag Mandalika, Assistant Professor, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University
	Feasibility Assessment of Heat Energy Deliverability of a Geothermal Well Converted from an Oil Well Boyun Guo, Director, Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
Dalton J. Woods Auditorium	Chair: Terry Chambers, Director, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
	Louisiana Solar Energy Lab (LaSEL) Terry Chambers, Director, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Energy Center, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
	Time to Fish or Cut Bait… Make up your mind! Eric Smith, Professor of Practice, Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
	Fully Using Solar Energy: High Efficiency Cogeneration of Heat and Electricity Matthew Escarra, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University
	Using Microgrids to Improve Grid Resilience and Supply Power to Critical and Essential Loads in the Aftermath of Extreme Events Radian Belu, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern University
	Energy Savings Potential in Manufacturing Facilities and Commercial Buildings: A Case Study Peng Yin, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
	Enabling Power Grid Modernization through Digital Twin Integration Farzad Ferdowsi, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
	Investigation of Operation Strategy for Combined Cycles to Match Variation of Renewable Energy Generation Ting Wang, Director, Energy Conversion and Conservation Center (ECCC), University of New Orleans
	Energy Considerations in Induction Motors Operating Under Unbalanced Voltage Conditions Prashanna Bhattarai, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
	A Review of the Application of Graph Theory in the Forecasting of Cascading Outages in Electrical Power Grids Galen Turner, Professor, Academic Director for Mathematics and Statistics, Louisiana Tech University
	Leadership and Workforce Development in the Energy Transition Leslie Blanchard, Executive Director, LSU Leadership Development Institute
Rotunda Conference Room #1019	Chair: Clare Falcon, Director, Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University
	Louisiana Geological Survey Subsurface Mapping Clare Falcon, Director, Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University
	Discovery of New Energy Storage Materials to Accelerate Energy Transition Ramu Ramachandran, Associate Vice President for Research, Dean of Graduate School, Louisiana Tech University
	Supporting the Critical Mineral Needs of the Energy Transition Workforce through Analytical Instrumentation and Training Matthew Loocke, Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University
	Sufficiency of the Transportation Trust Fund in Meeting the State's Transportation Needs Edward Seyler, Louisiana Legislative Auditor
	New Methods for Agricultural Waste Conversion to Biofuels Joan G. Lynam, Associate Professor and Program Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
	Workforce Development for the Energy Transition: LSU G&G Analytical Capabilities, Research and Educational Opportunities Barbara Dutrow, Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University
	Managed Retreat as a Strategy Against Coming Storms of Climate Change-related Environmental Challenges Jae-Young Ko, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy & Administration, Jackson State University
	Cybersecurity Policy in the Energy Transformation India James, Director, Security Policy, Exelon
	Towards Self-powered Sensing in Civil Infrastructure Hadi Salehi, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
	Structural Response Evaluation of Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete Beams Roya Solhmirzaei, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Networking Reception sponsored by the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation
Throughout the day	Posters
	Using a Catenary Trajectory to Reduce Wellbore Friction in Horizontal Extended Reach Drilling Vu Nguyen, ULL Evaluation of CO2 Foam Process for Enhanced Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage Betty Cepeda-Salgado, LSU Smart Investment Framework for Energy Resilience Sam Yankson, ULL Two New Catalysts for Oxidation of Water to Oxygen Takia Sultana, LSU High-Fidelity Volt-VAR Analysis for High Penetration of Solar PV SM Safayet Ullah, ULL Carbon Dioxide Interaction with Bore Hole Cements and Rocks - A Better Understanding Gerardo Sepulveda, LSU New Electrode Architectures of Lithium Batteries for Effective Energy Storage Shengnian Wang, LA Tech