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Christos Maravelias, the Anderson Family Professor for Energy and the Environment and professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, will present “Systems Thinking for Renewable Energy” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online via Zoom. Maravelias is the first speaker in the fall 2024 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series.

Professor Maravelias will discuss how systems engineering can facilitate the development of novel strategies to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Importantly, he will show how ‘systems thinking’ (i.e., thinking about the entire system rather than its components) can be used to identify technological and economic drivers, and, ultimately, guide future research efforts.

In addition to giving an overview of the methods used for such studies, Maravelias will present results on the synthesis and analysis of biomass-to-fuels/chemicals systems as well as share information about systems that employ solar energy for power and fuels generation.

This seminar is free and open to the public. Lunch will be available in the Guyot Atrium at noon. All attendees can register here in advance to attend this event via Zoom livestream.