ARPA-E: CATALYZING ENERGY BREAKTHROUGHS FOR A SECURE AMERICAN FUTURE

The U.S. faces challenges to its technological lead, to energy security and threats from climate change.  In many cases, out nation is lagging behind and needs to change course with fierce urgency.  ARPA-E's goal is to help catalyze this change by attracting the best minds to focus on the major technical challenges in this field and by stimulating technical and the entrepreneurial community to innovate on energy technologies.  While ARPA-E is adopting many of the best practices from DARPA, there are key differences between the defense and energy sectors of our economy that must be recognized in  ARPA-E's design.  Director Arun Majumdar will talk about how the agency is putting its DNA together and provide an outlook for the future. 

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in the "Jacobs Believed in Me" Auditorium at Featheringill Hall.

Reception to follow immediately in Adams Atrium