2I CNER special lecture series

Students, post-docs, and researchers from all
backgrounds, disciplines, and majors are welcome

Tuesdays
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
2
Venue: I CNER Hall C

I2CNER bldg. #1

week 1: Feb. 7, 2023

Energy Basic Concepts and History
World Energy Resources and Sustainability

week 2: Feb. 14

Fossil Fuels: Coal and Oil & Gas• Exploration, extraction, and production• Use as fuel and power• Issues and challenges

week 3: Feb. 21

Nuclear Energy• Uranium resources• Nuclear power generation and small modularreactors• Challenges and opportunities

Instructor

Jill Engel-Cox

week 4: Feb. 28

Renewable Energy• Renewable energy technologies: wind,wave/tidal, hydropower, solar, geothermal• Challenges and opportunities

week 5: Mar. 7Electricity• Generation, demand, transmission. and distribution• Levelized cost of electricity and other metrics• Costs and impacts of emissions

week 6: Mar. 14

Transportation Energy• Conventional fuels, natural gas, biofuels• Electric and hydrogen fuel vehicles
Energy Storage• Mechanical storage, electric and chemical storage

Director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA),
U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Jill Engel-Cox is Director of the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) at the
U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Over her 30-year career, Dr. Engel-Cox has
been an engineer, researcher, program manager, and strategic planner for a diverse suiteof renewable energy, clean technology, and environmental programs in the United States,
Asia, and Middle East. In the past decade, she has led international strategic planning andtechnology assessments for renewable energy and environmental sustainability research
programs, working extensively in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. She also teaches an course
in energy issues for the University of Colorado Denver Global Energy Management
program and industrial processes and environmental communications courses at Johns
Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals Program.

Topic
These overview lectures will introduce the global energy industry, its stakeholders, technologies, and resources.
The focus will be on the major economic, technological, environmental, and social factors that affect the energy
industry. Topics will include: fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy; electrical generation; transportation fuels; andenergy storage.

Students and Objective
Students, post-docs, and researchers from all backgrounds, disciplines, and majors are welcome. The learning
objective is for students across disciplines to build their general knowledge about energy resources andtechnologies. No course credit will be given but the lectures and discussion will aim to support diverse learning,including technical, social science, communications, and business studies.

FormatThe overview will be conducted as a series of weekly 1-hour lectures with opportunity for discussion. Students canattend all or individual lectures based on their interest. The instructor will encourage students to ask questions andshare their experiences during the lectures and will be available after each lecture for optional small discussions.

Contact
I²CNER/ Q-PIT Office of Research Support Services
TEL: +81 92 802 6935, Email: iq-kenkyu@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp

 Lecture language: English
 Admission: Free Registration required

Registration