• Solar Energy
• Hydrogen
• Advanced Combustion
• CO₂ Capture
  
• CO₂ Storage
• Advanced Transportation
  
• Integrated Assessment

• P. B. Catrysse and S. Fan. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, QCM4 (2006)
• J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans. “Organic photovoltaic cells incorporating metal nanoparticles,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, 2005.
• Ed Barnard and Mark L Brongersma, “Metallic Nanowire Optical Antennas”, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, 2005

• T. Fangsuwannarak, G. Conibeer, G. Scardera, E.-C. Cho, E. Pink, Y. Huang and M. A. Green, “Effects of silicon nano-crystallite density on the Raman-scattering spectra of silicon quantum dot superlattices”, SPIE 2006, Adelaide, Australia, November 2006.
• G. Scardera, T. Puzzer, E. Pink, G. Conibeer and M. A. Green, “Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Formation of Silicon Nanocrystals in a Nitride Matrix”, SPIE 2006, Adelaide, Australia, November 2006.
• M. A. Green and G. Conibeer, “Nanostructured Silicon-Based Tandem Solar Cells” , Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project Symposium, San Francisco, September 2006 (invited).
• M.A Green, G. Conibeer, D. König, E.-C. Cho, D. Song, Y.-H. Cho, T. Fangsuwannarak, Y. Huang, G. Scardera, E. Pink, S. Huang, C. Jiang, T. Trupke, R. Corkish, T. Puzzer, “Progress with all-Silicon Tandem cells Based on Silicon Quantum Dots in a Dielectric Matrix”, Proc. 21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Dresden, Sept 2006, p. 10.
• M. A. Green, “A New Class Of Semiconductor Using Quantum Confinement Of Silicon In A Dielectric Matrix”, Future Trends in Microelectronics Conference, Crete, September, 2006.
• D. König, M.A. Green, G. Conibeer, Y. Takeda, T. Ito, T. Motohiro, T. Nagashima, Proc. 21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Dresden, Sept 2006, p. 164.
• T. Fangsuwannarak, T.Trupke, E. Pink, G. Conibeer, Y. Huang, T.Puzzer and M. A. Green, "Analysis of the effect of Si quantum dot density on the photoluminescence Spectra of Si /SiO2 quantum dot superlattices", 21st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Dresden, Germany, 4-8 September 2006.
• C. Flynn, D. König, G. Conibeer, "Capacitance-Voltage Characterisation of Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattices for Photovoltaics Applications", Solar 2006 Proceedings - ANZSES 44th Annual Conference, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2006.
• G. Scardera, T. Puzzer, D. McGrouther, E. Pink, T. Fangsuwannarak, G. Conibeer and M. A. Green, “Investigating Large Area Fabrication of Silicon Quantum Dots in a Nitride Matrix for Photovoltaic Applications”, 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), Hawaii, USA, 7-12 May 2006.
• M. A. Green, “Nanostructure Silicon Quantum Dot Tandem and Hot Carrier Solar Cells”, MRS Spring Symposium, San Francisco, April 2006 (invited).
• D. Song, E.-C. Cho, Y. H. Cho, E. Pink, G. Conibeer and M. A. Green, “Effects of Post-Annealing Process on the Structural and Optical Properties of Si-rich SiC Films for Photovoltaic Applications”, Solar 2006 Proceedings - ANZSES 44th Annual Conference, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2006.
• T. Fangsuwannarak, E. Pink, Y. Huang, Y. H. Cho, G. Conibeer, T. Puzzer and M.A. Green, “Conductivity of self-organized silicon quantum dots embedded in silicon dioxide”, Proceedings of SPIE 2005 International Symposium on Microelectronics, MEMS and Nanotechnology, Brisbane, Australia, 11-14 December 2005, Vol.6037, 60370T.

• R. Fasching, S-J Bai, T. Fabian, F. B. Prinz, Nanoscale Probe System for Cell-Organelle Analysis, The 11th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors, Brescia, Italy, July 16-19, 2006.
• S. Walch and F. Prinz, Conversion of a Plant Chloroplast to a Biological Fuel Cell. 1. Comparison of Electron Transfer from Reduced Ferredoxin to FAD and a Gold Electrode, ECS 209th Meeting, May 7-12, 2006, Denver, Colorado
• R. Fasching, S.-J. Bai, T. Fabian F. Prinz. Nanofabrication of Electrochemical Probes for Single Cell Analysis. Photonics West 2006: MOEMS,MEMS, Micro and Nanofabrication, SPIE Proc. Vol. 6109, Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology XI, San Jose, CA, 21.-26 January (2006), 610902-1-610902-9.
• F. Prinz, J. Komadin, S. Walch, R. Fasching. Electron transport from ferredoxin to FNR or to nanoscale electrodes, International scientific conference - New Frontiers in Biomedicine and Biotechnology, November 10-12 2005, Krems, Austria, 2005.
• Y. Tao, R. Fasching, F. Prinz. Scanning Micro Electrodes for Biological Cell Impedance Measurement. The Ninth International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems (μTAS 2005). Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from October 9 - 13, 2005.
• R. Fasching, S.-J. Bai, F. Prinz, Nanoscale Electrochemical Probes for Single Cell Analysis. MNE 2005, the 31st International Conference on Micro- and Nano Engineering. Vienna, Austria, from September 19-22, 2005.

• “Ordered Polymer-Titania Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells” Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 9-13, 2007.
• M.D. McGehee, “Exciton transport and inorganic/organic photovoltaics”, American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL , March 25-29, 2007.
• M.D. McGehee, “Interface modifications in hybrid organic-inorganic photovoltaic cells using benzoic acid derivatives”, American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL,  March 25-29, 2007.
• M.D. McGehee, “Advances in Organic-Inorganic Solar Cell Research”, Gordon Research Conference on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels, Ventura, CA, January 22-26, 2007.
• M.D. McGehee, S.R. Scully, M. Summers, “Exciton Transport in Organic Photovoltaic Cells,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 13-17, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, S.R. Scully, M. Summers, “Exciton diffusion and resonance energy transfer in organic photovoltaic cells,” American Chemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 11-15, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, C. Goh, S.R. Scully, “Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells,” SPIE’s Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, August 14-18, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, “Improving the efficiency of organic solar cells,” Innovative Solar Cells Technology Workshop, San Jose, CA, April 26, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, S.R. Scully, M. Summers, Y. Liu, C. Edder, J.M.J. Fréchet, “Exciton Diffusion and Resonance Energy Transfer in Organic Photovoltaic Cells,” Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 17-21, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, “Nanostructured Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaic Cells,” Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 17-21, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, J. Kline, C. Goh, B.Srinivasan, “Charge Transport and Electron Transfer at Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Field Effect Transistors and Photovoltaic Cells,” Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 17-21, 2006.
• “Organic Solar Cells,” Stanford-Berkeley-MIT Nanotech Forum on PV, Stanford, CA April 12, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, “Improving Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells with Interface Modification and Energy Transfer,” Americal Chemical Society Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 27-31, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, “Organic-Based Solar Cells,” National Academy of Engineering National Meeting, Irvine, California, February 9, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, “Behavior of Charges, Excitons and Plasmons at Organic/Inorganic Interfaces,” Third Annual Department of Energy Solid-State Lighting Program Planning Workshop, Orlando Florida, February 1-3, 2006.
• M.D. McGehee, “Controlling Energy and Electron Transfer in Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaic Cells,” Materials Research Outreach Symposium at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, January 25-27, 2006.
  
• M.D. McGehee, M. Summers, Y. Liu, S.R. Scully, “Exciton and Charge Transport in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells,” Pacifichem, Hawaii, December 15-20, 2005.
• “Improving Electronic Processes in Conjugated Polymers by Optimizing Chain Packing,” 29th Annual Symposium of the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 27, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, “Organic-based Solar Cells,” National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering Meeting, Niskayuna, NY, September 24-26, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, Y. Liu, M. Summers, S. Scully, “Exciton Diffusion and Energy Transfer in Polymer Photovoltaic Cells” ACS/MRS/IEEE Organic Microelectronics Workshop, Newport, RI, July 10-13, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, C. Goh, Y. Liu, M. Summers, S. Scully, K.M. Coakley, “Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells,” Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Tokyo, Japan, July 11-15, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, C. Goh, Y. Liu, M. Summers, S. Scully, K.M. Coakley, “Advances in Organic Photovoltaic Cells,” Device Research Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June 20-22, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, “Fundamental Electronic Processes in Polymeric Photovoltaic Cells” American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 21- 25, 2005.
• “Improving Exciton and Charge Transport in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Cells,” American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 14-18, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, “Tuning the Nanostructure of Semiconducting Polymers to Make Better Photovoltaic Cells and Transistors” Symposium on Polymer and Molecular Electronics Devices, Singapore, January 10-11, 2005.
• M.D. McGehee, K.M. Coakley, Y. Liu, C. Goh, “The Role of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces in Polymer Field Effect Transistors and Photovoltaic Cells,” Gordon Conference on Chemistry at Interfaces, New Hampshire, August 15-20, 2004.
• M.D. McGehee, K.M. Coakley, Y. Liu, C. Goh, “Optimizing the Nanostructure of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic cells” SPIE’s 49th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2-6, 2004.
• McGehee, M.D., Coakley, K.M., Liu, Y. & Goh, C. Ordered Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells. Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 12-16, 2004.
• McGehee, M.D., Coakley, K.M., Liu, Y. & Goh, C. Improving the Efficiency of Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells. American Chemical Society Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 30 - April 2, 2004.

• Nanostructured Materials for Hydrogen Storage, American Vacuum Society, Thin Film Users Group, 7 March 2007.
• Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage, Johns-Hopkins University, 9 March 2007.
• Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage, University of Pennsylvania Department of Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium, 12 October 2006.
• Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage, Energy Nanotechnology Conference, MIT 26-28 June 2006.
• Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage, Telluride Workshop on Chemical Modification of Surfaces, August 2006.
• Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Chemistry Department Colloquium, June 2006.
• Lee, Yong-Won; Bhowmick, Ranadeep; Clemens, Bruce M., “The capacity enhancement of room temperature hydrogen storage in HiPco SWNT by electrochemical deposition of palladium nanoparticles,” Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; 2006; v.927, p.49-54, Conference: 2006 MRS Spring Meeting; Apr 17-21 2006; San Francisco, CA, United States
• Zhiyong Zhang, Henry Liu and Kyeongjae, “Ab Initio Study of Hydrogen Storage on CNT”, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr 17-20, 2006
• Zhiyong Zhang, Henry Liu, and KJ Cho, “Ab Initio Study of Hydrogen Storage on CNT”, International Congress of Nanotechnology, San Francisco, CA, Oct 31- Nov 4, 2005
• Phase Stability and Kinetics in Nanomaterials, 2005 Symposium on Nanoscale Materials, Processes and Devices, Khonna, Hawaii, November 2005.
• Nanostructures for Hydrogen Storage, Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November 2005.
• Structure and Kinetics of Nanoparticle and Model Hydrogen Storage Materials, Next Generation Neutron Source Workshop, San Diego, CA, June 2005.

Presentations (Contributed)

• Y.-W. Lee, R. Bhowmick, and B.M. Clemens, Hydrogen Storage in Palladium and Platinum-doped SWNTs by spill-over mechanism, Materials Research Society 2006 Fall meeting, Z6.6, Boston, MA (2006)
• Y.-W. Lee, R. Bhowmick, H. Dai and B.M. Clemens, Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotube and Palladium Composite Materials, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Nuclear Engineering Division 424A, San Francisco, CA (2006)
• Y.-W. Lee, R. Bhowmick, H. Dai and B.M. Clemens, “Hydrogen Storage Enhancement of HiPco Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes by Palladium Doping”, 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Fuel Chemistry 239, San Francisco, CA (2006)
• Y.-W. Lee, R. Bhowmick and B.M. Clemens, “The Enhancement of Room Temperature Hydrogen Uptake Capacity in HiPco SWNTs by Palladium Catalyst Nanoparticels, Materials Research Society 2006 Spring Meeting, EE3.29, San Francisco, CA (2006)

• Huang, H., Hsieh, C.-H., Kim, N., Stebbins, J.F. & Prinz, F. Structure, local environment, and ionic conduction in scandia stabilized zirconia (abstract). 16th Int. Conf. Sol. St. Ionics (2007)
• Kim, N., Hsieh, C.-H. & Stebbins, J.F. Studies of local structures and dynamics of stabilized zirconia solid electrolytes using solid state NMR (abstract). Am. Ceram. Soc., 30th Int. Conf. Adv. Ceram. Mat. (2006)
• Kim, N., Hsieh, C.-H. & Stebbins, J.F. Local structure and motion in stabilized zirconia: 45Sc and 17O NMR studies (abstract). 47th Exp. NMR Conf. (2006)
• Kim, N., Hsieh, C.-H. & Stebbins, J.F. Local structure and motion in fluorite oxide ionic conductors: high temperature 17O MAS NMR studies (abstract). Mat. Res. Soc. Fall Mtg. (2006)

• Meshulam-Simon, G, Choo, A. D. and Spormann, A. M. Hydrogen metabolism of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. West Coast Bacterial Physiologists meeting at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, December 2005

Micro and Nano Scale Electrochemistry Applied to Fuel Cells

• R. Fasching, S.-J. Bai, T. Fabian F. Prinz. Nanofabrication of Electrochemical Probes for Single Cell Analysis. Photonics West 2006: MOEMS,MEMS, Micro and Nanofabrication, SPIE Proc. Vol. 6109, Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology XI, San Jose, CA, 21.-26 January (2006), 610902-1-610902-9.
• R. Fasching, S.-J. Bai, F. Prinz, Nanoscale Electrochemical Probes for Single Cell Analysis. MNE 2005, the 31st International Conference on Micro- and Nano Engineering. Vienna, Austria, September 19-22, 2005.
• Y. Tao, R. Fasching, F. Prinz. Scanning Micro Electrodes for Biological Cell Impedance Measurement. The Ninth International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems (μTAS 2005). Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 9-13, 2005.
• F. Prinz, J. Komadin, S. Walch, R. Fasching. Electron transport from ferredoxin to FNR or to nanoscale electrodes, International scientific conference - New Frontiers in Biomedicine and Biotechnology, November 10-12, 2005, Krems, Austria, 2005.
• Minhwan Lee, Hong Huang, Fritz Prinz, Observation of Gd segregation in GDC using atomic force microscopy based analyses, 208th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2005).
• Ryan O’Hayre, Minhwan Lee, Gang Feng, William D. Nix, Fritz B. Prinz, Quantitative nano-scale AFM impedence imaging: Application to ORR kinetics, 206th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, USA (2004).
• O’Hayre, R., Lee, M. & Prinz, F.B. Development of a Nano-Scale Scanning Impedance Microscopy System. Oral presentation at the 203rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Paris, France, April 27 - May 2, 2003.

• Fasching, R., Tao, Y. & Prinz, F.B. Cantilever Tip Probe Arrays for Simultaneous SECM and AFM Analysis. Technical Digest and Chemical Sensors. 20, Supplement B(2004) The 10th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors, Tsukuba, Japan, July 11-14, 2004.
• Tao, Y., Fasching, R. & Prinz, F.B. Ultra-Sharp High-Aspect-Ratio Probe Array for SECM and AFM Analysis. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng v 5986, Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, 2004.
• Fasching, R., Tao, Y. & Prinz, F.B. Fabrication of an Electrochemical Tip-Probe System Embedded in SiNx-Cantilevers for Simultaneous SECM and AFM Analysis. Proc. SPIE 5341, Micromachining and Microfabrication Process Technology IX, West Photonica, CA, 53-64, 2004.
• Bai, S.J., Fasching, R.J. & Prinz, F.B. High Density Multi-Layer Connection Technology for MEMS and CMOS Application. Proceedings of Microtechnologies for the New Millenium 2003, SPIE Symposium, Gran Canaria, Spain, May 19-21, 2003.
• Fasching, R.J., Tao, Y., Hammerick, K. & Prinz, F.B. A Pencil Probe System for Electrochemical Analysis and Modification Nanometer Dimension. Proceedings of Microtechnologies for the New Millenium 2003, SPIE Symposium, Gran Canaria, Spain, May 19-21, 2003.

• Hong, Z., D. F. Davidson, D. F. and Hanson, R. K., “Shock Tube Studies of Soot Formation in Heptane/Oxygen and Heptane/DME/Oxygen Mixtures,” Paper 2007-774, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno NV, January 2007.

• Klingbeil, A.E., Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., “Tunable mid-IR laser absorption for time-resolved hydrocarbon fuel measurements,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2007) 807-815.
• Mattison, D.W., Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., Steeper, R.R., DeZilwa, S., Dec, J.E., Sjoberg, M., Hwang, W., “In-cylinder gas temperature and water concentration measurements in HCCI engines using a multiplexed-wavelength diode-laser system: sensor development and initial demonstration,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2007) 791-798.
• Li, H., Zhou, X, Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., “Active control of lean blowout in a swirl-stabilized combustor using a tunable diode laser,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (2007) 3215-3223.
  
• Hanson, R.K., Jeffries, J.B., “Diode Laser Sensors for Combustion and Propulsion Flows,” JANNAF 41st Combustion Subcommittee, 29th Airbreathing Propulsion Subcommittee , 23rd Propulsion Systems Hazards Subcommittee, San Diego, CA, December, 2006.
• Liu, X., Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., “Measurement of non-uniform temperature distribution measurement using line-of-sight absorption spectroscopy,” 44th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA 2006-834.
• Hanson R.K.(invited), Jeffries, J.B., “Advances in diode laser absorption sensors for combustion and propulsion,” in Laser Applications to Chemical, Security, and Environmental Analysis, Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 2006.
• Li, H., Zhou, X., Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., “Sensing and control of combustion instabilities in swirl-stabilized combustors using a diode laser,” AIAA 2006- 4395, Joint Propulsion Meeting, Sacramento, CA, July 2006.
• Hanson, R.K. (invited), Jeffries, J.B., “Diode Laser Sensor for Ground Testing,” paper AIAA-2006-3441, 25th Ground Testing Conference, AIAA, San Francisco, July 2006.
• Li, H., Zhou, X., Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., “Sensing and control of combustion instabilities in swirl-stabilized combustors using a diode laser,” paper AIAA 2006- 4395, Joint Propulsion Meeting, AIAA, Sacramento, CA, July 2006.
• Hanson, R.K.(invited), “Advances in diode laser sensors for combustion and propulsion,” Keynote speaker at Zinn Combustion Laboratory Naming Ceremony, Georgia Tech., May 18, 2006.
• Hanson, R.K.,(invited) Jeffries, J.B., “Advances in diode laser sensors for combustion and propulsion,” Western States Section Meeting of the Combustion Institute, Stanford, CA, paper 05F-1, October, 2005.
• Hanson, R.K.,(invited) Jeffries, J.B., Allen, M.G., “Tunable diode laser absorption sensor applications to aeropropulsion testing,” NATO RSM-017 Applied Vehicle Technology Panel Specialists’ Meeting on Recent Developments in Non-Intrusive Measurement Technology, Budapest, Hungary, April, 2005.
• Hanson, R.K. & Jeffries, J.B. Advances in Laser-Based Sensors for Combustion Research. Sixth Symposium on Smart Control of Turbulence, Tokyo, Japan, March 2005.
• Zhou, X., Jeffries, J.B., Hanson, R.K., Lu, Q. & Gutmark, E.J. Rapid Measurements of Gas Temperature in a Swirl-Stabilized Flame. Joint Meeting of US Sections of Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
• Zhou, X., Liu, X., Jeffries, J.B. & Hanson, R.K. Fast Temperature Sensor for Combustion Control using H₂O Diode Laser Absorption near 1.4 µm. 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA, 2005-627, 2005.
• Liu, X., Zhou, X., Jeffries, J.B. & Hanson, R.K. Experimental Study of H₂O Spectroscopic Parameters in the NIR. 43rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA. 2005-829, 2005.
• Sappey, A., Howell, J., Masterson, P., Hofvander, H., Jeffries, J.B., Zhou, X., Hanson, R.K., “Determination of O2, CO, and H₂O concentration and gas temperature in a coal-fired utility boiler using a wavelength-multiplexed tunable diode laser sensor,” WIP, 30th International Combustion Symposium, Chicago, July 2004.
• Jeffries, J.B. & Hanson, R.K. Tunable Diode Laser Sensors for Practical Combustion Applications. Optical Society of America, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Francisco, CA, May 2004.

• Ma, L. and Mitchell, R. E., “The Effects of Total Pressure and Oxygen Partial Pressure on Char Reactivity,” 2006 Spring Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, March 27-28, 2006.
• Saarenpaa, I., Mitchell, R. E., and Ma, L. “Overlap of Devolatilization and Char Oxidation during Combustion of Pulverized Biomass Particles under Oxygen- Enriched Conditions,” Swedish-Finnish Flame Days 2005, Borås, Sweden, October 18-19, 2005.
• Ma, L. & Mitchell, R.E. Char Reactivities to Oxygen at Elevated Pressures. Presented at the Fourth Joint Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Paper D31, Philadelphia, PA, March 20-23, 2005.
• Mitchell, R.E. Burning Behaviors of Pulverized Coal and Biomass Char Particles. Nineteenth Annual ACERC & ICES Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, February 17-18, 2005.

• Teh, K.-Y., and Edwards, C.F., 2006. “Optimizing Piston Velocity Profile for Maximum Work Output from an IC Engine,” IMECE2006-13622, in the Proceedings of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Chicago, IL 2006.
• Teh, K.-Y., C.F. Edwards, “An Optimal Control Approach to Minimizing Entropy Generation in an Adiabatic Internal Combustion Engine,” 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA 2006.
• Teh, K.-Y., C.F. Edwards, “An Optimal Control Approach to Minimizing Entropy Generation in an Adiabatic IC Engine with Fixed Compression Ratio,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Chicago, IL 2006.

• Walters, K. M. and Bowman, C. T., Effect of pressure on ethane oxidation under flameless oxidation conditions, 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany, August 2006.

• Presentation by David M. Golden at NIST briefing October 2004.
• Golden, D.M. Evaluating and Codifying Data for Engineering Applications. Presented at NIST Workshop on Real Fuels, September 2003.

• Y. Sakamoto, K. Nagata, K. Yogo, K. Yamada, “Preparation and CO₂ separation properties of amine modified mesoporous silica membrane”, 71st meeting of The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, Mar. 30, 2006.

• Haije, W.G., Materials science as a basis for future technologies for CO₂ Capture and storage and H₂ storage. Presentation at the spring meeting of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society (KNCV), Ede, April 2007.
• Feuillade, V.C., Haije, W.G., CO₂ capture in power plants: structural and thermal integrity of hydrotalcites as membrane materials, Presentation at the Annual meeting of the Dutch Science Foundation, Chemical Sciences: Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science, Lunteren, March 2007
• Haije W.G., The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP, Presentation at the Annual meeting of the Dutch Science Foundation, Chemical Sciences: Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science, Lunteren, March 2007)
• Jansen, D., Haije, W.G., Carbo, M., Feuillade, V.C., Dijkstra, J.W., Brink, R. van de, Advanced Membrane Reactors for Carbon-Free Fossil Fuel Conversion, Presentation at the ExxonMobil ESEP meeting, Brussels, November 2006
• Kluiters, Steven C.A., Jan Wilco Dijkstra, Daniel Jansen, Wim G.Haije Application of CO₂ selective membrane reactors in precombustion decarbonisation systems for power production, 8th Greenhouse Gas Technologies Conference (GHGT-8), Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Feuillade, V.C., Haije, W.G., Characterization of hydrotalcite materials for CO₂ selective membranes, 9th International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (ICIM) in Lillehammer 2006.
• Carbo, M.C., Jansen, D., Haije, W.G., Verkooijen, A.H.M., Advanced Membrane Reactors for Fuel Decarbonisation in IGCC: H₂ or CO₂ separation? 5th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Alexandria, Virginia, 2006

• Zoback, M., CO₂ Sequestration in Depleted Oil and Gas Reservoirs, Saline Aquifers and Unmineable Coal Beds, Presentation at Conoco-Phillips, April 2nd, 2007.
• Seto, C. J., Tang, G. T., Jessen, K., Kovscek, A. R., Orr, F. M. Jr. "Analytical Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Physical Mechanisms," SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Santa Fe, NM, 19-22 March, 2007.
• Seto, C.J., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr: “Analytical Modeling of CO₂ storage and Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery,” Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Lucier, A., M. D. Zoback, N. Gupta and T. S. Ramakrishnan, 2006, Geomechanical aspects of CO₂ sequestration near coal-burning power plants in the Midwestern United States: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22.
• Hesse, M.A., Tchelepi, H.A., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Natural convection during aquifer CO₂ storage,” Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Ide, S.T., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Time scales for migration and trapping of CO₂ in saline aquifers,” Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Chiaramonte, L., M. Zoback, J. Friedmann and V. Stamp, 2006: “Geomechanical Site Characterization to Constrain CO₂ Injection Feasibility: Teapot Dome EOR Pilot”, International Symposium on Site Characterization for CO₂ Geological Storage, Berkeley, CA, March 20-22.
• Chiaramonte, L., M. Zoback, J. Friedmann and V. Stamp, 2006: “Fault Stability and Seal Integrity at Teapot Dome, Wyoming”, Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Chiaramonte, L., M. Zoback, J. Friedmann and V. Stamp, 2006: “CO₂ Sequestration, Fault Stability and Seal Integrity at Teapot Dome, Wyoming”, Proc. NETL 5th Annual Carbon Sequestration Conference, Alexandria, VA.
• Ross, H. E. and Zoback, M. D., 2006: “Geomechanically constrained simulation of CO₂ sequestration and enhanced methane recovery in coalbeds of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming”, International Symposium on Site Characterization for CO₂ Geological Storage, Berkeley, CA, March 20-22.
• Ross, H. E. and Zoback, M. D., 2006, “Reservoir characterization of coals in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA, for CO₂ sequestration feasibility studies”, Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Ross, H. E. and Zoback, M. D., 2005: “Feasibility of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Through CO₂ Sequestration, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Reservoir Characterization and Flow Simulation”, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B33A-1013.
• Chiaramonte, L., Zoback, M., Friedmann, J. and Stamp, V. (2006). Geomechanical Reservoir Characterization for Prediction of the Likelihood of Faulting Induced by CO₂ Sequestration, Eos Trans. AGU, 87 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T12A-07.
• Seto, C.J., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Analytical Modeling CO₂ Storage and Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery,” SPE 102376, SPE Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, September 24-27, 2006.
• Hesse, M., Tchelepi, H., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: Scaling Analysis of the Migration of CO₂ in Saline Aquifers,” SPE 102796, SPE Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, September 24-27, 2006.
• Ross, H., CO₂ sequestration and ECBM in coalbeds of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Presentation at BP, Houston, August 9th, 2006.
• Kovscek, A. R., "Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide: What We Have Found and What Should Be Future Priorities," 6th Annual Conference of Carbon Capture & Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA May 7-10, 2007.

• M. Tyagi and P. Jenny, Stochastic particle method for nonlinear hyperbolic problems, presented at GAMM, Berlin, Germany, March 27-31, 2006.
• M. Tyagi, P. Jenny, I. Lunati and H.A. Tchelepi, Multi-scale approach for multi-phase transport in porous media using stochastic particles, XVI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 19-22, 2006.
• H. Zhou and H.A. Tchelepi. Operator Based Multiscale Method for Compressible Flow, SPE 106254, Presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, Texas, U.S.A, February 26-28, 2007.

• Ajo-Franklin, J.B., Urban, J. & Harris, J.M. Temporal Integration of Seismic Traveltime Tomography. SEG Expanded Abstract. 2468-2471 (2005)
• Harris, J.M., Quan,Y. & Xu, C. Differential Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy: An Experimental Method for Estimating Acoustic Attenuation in Porous Media. SEG Expanded Abstract. 1569-1572 (2005)
• Akintunde, O.M., Harris, J.M., Mukerji, T. & Urban, J. A Feasibility Study for CO₂ Monitoring in Coal Bed Methane (CBM). Paper presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention, Dallas, TX, 2004.

• Ross, H. E. and Zoback, M. D., 2006, CO₂ sequestration and ECBM in coalbeds of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Reservoir simulation and sensitivity analyses: presented at the Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, June 26-28.
• Chiaramonte, L., Zoback, M., Friedmann, J. and Stamp, V., CO₂ Sequestration, Fault Stability and Seal Integrity at Teapot Dome, Wyoming. GCEP Symposium, September 18 – 20, 2006, Stanford University, CA
• Lucier, AM, MD Zoback, N Gupta, TS Ramakrishnan, 2005, Geomechanical applications to the characterization of a deep saline reservoir for CO₂ sequestration, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC13A-1207.
• Ross, H. E. and Zoback, M. D., 2005, Feasibility of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery Through CO₂ Sequestration, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Reservoir Characterization and Flow Simulation: Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B33A-1013.
• Chiaramonte, L., Zoback, M., Friedmann, J. and Stamp, V., The potential for fault reactivation associated with CO₂ sequestration in the Teapot Dome Field, Wyoming. Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, June 26-28.
• Lucier, A., Zoback, M, Gupta N. and Ramakrishnan, T.S. Geomechanical aspects of CO₂ sequestration near coal burning power plants in the Midwestern United States. Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference 8, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22.
• Lucier, A., Zoback, M. Geomechanical aspects of CO₂ sequestration in a deep saline reservoir in the Ohio River valley region. Stanford Rock Physics and Borehole Geophysics Annual Meeting, Stanford, CA, June 26-28
• Lucier, A. & Zoback, M.D. CO₂ Sequestration in Depleted Oil and Gas Reservoirs: A Proposed Workflow for Assessing Reservoir Suitability in the Gulf of Mexico, Case Study Applied to South Eugene Island 330. Proceedings from 3rd Annual Conference on CO₂ Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 3-6, 2004.
  
• Colmenares, L. & Zoback, M.D. CO₂ Sequestration and ECBM in the Powder River Basin. Eos. Trans. AGU. 84(46). Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract GC32A-02 (2003)
  

• Hesse, M.A., Tchelepi, H.A., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Natural Convection during Aquifer CO₂ Storage,” Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Ide, S.T., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr.: “Time Scales for Migration and Trapping of CO₂ in Saline Aquifers,” Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Seto, C.J., Jessen, K., and Orr, F.M., Jr: “Analytical Modeling of CO₂ storage and Enhanced Coal Bed Methane Recovery,” Proc. 8th Intl. Conf. on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, June 19-22, 2006.
• Jessen, K. and Orr, F.M. Jr. “Streamline Based Simulation of CO₂ Injection in Saline Aquifers,” Proc. 16th Intl. Conf. on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Copenhagen, Denmark June 19-22, 2006.
• Tang, G-Q., Jessen, K. and Kovscek, A. R., “Laboratory and Simulation Investigation of Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery by Gas Injection”, SPE95947, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., 9-14 October 2005.
• Spiteri, E.J., Juanes, R., Blunt, M.R., and Orr, F.M.,Jr: “Relative Permeability Hysteresis: Trapping Models and Application to Geological CO₂ Sequestration,” SPE 96448, SPE Annual Technical Conference, 2005.
• Orr, F.M., Jr. Energy and Global Change: CO₂ Sequestration in the Earth’s Crust and Deep Ocean. Society of Petroleum Engineers, Los Angeles Section, December 9, 2003.
• Orr, F.M., Jr., Zoback, M.D. & Kovscek, A.R. Geologic Sequestration of CO₂: Storage Mechanisms and Potential for Leaks. MIT Carbon Sequestration Forum, Cambridge, November 6, 2003.
• Seto, C.J., Jessen, K. & Orr, F.M., Jr. Enhanced Condensate Recovery and CO₂ Sequestration. IEA Workshop on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Regina, Canada, September 7-10, 2003.
• Orr, F.M., Jr. CO₂ Sequestration in the Earth’s Crust and Deep Ocean. National Research Council Committee on Alternative Strategies for Future Production and Use of Hydrogen, April 23, 2003.

• (Invited talk) “Solar Cells and Batteries with Inorganic Nanowires” ACS spring meeting, Onedimensional Nanomaterials Symposium, Division of Inorganic Chemistry, Chicago, Illinois, Mar. 28, 2007.
• (Invited talk) “Nanowires for Nanoelectronics and Energy Conversion”Hysitron Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mar. 5, 2007.

• Blanford, G.J. & J.P.Weyant. A Global Portfolio Strategy for Climate Change Technology Development. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the International Association of Energy Economics, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2005.
• Sweeney, James L., “The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs”, keynote address, National Hydrogen Association, Annual U.S. Hydrogen Conference, April 27, 2004.
• Sweeney, James L., “The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs”, seminar at ExxonMobil, March 9, 2004.
• Sweeney, James L., “Energy Policy Issues” Briefing of President George Bush, Richard Cheney, John Snow, Don Evans, the White House, January 30, 2004.
• Sweeney, James L., “The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs”, Energy Modeling Forum Affiliates Conference, January 28, 2004.
  
• Weyant, John P. Public and Private Sector Roles in Fostering Technological Change in Global Climate Change Policy Development. Annual Meeting of the American Economics Association, San Diego, CA, January 4, 2004.
• Sweeney, James L., National Renewable Energy Lab, National Advisory Council meeting. May 18 and 19, 2002. Council meeting to discuss NREL role in the DOE hydrogen program.