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April 4-5, 2013 • DENVER, CO
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Charles (Chuck) Kutscher
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Chuck
joined NREL in 1978 and is a Principal
Engineer and Group Manager of the
Thermal Systems Group in the Center
for Electricity, Resources, and Building
Systems Integration. His projects have
included the design and construction of
a solar cooling test laboratory; production
of NREL’s solar industrial process heat
design handbook; modeling of advanced
power cycles and cooling systems for geothermal power plants;
and development of transpired solar air collectors, which won
an R&D 100 Award and a Popular Science “Best of What’s
New” award. He currently leads NREL’s parabolic trough and
low-cost heliostat R&D activities. He served as Chair of the
American Solar Energy Society (ASES) during 2000–2001
and was General Chair of the 2012 World Renewable Energy
Forum, which attracted 2,000 participants from over 60
nations. He is editor of the 200-page ASES report, Tackling
Climate Change in the U.S. and is an adjunct professor at
the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he developed
and taught a course entitled, “Climate Change Solutions.” He
received the 2006 Charles Greeley Abbot Award, the highest
honor given by ASES, for “outstanding contributions in the
research and development of solar thermal technologies,”
and he received the 2008 Colorado Governor’s Excellence in
Renewable Energy Individual Award. He has published more
than 80 papers and chapters in several books.
Mr. George Roe
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is a Senior Manager,
Platform Subsystems Technology –
Energy Management, Boeing Research
&
Technology. Mr. Roe has worked at
Boeing since 1977. His experience has
focused on research and development
for a range of technologies (e.g.,
air-breathing
propulsion,
thermal
management, vehicle subsystems,
crew protection, energy harvesting,
alternative energy) and their integration with products sold by
Boeing. He has served in both engineering and management
capacities on multiple company, industry and government-
funded endeavors. Mr. Roe’s current responsibilities address
technology maturation in the areas of energy management
systems for aircraft. He holds Bachelor and Master of Science
degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of
Washington.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
