posted Mar 5, 2010, 7:16 PM by Ashutosh Gupta
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updated Jun 8, 2015, 8:04 AM by Kalpesh Upadhye
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Dear All,
We
are elated to announce that Dr. Arun Majumdar, the Director of the
Advanced Reasearch Project Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), has accepted our
invitation to be our guest in the evening of Wednesday, March 17th, 2010.at 6:30 PM for a discussion on the directions of ARPA-E and the Energy Policy of the United States.
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Leader in Energy Policy of the United States 
With the nomination from President Barak
Obama, Dr. Arun Majumdar became the first Director of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), the country's only agency
devoted to transformational energy research and development, in October
2009.
Prior to joining ARPA-E, Majumdar was the Associate
Laboratory Director for Energy and Environment at Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California,
Berkeley. His highly distinguished research career includes the
science and engineering of energy conversion, transport, and storage
ranging from molecular and nanoscale level to large energy systems. In
2005, Majumdar was elected a member of the National Academy of
Engineering for this pioneering work.
At Berkeley Labs and UC
Berkeley, Majumdar helped shape several strategic initiatives in the
areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy storage. He
also testified before Congress on how to reduce energy consumption in
buildings. Majumdar has also served on the advisory committee of the
National Science Foundation's engineering directorate, was a member of
the advisory council to the materials sciences and engineering division
of the Department of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences, and was an advisor
on nanotechnology to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology.
Additionally, Majumdar - also an entrepreneur - has
served as an advisor to startup companies and venture capital firms in
the Silicon Valley.
He received his
bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay in 1985 and his Ph.D. from the University of
California, Berkeley in 1989. |
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============================================================ Date: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Venue : IMC Headquarters
11480 Commerce Park Drive Reston, VA 20191-1554 (703) 871-8700
Agenda:6:30 PM to 7:30 PM - Networking & Dinner
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM - Dr. Arun Majumdar- Challenging Times, Challenging Opportunities
Dinner will be served at the meeting |
Sincerely,
San Sengupta and Ramit Ghosh
Capital IIT Alumni Association |
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