ENERGY STUDIESMULTIDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Information Session Spring Term 2018Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 6:00 pm | KGL 123

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Progress towards completion of multidisciplinary academic programs (MAPs) is tracked through the Registrar’s Office and

recorded in a student’s Academic Record.

Successful completion of MAPs will be acknowledged in commencement ceremonies in the residential colleges.

MAP scholars receive a “certificate” from the Yale College Dean’s Office (next slide).

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Advisory Committee

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FacultyGary Brudvig, Chemistry, Energy Sciences InstituteKen Gillingham, F&ES, SOMMichael Fotos, Political ScienceCary Krosinsky, School of ManagementMichael Oristaglio, Director of Energy StudiesJulie Paquette, Director of Energy Management Daniel Prober, Applied PhysicsPaul Sabin, History and American StudiesMary-Louise Timmermans, Geology & Geophysics

Student RepresentativesLeah Surratt, ‘18, Pierson, Mechanical EngineeringYasat Berk Manav, ‘18, Morse, Mechanical Engineering, Economics

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Energy Studies, Class of 2020

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ENERGY STUDIES ALUMNIClasses of 2014, 2015, 2016

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INDUSTRY 15Renewables 5Power & Water 3Transportation 2Oil & Gas 1Chemical 1Other 3

FINANCE 17Energy 7General 5Sustainability 3Infrastructure 2

GRADUATE SCHOOL 13Earth Science 4Environmental Management 3Law 2Business 1Physics 1Architecture 1Engineering 1

CONSULTING 8Energy & Water 3Business 3Social Change 1Healthcare 1

GOVERNMENT 3US DOE HQ 1ARPA-E 1Morocco (COP-22) 1

OTHER 8Architecture 3Teaching 1Journalism 1Theatre 1NGO (Legal) 1Librarian 1

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Finance ConsultingGoldman Sachs ZeroFOX

Credit Suisse Via - On-Demand Transit

Morgan Stanley Arcadis (Design and Consulting)

Citigroup FSG (Consulting)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Deloitte

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners McKinsey & Company

Bain & Company PIRA Energy Group

Bain Capital PA Consulting Group

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. CodeGreen Solutions

Riverstone Holdings LLC GovernmentNewWorld Capital White House OSTP

William Blair and Company ShareAction (London)

Generate Capital US Department of Energy

Greentech Capital Advisors Graduate SchoolCue Ball Capital Master of City Planning/Architecture, MIT

Industry PhD Earth Science, MIT

Tesla PhD Earth Science, Brown

Dow Chemical MS, Energy & Earth Resources, UTA

ESRI PhD, Earth Science, Stanford

Unilife Corporation MEM, Yale FES

Shell Oil MEM, UCSB

Alabama Power MEM, Yale FES

NRG Yale Law School

Apex Clean Energy Harvard Law School

Venture for North America MBA, Columbia

All Power Labs PhD Mechanical Engineering, U Mich

Vestas PhD Physics, Oxford

EDP Renewables

Other OtherCNN (Fareed Zakaria GPS) Environmental Law Institute

Artisan Healthcare Hardanger fartøyvernsenter (Hardanger Maritime Museum)

Cenlar (Mortgage loan)

Matthew Goldklang (’16, G&G) is doing research on “planetary boundaries” under a Fulbright grant at the University of Copenhagen. His work in a team led by Professor Catherine Richardson is attempting to define limits of ocean warming and acidification beyond which marine ecosystems could collapse, and to set up early warning systems. His research will continue through 2018, in coordination with the United Nations sustainable development goals.

Nora Moraga-Lewy (’16, ENVE) is a research associate at the Environmental Law Institute. Her capstone project, on using remote sensing to evaluate environmental impacts of energy production in Argentina, helped her prepare for projects she is now working on—including one aimed at improving the ability of judges in the Andes region to adjudicate energy, water, and climate cases under existing laws by using the best scientific evidence. She also works on flood mitigation efforts in the US and contributes to the flagship UN report on the Environmental Rule of Law. She returns to Yale in 2018 to pursue a Master of Environmental Management.

Parker Liautaud (’16, G&G) is Earth Systems Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E). Previously, he was Policy Advisor for Natural Resources at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. At OSTP, he led a portfolio focused on domestic environmental, agricultural, and life sciences. He has co-chaired National Science and Technology Council subcommittees on Life Sciences and on Food and Agriculture.

Sera Tolgay (’14, PoliSci) is pursuing a Master in City Planning and Master of Science in Architecture at MIT. After graduation from Yale, she returned to her home country of Turkey to work for EMBARQ Turkey, the sixth hub in EMBARQ’s global network of sustainable transportation research centers. Her research at MIT, under a grant from the TATA Foundation, returns to the topic of her capstone project and looks at the feasibility of solar home systems and microgrids in India.

Peter Ambiel (’15, ECON) is a workplace project manager at Tesla, where he oversees transportation programs and operations across all Tesla sites in the Bay Area and Central Valley. He is responsible for the company’s strategy to minimize commuting time, leveraging cost efficient travel options, state & federal tax incentives, and predicted employee geographic distributions.

Sylvia Zhang (’15, ECON) is a first-year law student at Harvard Law with an interest in antitrust work. Her capstone project, a paper about game theory and OPEC, helped spark her interest in cartels and antitrust policies. After graduation, she spent a year at the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden, where her research focused on China’s rapidly changing coal industry and the impact of climate change on Arctic communities.

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Energy Studies RequirementsSix courses plus a senior (capstone) project

Course Distribution Requirements1 course in each of the 3 tracksT1 Energy Science & TechnologyT2 Energy & the EnvironmentT3 Energy & Society

Of the 6 courses, no more than 3 in the student’s majorDouble majors can use 3 courses from each of their majors.

Courses must be taken for a letter grade.Summer courses or outside courses count, if accepted by Yale.

Capstone projects must extend into senior year.13

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www.energy.gov/jobs-national-labs

science.energy.gov/wdts/suli

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Provisional courses

A number of courses taught in Yale College or in the Graduate School do not qualify for Energy Studies credit based on the regular syllabus, but can be approved by the FAC for individual students, provided that the student does ”substantive work” in the course on energy-related topics (typically, 40% or more of the course requirements: papers, problem sets, presentations, term essay, …). Each is decided on a case by case basis, reviewing the syllabus and the student’s curriculum. A few examples (there are others):

English 115, Literature and the EnvironmentEVST 348, Yellowstone and Global ChangeGMAN 201, Green Germany

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Sample Capstones

Y-House: Yale Solar Decathlon

Kate McMillanJuan Pablo Ponce de LeonRobert LowethEdward Wang

The Yale Transit System: Biodiesel vs Natural Gas

Green New Haven: City of New Haven Sustainability Action Plan

Coastal Resilience: Costs and Benefits of Flood Abatement in New Haven

Funding Home Energy Efficiency Programs in Low-income Households in Connecticut

Leveraging alumni capital to extend renewable energy finance to university campuses

Energy Use in the Yale University Art Gallery

What Factors Influenced Active Participation in the Carbon Charge at Yale?

The Feasibility of Implementing Carbon Capture and Storage at Yale

Future Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Yale University and New Haven

The Y-House in Solar Decathlon 2015

Sample Capstone Project Titles

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Energy Studies Gateway Course

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APHY 100 Energy Technology and SocietyMW 2:30 – 3:45 pm HLH17 115

Instructors: D Prober, M Oristaglio, J Paquette

The course is intended for sophomores (Class of 2020) enrolling in the Energy Studies Multidisciplinary Academic Program and for non-science majors with strong background in math and science. This course studies the technology, use, and impacts of energy on the environment, climate, security and economy, and emphasize the application of scientific reasoning and quantitative analysis to understand these impacts.

As one of the major requirements for the course, students will be divided into teams to formulate energy projects for the term, and will complete reports and a poster presentation on their proposed projects during Reading Period. Project-based coursework will be done in collaboration with the Yale Office of Facilities and Office of Sustainability.

Capstone Projects

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The capstone of the Energy Studies Special Academic Program is an essay or project in one or more of the curriculum’s three tracks:

(i) energy science and technology; (ii) energy and the environmental; and (iii) energy and society: economic, political and social issues.

The capstone will normally take one of the following forms:

(a) a senior essay in the student’s major, (b) a senior project in the student’s major, (c) a senior project undertaken independently in the senior year, (d) a group project undertaken in the senior year, or(e) a summer internship undertaken after completion of the junior year.

All capstone projects must be approved by the faculty advisory committee for Energy Studies and documented in a written report submitted during the final term of senior year.

Note that an individual or group project in a credited course at Yale, or in a summer academic program credited by Yale, can serve as the capstone project for Energy Studies, but the course itself cannot also be used to satisfy the course requirements for Energy Studies.

Energy Studies “Exit” Seminar

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G&G 745 s 18 Seminar in Climate & EnergyQuantifying Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change

W 10:45 am – 12:45 pm KGL 123This seminar studies a diverse collection of mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change, including ways to accelerate changes in the world’s energy systems, through financial, technology, and market innovations. Guest speakers from Yale and other institutions. Meeting time and location will be arranged after an organizational meeting on Thurs., Jan. 18, 10:30–11 a.m., in KGL 123. No prerequisites. Open to undergraduates, with preference given to seniors in Energy Studies.

Kamel Ben Naceur, Director Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, International Energy Agency (IEA)Henrik Maatsch, Policy Advisor, Climate and Energy, WWF GermanyMatthias Kopp, Head Sustainable Finance, WWF GermanyMatthew LeBlanc, CIO, Infrastructure and Renewables, JP MorganJulio Friedman, Energy Futures Initiative; on leave from DoE Lawrence Livermore National LabKatharine Mach, Stanford Woods Institute, Stanford UniversityChris Ragan, Adjunct professor of economics, McGill University; chair, Canada’s Ecofiscal CommissionCasey Pickett, Director Yale Carbon Charge

Carbon Charge & Energy Studies

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We are working with the Yale Carbon Charge to define projects that will engage Energy Studies students in different aspects of the Carbon Charge, which was implemented in July. Under the program, Yale buildings are being charged $40/ton for CO2 emissions associated with their energy use in a “fee and rebate system”, in which all buildings are charged for emissions on a monthly basis, then a portion of the charge is rebated at the end of year based on a comparison between trends in each building’s energy use and the trend for Yale as a whole.

With the Carbon Charge program, the University aims to

§ Incorporate the societal costs of climate change into university investment decisions

§ Be a living laboratory to engage the campus community in research on carbon pricing

§ Develop lessons for the world on best practices for putting a price on carbon emissions.

How to communicate the reasons and goals of the program effectively?

What should a carbon charge bill look like?

What kinds of energy interventions will help improve the carbon footprint of individual buildings?

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Tours of the Yale power plants (tied in with the gateway course, open to all)

Energy tours of Yale buildings (tied in with the gateway course, open to all)

Fossil Fuels field trip to coal, oil and shale-gas sites in PA (March 22-23)

Yale Alumni in Energy Conference, Friday, March 9 (Location TBD)

Energy Studies dinners in Fellows Lounge, Benjamin Franklin College, (Mondays): Feb 5, 19; Mar 5, 26; Apr 9, 23

Other Activities