Robert Fleagle Endowed Lecture in Atmospheric Sciences Policy
Professor David Keith
October 13, 2010
7:30-8:30, Kane Hall 210
Dr. David W. Keith
Director, ISEEE Energy and Environmental Systems Group; Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment; Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Department of Economics, University of Calgary; Adjunct Professor, Department of EPP, Carnegie Mellon
Lecture: "Engineering Earth's Climate: Risks, Limitations, and Prospects"
Online lecture registration is open through October 12 at 5:00 p.m.
About the Speaker
Professor Keith has worked near the interface between climate science, energy technology and public policy for twenty years. His work in technology and policy assessment has centered on the capture and storage of CO2, the technology and implications of global climate engineering, the economics and climatic impacts of large-scale wind power and the prospects for hydrogen fuel. As a technologist, Keith has built a high-accuracy infrared spectrometer for NASA's ER-2 and developed new methods for reservoir engineering increase the safety of stored CO2. He now leads a team of engineers developing technology to capture of CO2 from ambient air at an industrial scale.
Keith took first prize in Canada's national physics prize exam, he won MIT's prize for excellence in experimental physics, was listed as one of TIME magazine's Heroes of the Environment 2009 and was named Environmental Scientist of the Year by Canadian Geographic in 2006. He spent most of his career in the United States at Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University before returning to Canada in 2004 to lead a research group in energy and environmental systems at the University of Calgary.
Keith has served on numerous high-profile advisory panels such as the UK Royal Society's geoengineering study, the IPCC, and Canadian 'blue ribbon' panels and boards. David has addressed technical audiences with articles in Science and Nature, he has consulted for national governments, global industry leaders and international environmental groups, and has reached the public through venues such as the BBC, NPR, CNN and the editorial page of the New York Times.