Francesca Wahl, Senior Charging Policy Manager, Public Policy and Business Development at Tesla, was the featured guest speaker for a webinar held on October 9th at 12:00pm PDT. Francesca previously held roles at SolarCity, and the Silicon Valley Leadership group, and is on the advisory board for the ESM program at USFCA. The webinar was …
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Adam Palay – Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Adam Palay, an Associate Analyst at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, was the featured guest speaker for a webinar held on October 2nd at 12:00pm PDT. The webinar was co-hosted by Dr. Jim Williams and Fred Wellington of the USFCA Energy Systems Management faculty. Adam spoke about his unorthodox path journey into climate tech, the value of …
ESM Speaker Series – Class of 2020 Alumni
Please join us for a Zoom-based ESM Alumni Speaker Series event. This lecture and discussion will cover the topic of Saving the Grid in an Emergency: Three Perspectives on Demand Response. Date: Wednesday, November 16th Time: 12pm-1pmHost: Jim WilliamsTopic: Saving the Grid in an Emergency: Three Perspectives on Demand Response Speakers: Brandon Britt (ESM '20)Dispatch …
Guest Speaker Series Event
Dear ESM Community, Please join us for another Zoom-based webinar lecture as part of our guest speaker series. This lecture and discussion will cover the topic of the electric vehicles outlook after the Inflation Reduction Act. Date: Wednesday, Nov. 9th Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm Format: Zoom webinar presentation with Q&A Host: Jim Williams Speaker: Francesca Wahl of …
Guest Speaker Series Event
Please join us for a Zoom-based webinar lecture as part of our guest speaker series. This lecture and discussion will cover the topic of the investment outlook for key emerging decarbonization technologies. Date: Wednesday, November 2nd Time:12pm-1pmFormat: Zoom webinar presentation with Q&AHost: Jim WilliamsSpeaker: Adam Palay, Breakthrough Energy Ventures Zoom link: https://usfca.zoom.us/j/83389684441 Thank you and …

Microgrids and the Energy Transition
MS in Energy Systems Management (USF Energy) co-hosted a USF Energy Speaker Series with Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) at USF's downtown campus with Nikky Avila, Nirupama Prakash Kumar, and Sandra Kwak. The moderator was Mike Lowell, MS in Energy Systems Management class of 2019, and Policy Director and Development Engineer at Amber Kinetics, who is currently working on increasing local energy …

The Electrification of Transportation
MS in Energy Systems Management (ESM) co-hosted a USF Energy Speaker Series with Young Professionals in Energy (YPE) at USF's downtown campus with Noel Crisostomo and Francesca Wahl. The moderator was Jessica Pernod, MS in Energy Systems Management, class of '20. Noel Crisostomo is an Air Pollution Specialist leading transportation electrification and grid integration policy at the California Energy Commission. In …

Ohm’s Law Meets Moore’s Law – what in the world does the digitalization of energy mean? – Shuli Goodman
On April 1st at 6pm, the USF ENERGY hosted Shuli Goodman at our Speaker Series, with Stephen Lodigiani, ESM class of '20 as the moderator. The event was at the USF downtown campus, 101 Howard St @ Beale. The event was free. Shuli Goodman is the founder and Executive Director of LF Energy, a Linux …

Merrian Borgeson about Distribution Level Planning for Renewable Energy
"Reducing United States’ GHG emissions by 80% by 2050 is possible” said Merrian Goggio Borgeson, senior scientist at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), during a guest lecture for the students of the Energy Systems Management program at the University of San Francisco. Merrian spends most of her time working with the Public Utilities Commission on …
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