2006-2007 MAP/Ming Visiting Professor
Amory Lovins, Paul Komor, Ashok Gadgil, Jon Koomey, Joel Swisher
In 2001, MAP and Michael and Diane Ming made a five-year pledge to co-fund the MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship, Energy and the Environment at Stanford University. The MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship has supported an expert to come to Stanford for six months each academic year, providing incremental teaching for undergraduates and graduate students and research in the field of Energy and Environment. Over the past five years, the following appointees have added course offerings in energy for undergraduate and graduate students across campus.
2002-2003 Dr. Joel Swisher, Rocky Mountain Institute
Dr. Swisher offered a lecture series, "Sustainable Energy and Greenhouse Gas Management." The series addressed technical options for clean energy and GHG mitigation, as well as implementation mechanisms. In addition, he offered a course on greenhouse-gas mitigation strategies, continuing the earlier lecture series with a project-oriented element.
2003-2004 Dr. Jonathan Koomey Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Koomey's first class, "Quantitative Methods for Forecasting Energy Futures" reviewed quantitative methods for forecasting and assessing energy futures. His second class focused on combined heat and power (cogeneration) technologies, preparing students to analyze the economic, emission, energy, and water implications of these technologies compared to more conventional options.
2004-2005 Dr. Ashok Gadgil, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Gadgil taught "Technologies Implementation for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries." Students examined technology implementations in developing countries in support of sustainable development. He also taught "Seminar on Technologies for Sustainable Societies" where students explored technologies that address major societal needs in the context of rapidly growing populations, increasing demands for resources, and stressed local, regional and global environmental systems.
2005-06 Dr. Paul Komor, University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Komor's "Renewable Energy Policies and Markets" focused on how renewable energy technologies move from the laboratory to widespread adoption, and how that process is influenced by public policy. In his "Electricity Futures" students researched practical questions such as "What do we want our future electricity system to look like?" and "How do we get there?"
2006-2007 Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
Mr. Lovins taught "Advanced Energy End-Use Efficiency." Through lectures, labs and project work, students investigated end-use efficiency technologies, chiefly for electricity and mobility fuels, with a focus on techniques, design, and performance evaluation. In addition, the evening lecture portion of the class was open to the public. During this spring quarter he taught "Energy End-Use Efficiency Opportunities at Stanford." This project-based class focused on developing trans-disciplinary analysis and recommendations for integrating energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon-management strategies into the Stanford University infrastructure, with a special emphasis on the Knight Management Center, in cooperation with the Graduate School of Business.
The following links provide more information from Amory Lovins' classes and lectures:
- download the public lecture series lectures from iTunes
choose Science and Technology -> Engineering. Click on the video tab. - view the lecture series on RMI's website
- download the lecture series Stanford's "Social Innovations Conversations" (audio)
- view pictures from the spring break class
On June 7, 2007 Stanford celebrated the accomplishments of the MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship. Click here for more details from the celebration.