Dartmouth Energy Week Highlights Collaboration, Connection, and Innovation

Members of the Dartmouth energy community connected, collaborated, and created during our first Energy Week in October. The week included receptions, dinners, the bi-annual meeting of the Irving Institute Advisory Board, a special session of TuckLAB: Energy, the Dartmouth Faculty Symposium on Climate, Energy and Society, the final round of the Tuck Renewable Energy Finance Challenge, and the inaugural Dartmouth Energy Alliance Energy Hackathon. Here are some images from the week.

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The inaugural Dartmouth Faculty Symposium on Climate, Energy and Society drew more than 100 faculty and other interested participants over the course of the day on October 19.

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Erin Mayfield, Hodgson Family Assistant Professor of Engineering, presented on her research around sustainable energy transitions planning during the faculty symposium.

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Melody Brown Burkins, Director, Institute of Arctic Studies and Senior Associate Director, John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth, talked about the future of the Institute for Arctic Studies. Her co-presenter, Ross Virginia, Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science, started off the presentation with a look at the history of the Institute.

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Dartmouth students engaged in various energy-related activities were invited to join the Irving Institute Advisory Board and other visitors for breakfast before the Board meeting began, giving the students and advisors — many of whom are Dartmouth alums — a chance to get to know each other.

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Lee R. Lynd, Paul E. and Joan H. Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering, gave a short presentation on his work on sustainable biofuels to the Irving Institute Advisory Board during lunch.

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Representative Annie Kuster '78 spoke with Dartmouth students and faculty in a discussion on the future of energy hosted by the Thayer Energy Club on Thursday, October 20.

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Students from the Dartmouth Energy Alliance, Tuck Energy Club, and Thayer Energy Club, as well as Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation, talked about their activities with the Institute Advisory Board during the Board's visit.

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25 students worked in small teams to develop solutions to real-world energy challenges during the Dartmouth Energy Alliance's first Energy Hackathon on October 22. From gamifying social carbon accounting to incorporating block chain into the smart grid, Dartmouth students offered creative and innovative ways to advance sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy futures.

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More scenes from the Energy Hackathon.

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More scenes from the Hackathon

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Irving Institute Executive Director April Salas helped lead the Sunday, October 23 session of TuckLAB: Energy, a new collaboration between the Irving Institute, Revers Center, and Tuck Undergraduate Programs. The six-week program, which launched at the start of fall 2022, helps prepare Dartmouth juniors and seniors to understand and manage energy transitions.

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Students in TuckLAB: Energy