Feng Research

Day 1:  Sunday Nov. 5th, 2017

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Corvallis, University Club (2500 SW Western Blvd., Corvallis)

Day 2:  Monday Nov. 6th, 2017

7:00 am – 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast 

8:00 am – 8:15 am

Welcome

8:15 am – 9:00 am

OSU/JCESR Introduction moderated by Zhenxing Feng, OSU
• Cynthia Sagers, Vice President for Research, OSU
• Irem Tumer, Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering, OSU
• James Sweeney, School Head, School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, OSU
• George Crabtree, Director of JCESR

9:00 am – 10:30 am

MORNING KEYNOTE moderated by Karl Mueller, JCESR, PNNL, UofO   
• Jason Zhang, Battery500 consortium & Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
• Eric Dufek, Group Lead and Business Development Lead, Energy Storage, Idaho National Laboratory  
• David Johnson, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon

10:30 am – 10:50 am

BREAK

10:50 am – 11:50 am

Session I: Technology Challenges in Energy Storage
Discussion lead: David Ji and Nick AuYeung, OSU 
• David Ji, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, OSU  
• Weston Wood, Polymer Scientist, ENTEK Membranes 
• Steven Sloop, President, OnTo Technology LLC

11:50 am – 12:10 pm

Proceed for Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE with sponsored lunch, moderated by Ken Vaughn, Oregon Best  
• Zhenxing Feng, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, OSU

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Poster Session/Company Exhibition, chaired by Liney Arnadottir

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Session II: Resilience in Energy Storage Grid
Discussion lead: Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez, OSU 

• Ted Brekken, Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, OSU
• Michael Antonishen, P.E., TriAxis Engineering, A Division of David Evans & Associates
• Brandon Trelstad, OSU Sustainability Officer

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Session III: Commercialization and Manufacturing 
Discussion lead: Skip Rung 
• Julia Song, CTO, Energy Storage Systems 
• Kevin Lewis, Director of Operations, eChemion 
• Nick Gurnon, Scientist, Polaris Battery Labs

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm

BREAK and Introduction lecture of energy storage to students

4:20 pm – 5:10 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION: Next generation storage systems for Oregon, Pacific Northwest and USA 
Host: Karl Mueller 
• Cynthia Lundgren, Chief, Power and Energy Division, U.S. Army Research Laboratory 
• Eric Dufek, Group Lead and Business Development Lead, Energy Storage, Idaho National Laboratory 
• Jason Zhang, Battery500 consortium & Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
• Taehee Han, Research Manager for Zero Emission Vehicles, Nissan North America 
• Goran Jovanovic, Professor, School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, OSU 

5:10 pm – 5:30 pm

Poster Awards (Liney Arnadottir) and Closing Remarks (Zhenxing Feng)

5:30 pm – 6:50 pm

Tour of OSU Energy Storage related facility, hosted by Greg Herman and Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez

This includes a tour to the new lab-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and ambient pressure scanning tunneling microscopy at Johnson Hall, as well as Wallace Energy Systems & Renewables Facility (WESRF) lab at Dearborn Building.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Sponsored Dinner at LaSells Steward Center