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The KU Energy Council is comprised of the following people from across the University:

	Dr. Laurence Weatherley Click Name for More Information Chair & Professor KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Council Chair Laurence Weatherley received his PhD from the University of Cambridge for research on ion exchange kinetics in macroporous resins. He then worked in industry in the United Kingdom as a practicing chemical engineer for six years before joining Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland where he was faculty member in Chemical and Process Engineering. In 1992 he was appointed to an endowed chaired professorship at the Queens University of Belfast, the DuPont Chair of Process Engineering where he took a leadership role as convenor of a $3.0M Clean Technology and Environmental Processes demonstration project as a development of the Queens University Environmental Research and Technology Center. The project was a major vehicle for research and technology transfer between the university and industry. In 1996 the Center won the Queens Award for Innovation in Higher Education in the UK. In 1998 he accepted the position of chaired professor and head of chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He took his current role as Chair and Spahr Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kansas, USA in 2004. Dr Weatherley.s research interests are in the area of liquid-liquid systems, process intensification, water treatment and enzymatic biotransformation. He has published over 200 research papers and articles. He is currently Editor of a leading international research journal, the Chemical Engineering Journal where his responsibilities cover the environmental chemical engineering section of the journal. Dr Weatherley is a chartered professional engineer, is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, United Kingdom, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.
	Dr. Bob Goldstein : Geological Sciences Click Name for More Information Chair & Professor KU Geology Robert H. Goldstein is the chairman of the Department of Geology and Haas Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas. He received his B.S. degree from Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and his M.S. degree and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His current research includes the development of the fluid-inclusion tool for diagenetic research, integration of diagenesis with sequence stratigraphy and tectonic setting, and evaluation of controls on the sequence-stratigraphic character of carbonate rocks. Additional research interests include: controls on depositional sequence architecture of the Spanish Miocene, fluid history and diagenesis of the Midcontinent, diagenetic significance or brine reflux, Permian paleoclimate, ancient acid groundwater, diagenesis in sequence stratigraphy, fluid flow in foreland basins, and new fluid inclusion techniques for solving geologic problems.
	Dr. Bob Honea : Transportation Research Institute Click Name for More Information Director, KU Transportation Research Institute In June of 2006, Dr. Robert Honea became the first director of KU TRI. Dr. Honea, a Georgia native, had been a director of the Transportation Technology Center and National Transportation Research Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) before leaving in 2001 after 30 years of service. While at ORNL, he led the effort to build an 85,000- square-foot transportation research facility and coordinated more than $120 million in research and development work for the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Defense (DOD), the state of Tennessee, private industries, and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Honea began his career as a university professor and a principal investigator (PI) on National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Department of Defense research grants. He also was an IEEE/NASA Science Faculty Research Fellow at Marshall Space Flight Center where he assisted in establishing Marshall's Earth Resources and Remote Sensing Research Program. From 1974 to 2001 he was a scientist, a research manager and a program director at the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In October 2001, he took a research position at the University of Tennessee as a senior research associate in the Joint UT/ORNL Center for Homeland Security and Counter-proliferation. He also served as a consultant to ORNL and several startup companies. Dr. Honea has published more than 100 journal articles, reports, papers, and presentations. These publications cover a broad range of fields including transportation, remote sensing, environmental and economic modeling, energy technology development, industrial location theory, national security, and defense deployment systems. Dr. Honea received his BS degree in mathematics and MA degree in quantitative geography from the University of Georgia, and his Ph.D. in industrial location theory and regional modeling geography from the University of Florida.
	Dr. Bill Harrison : KGS Click Name for More Information Director & State Geologist Kansas Geological Survey Bill Harrison received M.S. in Geology and Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and his Ph.D. in Petroleum Geochemistry and Marine Science from Louisiana State University. He has 35 years experience in soft-rock geology, primarily engaged in energy and energy-related environmental programs; held elected positions at local, state, and national levels; publications in petroleum geology and geochemistry, fluid & reservoir characteristics of OK oilfields, tar sand deposits, and marine gas hydrates; Registered Geologist in WY and PA, Certified Professional Geologist (AIPG), and Certified Petroleum Geologist (AAPG). His experience includes working as an exploration geologist for Shell Oil where he generated Mesozoic prospects from the Houston and New Orleans District Offices. Additionally he mapped Cretaceous rocks in Mexico and southwest Texas (Lozo project) and contributed to an extension of Bigfoot Field (Frio County, TX). He joined ARCO immediately out of L.S.U. and conducted petroleum geochemical studies worldwide. He later rejoined ARCO as Exploration Research Director and was responsible for research and application work in exploration technology. Harrison has held joint appointments (geology department and the geological survey) at OU where he taught and supervised graduate students and carried out reservoir, formation fluid, and stratigraphic studies in the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins. He also conducted petroleum geochemical and temperature history studies in the deep Anadarko Basin at an extreme level of organic diagenesis. He was the first person named to the Klabzuba Chair of Petroleum Geology at OU. Since coming to the Kansas Survey, Harrison has overseen several fossil energy projects, most of which were conceived and developed jointly with the petroleum industry. Harrison also joined the DOE facility in Idaho (Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory) and spent 10 years growing petroleum/fossil energy and petroleum environmental programs. He received an outstanding technical achievement award for contribution to the study of North Slope oil and gas potential, and was given positions of increasing responsibility. Most notably he was named manager of the earth, life, and environmental sciences at INEEL, had a technical staff of 245 workers, and a $40 million budget.
	Dr. Joe Heppert : Chemistry Click Name for More Information Chair & Professor KU Chemistry Joseph Heppert is Professor and Chair for the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kansas, and Director of the Center for Science Education. Heppert received his Ph.D. in 1982 from University of Wisconsin-Madison and specializes in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. His research interests include Inorganic chemistry: catalysis, methathesis, polymers, stereospecific reactions, hydrogen bonding, liquid crystals, inorganic/organic hybrid materials and science education; specifically effects of inquiry in science laboratory instruction, effect of research effectiveness of K-12 science instruction, attrition at the University/Community College transition. Professor Heppert's research group concentrates on both the catalytic chemistry and potential materials application of complexes of group 4, 5 and 6 metals. Problems currently under investigation include catalytic asymmetric methodology, hydrocarbon and hydrogel polymer synthesis. A search for new transition metal derived materials and fuels chemistry is currently underway. Students acquire a range of research skills from modern synthetic methods to techniques for the characterization and handling of novel materials.
	Dr. Carey Novak : KUCR Click Name for More Information Director Business Relations KU Research and Graduate Studies Carey Novak is the Director of Business Relations and Development for the University of Kansas. Novak works with potential industry partners and faculty to explore business opportunities for their University research. He regularly collaborates with the Lawrence-Douglas County Bioscience Authority to generate local-area industry relationships. Novak held similar positions at Iowa State University since 1994. Prior to that, he directed two different regional economic development agencies in Iowa, and spent five years as a senior analyst with the Iowa Legislative Fiscal Bureau. He also started a company called Technology Marketing, Inc. in Clinton, Iowa and served as its president for three years.
	Dr. Jenn-Tai Liang : Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Click Name for More Information Associate Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Co-Director KU Tertiary Oil Recovery Project for the University of Kansas Jenn-Tai received his Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 1988. He has served as Advisory Engineer/Scientist and Group Lead at the Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory. He has also served as Senior Research Engineer for the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Areas of interest include: Reservoir Engineering, Secondary and Tertiary Oil Recovery, CO2 Sequestration in Geologic Formations, and Coalbed Methane Recovery. Research areas include: Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Water Shutoff and Conformance Control, CO2 Sequestration in Geologic Formations, and CO2 Direct-Capture Coalbed Methane Recovery.
	Dr. Dennis Lane : Transportation Research Institute / Civil Engineering Click Name for More Information N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor KU Environmental Engineering He came to KU over twenty years ago after receiving his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Professor Lane.s teaching interests include design of air pollution control equipment, air quality management, physical principles of environmental engineering and environmental management. His research interests include the environmental impacts of atmospheric deposition; development of particle monitoring devices; source-receptor relationships associated with atmospheric deposition; noncriteria air pollution monitoring, development of standard operating procedures for the sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ambient air; bioaerosol detection and identification; and study of mobile source air pollution emissions in metropolitan areas. Dr. Lane's major fields of specialization are air pollution control, ambient air monitoring, and aerosol science. Research sponsors include NSF, U.S. EPA, NASA, and various commercial sources. Dr. Lane has received the U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for research; and he served as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for six years.
	Dr. Susan Williams : Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Click Name for More Information Associate Professor KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Director KU Biodiesel Initiative Dr. Susan M Stagg-Williams is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Kansas. She is also the Director of the KU Biodiesel Initiative which produces high quality biodiesel from the KU Dining Services used cooking oil. She also serves as a faculty fellow for the University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Stagg-Williams joined the KU faculty in 1999 after finishing her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Here research interests in are alternative fuel production, primarily investigating novel catalysts and reactor system for eth production of hydrogen, synthesis gas (a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide), and biofuels.
	Dr. Bala Subramaniam : Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis Click Name for More Information Director Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis Distinguished Professor KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Bala Subramaniam is the Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. His specialties include green catalysis and engineering. Current projects include exploiting green solvents such as carbon dioxide and water in catalytic oxidations, hydroformylations and alkylations; and pharmaceutical processing with near-critical carbon dioxide. His research interests include catalytic reaction engineering for sustainable energy and chemicals production; exploiting supercritical and gas-expanded liquids in crystallization and benign chemicals processing.
	Dr. Stacey White : KU Center for Sustainability and the Graduate Program in Urban Planning Click Name for More Information Associate Professor KU Urban Planning Stacey Swearingen White is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning. She teaches courses in environmental planning and professional practice. She also serves as the Director of Academic Programs for the KU Center for Sustainability, coordinating the Center's research and faculty outreach efforts. Dr. White joined the KU faculty in 1998 after finishing her Ph.D. in Land Resources at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also holds an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana (1993) and a B.A. in Philosophy from Emory University (1989). Her research interests lie broadly in the area of environmental and land use policy and planning, with special emphasis on sustainability, innovation diffusion, policy implementation, and water quality. Through her research, she seeks to understand the factors that encourage and/or inhibit adoption of more sustainable practices at the local government level in the U.S. Dr. White serves as chair of the environmental planning and resource management track for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) annual conference, and editorial board member for the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.
	Dr. George Wilson : KUCR Click Name for More Information Associate Vice Provost KU Research and Graduate Studies George Wilson is the Associate Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies and the Higuchi Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Research Interests: Analytical Chemistry: redox biochemistry, in-vivo measurements with biosensors, analysis of chromosome structure, development of analytical reagents based on biological recognition. His specialties include Bio-analytical chemistry: structural effects on protein electron transfer, redox biochemistry, implantable biosensors, biological recognition as a tool for bio-analysis.
	Dr. Judy Wu Click Name for More Information Distinguished Professor KU Physics and Astronomy Dr. Judy Wu joined KU.s Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1993 and is currently a distinguished professor of the department. She holds her B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Houston. The primary focus of Dr. Wu.s research is on growth, characterization, and applications of various thin films including superconductor, ferroelectric and magnetic materials.