| 7:30–8:30 |
Breakfast and Check-In |
| 8:30–8:45 |
Early Morning Plenary Session
- 8:30–8:35 Opening Remarks
Greg Upton, Executive Director, LSU Center for Energy Studies
- 8:35–8:45 Opening Keynote
Phillip DeViller, Speaker of the House, Louisiana House of Representatives
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| 8:45–9:20 |
Academic Insights, Government Action
Moderator: Greg Upton, LSU Center for Energy Studies
Panelists: Dustin Davidson (DENR), Paige Carter (LED), Brett Geymann (House Natural
Resources), Bob Hensgens (Senate Natural Resources)
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| 9:20–10:00 |
Does Energy Need an Extension Model?
Moderator: Robert Twilley, LSU Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Panelists: Rex Caffey (LSU Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness),
Tara P. Smith (Executive Associate Vice President and Director of the Louisiana Cooperative
Extension Service at LSU Ag Center)
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| 10:00–10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15–10:55 |
Engaging the Media—Lessons from the Front Lines
Moderator & Organizer: Michael DiResto, Director, LSU Reilly Center for Media & Public
Affairs
Panelists: Stephanie Malin (Dow, Public Affairs Manager), David Mitchell (The Advocate,
Staff Writer and Reporter)
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| 10:55–12:00 |
Spotlight on Innovation: FUEL and IEI Research in Action
Session Chair: Mike Mazzola, Executive Director, Future Use of Energy in Louisiana
Panelists: Dr. William (Bill) M. Moe (LSU Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering),
Dr. Jyotsna Sharma (LSU Dept. of Petroleum Engineering/LSU Dept. of Electrical Engineering),
Jordan Losavio (Chief Operating Officer, Encore CO2)
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| 12:00–1:00 |
Lunch and Posters
Featured Poster Presentations:
- David Shoemaker (ULL) - Advancing Hydrogen-Titanate Ion Sieves for Efficient Lithium
Extraction from U.S. Brines
- Md Khairul Islam (ULL) - Beyond Earth, Energy Resilience Matters: Entropy-Driven Analysis
of Space-Based Power Systems
- Md Zahirul I Khan (ULL) - Resilient Distribution Network Partitioning Using Graph
Theory and Load Balancing
- Savion Siner (ULL) - Resilient Control for CubeSat's Power System Through Digital
Twinning
- Usama Aslam (ULL) - Balancing Resilience and Cost: A Framework for Microgrid Resource
Allocation
- Zain Ul Abidin (LSU) - Underground Hydrogen Storage Site Selection in Southern Louisiana
- Umama Rashid Lamiya (ULL) - Adsorption and Recovery of Tellurium from Aqueous Solution
Using Calcined Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxide
- Anamika Dristi (LSU) - Dissolved carbon and pCO₂ variability in a river-coastal lake
continuum, northern Gulf of Mexico
- Mohammad Altahow (WVU) - AI-Driven Reservoir Modeling: Enhancing Oil Rate Prediction
and Field Management Using Top-Down Modeling
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| 1:00–2:20 |
Concurrent Sessions
- Legal Session
Moderator & Organizer: Keith Hall, Director of the LSU Energy Law Center and the Mineral
Law Institute
Location: Dalton J. Woods Auditorium
- Energy Sustainability & Integration Research Session
Location: Rotunda Conference Room (ECE Bldg. Room 1019)
- Boyun Guo (ULL) - Heat Energy Productivity of Geothermal Wells Converted from End-of-lifetime
Shale Gas Well Pairs
- Prashanth Buchireddy (ULL) - Future of Biomass Utilization in Louisiana: Opportunities
for Thermally Processed Biomass and Its Applications
- Lingxiao Wang (LaTech) - Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring via an Integrated Robotic
and Sparse Sensor System
- Dandina Rao (LSU) - Vertical-Well Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (VW-GAGD) process:
Technology to Meet the 21st Century Grand Challenge of Environmentally Sustainable
Energy Production
- Chen Wei (LSU) - Multi-Hazard Pipeline Safety: Coupled Modeling of CO₂ Accidental
Release and Pipeline Integrity Assessment for CCUS Infrastructure
- Matthew Escarra (Tulane) - Solar Cogeneration of Process Heat and Electricity
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| 2:20–2:35 |
Break |
| 2:35–4:00 |
Concurrent Research Sessions
- Energy Analytics, Workforce, and Digitalization
- India James (James Infrastructure) - Data to Data Center: Redefining Cybersecurity
as a Strategic Asset in Critical Infrastructure
- Radian Belu (Southern Baton Rouge) - Development and Implementation of a Power and
Energy Minor
- Radian Belu (Southern Baton Rouge) - Development of a Combined Graduate and Undergraduate
Course in AI Applications in Power and Energy
- Radian Belu (Southern Baton Rouge) - Power System Resilience and Reliability Metrics
and Indexes -- A Comprehensive Practical Analysis and Review
- Farzad Ferdowsi (ULL) - Louisiana's Power Grid Transformation with Live Digital Twins
- Amin Kargarian (LSU) - From Infrastructure to Community: A Cooperative Human-Utility
Framework for Grid Resilience
- Lingxiao Wang (LaTECH) - A STEM Outreach Workshop on AI, Robotics, and Their Applications
in Louisiana's Energy Sector
- Frank Tsai (LSU) - Geology-Groundwater Digital Twin in Support of Louisiana's Energy
Studies: Lake Maurepas, Sulphur Mines and Meta Data Center Case Studies
- Energy Resources, Materials & Chemical Innovation
- Hussain Shaik (LaTECH) - Revolutionizing Oil Well Plugging: Cement-Free, Alkali Activated
Binders for a Sustainable Future
- Caitlin deNux (ULL) - Agrivoltaics in Louisiana: Assessing Soil Health, Broccoli Production,
and Energy Production in an Established PV System
- Lijesh Koottaparambil (LSU) - Performance-Based Evaluation of Hydrogen Embrittlement
in Steels for Hydrogen Energy Systems
- Lijesh Koottaparambil (LSU) - How Corrosion + Fatigue Shortens the Life of Materials
- Anurag Mandalika (LSU) - The Biofuels Landscape in Louisiana
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| 4:00–6:00 |
Closing Reception, Posters and Networking |
