'A Rising Tide Lifts All Bytes'
In this Sustainable Futures Speakers Series talk, Benjamin Maurer will explore tidal power. Humanity has been harnessing tidal power for more than 1,000 years, and producing electricity from tides for more than 100 years. Tidal electricity generation is greenhouse gas-free, eminently predictable, sub-sea surface, and often co-located with demand; yet tidal power has seen slower adoption and deployment than other renewables such as wind or solar power. Maurer will share what the Pacific Marine Energy Center is doing to address the remaining key challenges and how that R&D plays into the changing market landscape for marine energy. From autonomous subsea robotics to underwater data centers, he'll cover the promise and potential pitfalls of this renewable energy resource. Maurer is the Associate Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center, a multi-university consortium dedicated to the responsible advancement of ocean energy technologies, and a researcher at the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory. He works closely with undergraduate and graduate students, startups, large corporations, regulators, government clients, and other stakeholders to address key challenges in harvesting power from the waves, tides, currents, and offshore winds. Maurer's prior work includes positions supporting a $100M/yr US Department of Energy portfolio of ocean technology technology awards; conducting fluid dynamics experiments at the University of Cambridge GK Batchelor Laboratory; and piloting ROVs for the National Marine Fisheries Service. He holds a PhD in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, an MS in Engineering Sciences from UC, San Diego, and undergraduate degrees in Biology and Philosophy also from UCSD. He is an avid surfer, swimmer, and research diver. Maurer will speak at 5:30 pm on Thursday, October 4 in Siemens Hall 108 on the HSU campus. For more information, call 826-4345 or visit schatzcenter.org/speakers.
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