What is Renewable Energy? With Prof. Mads Almassalkhi, University of Vermont.

Episode summary introduction: The goal of this series is to serve as a Primer for High Schoolers about a Major, through our conversations with Faculty Experts in the various US Colleges and Universities.

We continue this series with Renewable Energy, with Mads Almassalkhi, Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Control and Optimization Renewable Energy (CORE) Systems Lab at the University of Vermont.

In particular, we discuss the following with him:

What is Renewable Energy?
A Brief History of Renewable Energy?
Renewable Energy Technologies
Skills Needed to Study Renewable Energy
Opportunities in Renewable Energy

Topics discussed in this episode:

Introducing Prof. Mads Almassalkhi, University of Vermont [0:53]
What is Renewable Energy? [3:15]
History of Renewable Energy [8:24]
Importance of Renewable Energy [10:32]
Renewable Energy Technologies  [13:57]
Hot Developments [18:14]
Skills Needed to Pursue Renewable Energy [25:03]
Selecting Renewable Energy in College [32:02]
Career Opportunities [36:15]
Path for Non-STEM Students [38:12]
Prof Almassalkhi’s Renewable Energy Journey [41:11]

Our Guest: Mads Almassalkhi is the Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and BioMedical Engineering at the University of Vermont. Prof. Almassalkhi is the head of the CORE Lab at UVM. Prof. Almassalkhi is also a co-founder of a startup, Packetized Energy.

Memorable Quote: “...if you're good at communicating, if you're good at math and physics, if you're good at software algorithms, or if you just have a knack for tinkering, you can solve many problems with any of these four skills.” Prof. Almassalkhi to High Schoolers.

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