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CEI Special Seminar: Chase Dowling - Head of Market Operations; Base Power Company

Seminar Title: Scaling Distributed Energy Resources in North America Electricity demand in North America is rising at rates unseen in nearly 50 years. With the pressing need for electrical capacity, distributed energy resources have presented an appealing opportunity that is only recently beginning to scale into the gigawatts. But for a power system that was designed over a century ago, tapping into new, clean resources brings new operating challenges and a need for new policy adaptations to secure a future of affordable and reliable energy. In this talk, we'll paint a picture of how distributed energy resources fit into the landscape today, where the power system is headed, and how Base Power is answering the call. About the Speaker: Chase Dowling is the Head of Market Operations for Base Power Company, an Austin-based home battery startup, where he leads the aggregation and participation of Base's battery assets in real-time energy markets. Founded in 2023, Base Power is on a mission to deploy energy… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: HRC 155. Accessibility Contact: Danica Hendrickson, danicah@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Clean Energy Institute. Target Audience: Clean Energy Community and Anyone interested in Current Clean Energy Research. Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

CEI Interdisciplinary Seminar: Eleftheria Roumeli, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Washington

Advances in Sustainable Materials from Biomatter: From Compostable Bioplastics to Low-Carbon Cement Biological matter (biomatter) represents a chemically diverse and renewable feedstock for engineering materials with high potential for a reduced environmental impact. However, translating heterogeneous biological systems into functional materials requires approaches that link biomolecular composition, processing pathways, and structure–property relationships across multiple length scales. This talk presents recent advances in the direct conversion of biological feedstocks into engineering materials, with an emphasis on strategies that reduce processing complexity and enable decarbonization. First, we demonstrate the direct conversion of whole algal biomass into strong and stiff bioplastics through thermomechanical consolidation without chemical extraction or purification. To understand the origin of cohesion in these materials, we develop model biopolymer systems in which proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Nanoengineering & Sciences Building (NAN). Campus room: NAN 181. Accessibility Contact: Danica Hendrickson, danicah@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, April 9, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

CEI Interdisciplinary Seminar: Jungwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Nanoengineering & Sciences Building (NAN). Campus room: NAN 181. Accessibility Contact: Danica Hendrickson, danicah@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, April 23, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

CEI Interdisciplinary Seminar: Dylan Stevenson, Assistant Professor of Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington

CEI Interdisciplinary Seminar: Jill Pestana, Battery Scientist & Engineer, Founder & CEO, Pestana Solutions