Seminar Objectives

• Understand technologies for sustainable energy production, conversion and utilization.
• Understand limitations and opportunities.
• Gain experience in challenges and opportunities in designing sustainable energy systems.
• Develop your own vision for a future sustainable energy scenario.

View the schedule of presentations.

Location

• All seminars will be held in the Edward St. John Learning & Teaching Center, 4131 Campus Dr., College Park, Maryland.
• Housing is in a residential facility at the University of Maryland campus.

Participants work together on group projects and relax together on the evenings and weekends. 

2025 - University of Maryland, USA

2023 - Waseda University, Japan

2019 - Korea University, South Korea

2018 - Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

2017 - University of Maryland 

Seminar speakers

Speakers are from each of the five participating universities, including

Dr. Yunho Hwang is a research professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the EEHP Consortium at the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering at the University of Maryland, USA. He is a world-renowned expert in energy efficiency and innovative energy systems research in the field of refrigeration and air-conditioning. 

Dr. Hoseong Lee is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Korea University. His research spans a broad range of energy systems, including heat pump technologies, thermal management for electric vehicles and data centers, and the optimization of plus-energy buildings.

Dr. Gerhard Schmitz is professor emeritus for thermodynamics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). His research focuses on modeling and analyzing of complex energy systems.

Dr. Zhenyuan Xu is in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research focuses on the efficient utilization of solar thermal energy and waste heat with desalination, thermal storage and heat pumps.

Dr. Baowen Zhou is in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research is focused on developing the new-generation Carbon-neutral Energy Device, System and Solution for green hydrogen and renewable fuels, metal-air batteries, and waste valorization.