Industrialization, electrification and motorization are changing how we use energy. Population growth and economic growth are driving up total demand. The worldwide energy sector is going through dramatic shifts in energy demand, end-uses, and sources. This talk focuses on global energy trends, with additional insights on US energy trends. He was honored as an American Fellow of the German Marshall Fund and an AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellow on four separate occasions by the University of Texas for exceptional teaching. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. A successful entrepreneur, Webber was one of three founders in 2015 for an educational technology startup, DISCO Learning Media, which was acquired in 2018. Webber has authored more than 400 publications, holds 6 patents, and serves on the advisory board for Scientific American. He was selected as a Fellow of ASME (the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and as a member of the 4 th class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, which is a leadership training program organized by Presidents George W. His first book, Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival, which addresses the connection between earth’s most valuable resources and offers a hopeful approach toward a sustainable future, was published in 2016 by Yale Press and was converted into an hourlong documentary.
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His latest book Power Trip: the Story of Energy was published in 2019 by Basic Books with an award-winning 6-part companion series that aired on PBS, Amazon Prime and iTunes starting Earth Day 2020. Webber’s expertise spans research and education at the convergence of engineering, policy, and commercialization on topics related to innovation, energy, and the environment. From September 2018 to August 2021, Webber was also based in Paris, France where he served as the Chief Science and Technology Officer at ENGIE, a global energy & infrastructure services company.
Webber is the Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin and CTO of Energy Impact Partners, a $1.5 billion cleantech venture fund.
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