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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – Integration of a Learning Management System (LMS) for USEA

The United States Energy Association (USEA) is inviting prospective organizations or individuals through this Request for Proposals (RFP) to submit proposals for integrating a learning management system (LMS) for USEA.

As this is a USAID-funded program, the RFP follows USAID Procurement Regulations and Laws. All bidder details will be kept confidential.

Nolan Theaker

Job Title: 
Research Engineer
Organization: 
University of North Dakota

Mr. Nolan Theaker, Research Engineer at the University of North Dakota, leads the Institute’s projects in extractive metallurgy and high-value element recovery, including at the bench and pilot scale. He specializes in utilization of unconventional resources for critical mineral recovery as Co-PI on the DOE-NETL funded REE Pilot Scale Extraction demonstration of UND’s technology, as well as solution chemistry modeling. Mr. Theaker’s other research interests include improving the overall coal value chain, improving fossil and renewable energy systems, and development of low-cost, grid-scale energy storage.

USEA 2nd Annual Advanced Energy Technology Forum (virtual)

September 17th, 2020

USEA's Advanced Energy Technology Forum  will explore technological innovation in the energy sector. The event focuses on research and development in the corporate and government sectors, including national labs and universities.

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2019 USEA Annual Report

June 1st, 2020
Annual Reports

Establishing Geothermal Industrial Parks in East Africa

August 26th, 2020

Please join the U.S. Energy Association (USEA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the launch of the Geothermal Industrial Park webinar series presented by the U.S.- East Africa Geothermal Partnership (EAGP).

In the first webinar in our series, Jón Örn Jónsson from Reykjavik Geothermal and Sigurður H. Markússon from Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland will discuss the Icelandic experience with geothermal industrial parks and their potential in East Africa.

Tim Watkins

Job Title: 
Lead Product Sales Manager for OT-SDN
Organization: 
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL)
Tim Watkins graduated with a Master of Science in Administration (MSA) in leadership from Central Michigan University in 2010. In 2004, Tim was selected to attend the US Army’s Telecommunications Systems Engineering Course located at Fort Gordon. Following 20 years of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) experience in information technology, weapon systems, communications infrastructure planning, cybersecurity, and leading US Marines, Tim joined Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) as an application engineer in 2013. He was later promoted to lead application engineer in 2017. His background includes building and securing communication networks in austere environments for combat operations and holistically reducing risk to utility customer around the world. Tim focuses on system solutions that increase cyber visibility allowing customers to detect, mitigate, and respond to events within their control systems. His efforts reduce risk, increase resilience, and mature SEL’s best practices.
Profile Type: 
Speaker

Cindy Crane

Job Title: 
CEO
Organization: 
Enchant Energy

Responsible for the overall success of the New Mexico based company whose mission is to develop carbon capture and storage/carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCS/CCUS) projects.  Enchant Energy’s initial project is to acquire a 95% interest in San Juan Generating Station and add carbon capture technology. Cindy has thirty years of experience in the electric utility, electricity generation and energy industries, 2014-2018 CEO of PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, 2009-2014 Vice President, PacifiCorp/Interwest Mining and Fuel Resources, 2007-2009 Vice President of Strategy, PacifiCorp, experience in wind energy project development and construction, nuclear energy project development, business acquisitions/dispositions, and strategic planning.

Jesse Arenivas

Job Title: 
President
Organization: 
Kinder Morgan CO2

Mr. Arenivas is President of CO2for Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. Kinder Morgan CO2 is the largest transporter of carbon dioxide in North America, delivering approximately 1.3 billion cubic feet per day for use in enhanced oil recovery projects. Mr. Arenivas is responsible for overseeing the engineering, development, production and marketing operations for the CO2source, pipeline and enhanced oil recovery assets owned by the company.

Mr. Arenivas joined Kinder Morgan in 2003 and has served in various financial, accounting, and business development roles including Vice President of Finance and Accounting for the CO2business segment. He was named President of the CO2 business in 2014.

Mr. Arenivas holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas, Permian Basin and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Kinder Morgan owns an interest in or operates 83,000 miles of pipelines and 147 terminals. The company's pipelines transport primarily natural gas, refined petroleum products, CO2 and crude oil and its terminals store, transfer and handle such products as gasoline, ethanol, coal, petroleum coke and steel.

Dr. Mary Anne Alvin

Job Title: 
Critical Minerals Processing Senior Program Manager
Organization: 
US Department of Energy - FECM

Mary Anne Alvin currently serves as the Senior Program Manager for Critical Minerals Processing at the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management in Washington, DC. She previously served as the Rare Earth Element Technology Manager at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Prior to joining NETL, Dr. Alvin was employed at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and at Siemens Westinghouse Power Generation, working in the area of advanced energy systems. As a Fellow Scientist, she was internationally recognized for her contributions in the area of high temperature porous ceramic materials, ceramic matrix composites, intermetallics, advanced alloys and metal media for hot gas filtration use in the electric power generation industry. She holds twenty-eight patents in these areas. Most recently, Dr. Alvin served as Co-Editor for the book Rare Earth Metals and Minerals Industries – Status and Prospects published by Springer in December 2023.

Dr. Rick Honaker

Job Title: 
Professor of Mining Engineering
Organization: 
University of Kentucky

Dr. Honaker is a Professor of Mining Engineering and a designated University Professor with distinction at the University of Kentucky (UK). He received his B.S. (1986), M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in Mining and Minerals Engineering from Virginia Tech. He served as an Assistant and Associate Professor of Mining Engineering at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale from 1991 to 1999. Dr. Honaker joined the faculty at UK as an Associate Professor in 2000, awarded the Mining Engineering Distinguished Professorship in 2005 and promoted to the full-professor rank in 2006. He served as the Department Chair and Executive Director of the UK Mining Engineering Foundation from 2007 – 2017.

Dr. Honaker has contributed significantly to the scientific community in the broad area of extractive metallurgy. A listing of some of his most substantial achievements and contributions in this area include: nearly $30 million in research funding received from federal and state agencies as well as private companies with over 80 funded research projects, nearly 250 publications as author or co-author including 140 peer-reviewed articles, seven U.S. patents and patent applications, and over 50 substantive project reports resulting from industrial consultations.  Over the last four years, Dr. Honaker has worked with federal and state governments, university partners and industrial companies in an effort to design, construct and test a pilot-plant for rare earth and critical material recovery and extraction. In recognition of his research accomplishments, the University of Kentucky inducted him into the highest professor designation of University Professor in 2017.

Dr. Honaker currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration as well as the Executive Board for the Coal Preparation Society of America. He is also serving a five-year appointment as Commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET.

Credentials: 
PHD

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