Dr. Sai Gollakota is a Project Manager in the Office of Major Demonstrations, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy.  He has over 25 years of experience in the industry and government in the areas of clean coal technology development, modeling and analysis, laboratory and pilot-scale energy research, efficiency and environmental improvements in fossil-fuel power generation, co-generation using renewable fuels, international technology transfer for greenhouse gas reduction, and management of commercial-scale Clean Coal Power Initiative and Carbon Capture and Storage demonstration projects.  He has co-authored over 50 publications/presentations in the aforementioned areas.  He has PhD and Master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Auburn University and Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai), respectively, and a Master's degree in Industrial Administration (with University Honors) from Carnegie Mellon University.