Thomas R. Mancini, Sandia National Laboratories.Thursday, 22 September 2011, 5 p.m.

Dr. Mancini recently formed TRMancini Solar Consulting specializing in the technical evaluation and review of concentrating solar (aka solar thermal electric) power components and systems including: parabolic trough, power tower and dish engine systems. Prior to his current position he was the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Program Manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, where he led R&D at Sandia as part of the Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technology Programs.

Tom has a distinguished 35-year career in solar energy R&D and has published more than 150 technical papers and reports. As a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University (1975 - 1985), he performed research in the broad topic areas of passive solar cooling, active heating and cooling, and solar power and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in energy-related areas, heat transfer and fluid mechanics. After joining the staff of Sandia National Laboratories in 1985, Tom was been a Senior and Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff working on concentrating solar power prior to assuming his role as CSP Program Manager in 2003. Tom has been active in American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), as Chair of the Solar Energy Division, Member of the Energy Resources Board, and Chair of the ASME Energy Committee. He is a Fellow of the ASME. Tom also served as the Chair of the International Energy Agency's Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES) implementing Agreement from 2004 until 2011.

Tom received his Bachelors, Masters, and Ph. D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University.

Jessica M. Núñez de Ybarra, California Department of Public Health. Thursday, 8 December 2011, 5 p.m.

Dr. Núñez de Ybarra works at the State of California Department of Public Health in the Division of Communicable Disease Control in the Office of Workforce Development as a Public Health Medical Officer coordinating public health training and emergency preparedness activities and as the Division's liaison to the California Public Health Law Workgroup. She previously served as a Deputy Public Health Officer in Kern County Department of Public Health and as Director of its Office of Public Health Preparedness. She is presently a volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California Davis (UCD) School of Medicine Department of Public Health Sciences. She has served as a lecturer in the UCD Chicano/a Studies Program. Jessica has her Medical Doctorate from the UCD and received her degree of Master in Public Health in Health Services Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.

Spring 2012

S. Fred Singer is professor emeritus at the Univ of Virginia and director of the Science & Environmental Policy Project. His specialty is atmospheric and space physics. An expert in remote sensing and satellites, he served as the founding director of the US Weather Satellite Service and, more recently, as vice chair of the US National Advisory Committee on Oceans & Atmosphere. In 2007, he founded and chaired NIPCC (Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change)

Donald C. Winter is Professor of Engineering Practice in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He served as the 74th Secretary of the Navy from January 2006 to March 2009. Previously, Dr. Winter served as a corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector. In that position he oversaw operation of the business and its18,000 employees worldwide, providing systems engineering and related services. Previously, he served as president and CEO of TRW Systems. Dr. Winter received a BS in physics from the University of Rochester in 1969 and a doctorate in physics from the University of Michigan in 1972. In 2002, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering and he is currently the chair of the National Academy's committee investigating the Deepwater Horizon incident.