The board oversees all related study activities, hosts convening functions, and serves on study committees.

James J. Zucchetto, Director

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

CHAIR

Douglas M. Chapin (NAE) is Principal Officer and Director, MPR Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. He has extensive experience in electrical, chemical, and nuclear engineering, with particular application to nuclear and conventional power plant problems and functions, including numerous aspects of power plant systems and associated components. He has worked in such areas as instrumentation and control systems, nuclear fuels, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, pumps, advanced analysis methods, test facility design, and electrical systems and components. Dr. Chapin has worked on a number of efforts including the Japan/Germany/United States research program on loss of coolant accidents (LOCA), served as project leader for the design, construction, and testing of the loss of fluid test (LOFT) facility, was a member of the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI’s) Utility Review Committee on Advanced Reactor Designs, and worked with the Utility/EPRI Advanced Light Water Reactor Program that defines utility requirements for future nuclear power plants. He was chairman of the National Research Council’s Committee on Application of Digital Instrumentation and Control Technology to Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Safety, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE’s) Electric Power/Energy Systems Engineering Peer Committee, and is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Duke University, an M.S. in Applied Science, George Washington University, and a Ph.D., Nuclear Studies in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University.

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VICE CHAIR

Robert W. Fri is a Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus at Resources for the Future, where he served as president from 1986 to 1995. He also currently serves as Senior Advisor at the Marian E. Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences and is active with Changing Planet (an environmental discovery center) and the Energy Future Coalition. From 1996 to 2001 he served as director of the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. Before joining the Smithsonian, Fri served in both the public and private sectors, specializing in energy and environmental issues. In 1971 he became the first deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 1975, President Ford appointed him as the deputy administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration. He served as acting administrator of both agencies for extended periods. From 1978 to 1986, Fri headed his own company, Energy Transition Corporation. He began his career with McKinsey & Company, where he was elected a principal. Fri is a senior advisor to private, public, and nonprofit organizations. He is a director of American Electric Power Company and of the Electric Power Research Institute; and a trustee of Science Service, Inc. (publisher of Science News and organizer of the Intel Science Talent Search and International Science and Engineering Fair). He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and a member of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee at the Department of Energy. In past years, he has been a member of the President’s Commission on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, and the University of Chicago Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory. He has chaired advisory committees of the National Research Council, the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the Office of Technology Assessment. From 1978 to 1995 he was a director of Transco Energy Company, where he served as chair of the audit, compensation, and chief executive search committees. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi and a National Associate of the National Academies. He received his B.A. in physics from Rice University and his M.B.A. (with distinction) from Harvard University.

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MEMBERS

Rakesh Agrawal (NAE) is Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University. Previously, he was an Air Products Fellow at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., where he worked from 1980 to 2004. His research interests include basic and applied research in gas separations, process development, synthesis of distillation column configurations, adsorption and membrane separation processes, novel separation processes, gas liquefaction processes, cryogenics, and thermodynamics. He has broad experience in hydrogen production and purification technologies. His current interest is in energy production issues especially from renewable sources such as solar-based energy technologies, as well as hydrogen technologies. He holds 116 U.S. and more then 300 foreign patents. He has authored 64 technical papers and given many lectures and presentations. He chaired the Separations Division and the Chemical Technology Operating Council of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and also a Gordon conference on Separations. He was a member of the NRC Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use, and the Panel on Benefits of DOE Fuel Cell R&D. Dr. Agrawal received a B. Tech. From the Indian Institute of Technology, in Kanpur, India; a M.Ch.E. From the University of Delaware; and an Sc.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Allen J. Bard (NAS) is Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and holds the Norman Hackerman/Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas, Austin. He has published widely and is the winner of numerous honors and awards including the Willard Gibbs Award, the Pauling Award and the Priestley Metal. He was President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists (IUPAC) and served as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 1982-2001. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He previously has served on the National Research Council's Energy Engineering Board (EEB), and has also served as chairman of the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, chairman of the EEB Committee on Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons, and president of the U.S. National Committee for IUPAC. His research interests include electro-organic chemistry, photo-electrochemistry, electrogenerated chemiluminescence, electroanalytical chemistry, and fuel cells. His interests include energy policy related to fossil fuels and renewable energy sources. He received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University.

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Marilyn Brown joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in August 2006 as a Full Professor in the School of Public Policy. In addition to teaching, conducting research, and expanding the various energy initiatives at Georgia Tech, she will maintain her ties with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a Distinguished Visiting Scientist. During her 22 years at ORNL, Dr. Brown held leadership positions in the Engineering Science and Technology Division, one of the laboratory’s largest research divisions, and in the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, one of the lab’s largest applied research programs. In addition, she has researched the impacts of policies and programs aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies. She has led several energy technology and policy scenario studies and is a national leader in the analysis and interpretation of energy futures in the United States. She has authored more than 150 publications and has been an expert witness in hearings before Committees of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate. Dr. Brown serves on the boards of directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Alliance to Save Energy, on the editorial boards of several journals, and is a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy. Dr. Brown has a Ph.D. in Geography from the Ohio State University and a Masters Degree in Resource Planning from the University of Massachusetts. She is also a Certified Energy Manager.

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Michael Corradini (NAE) is chairperson and professor in the Department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Corradini's research focus is nuclear engineering and multiphase flow with specific interests that include light water reactor safety, fusion reactor design and safety, waste management and disposal, vapor explosions research and molten core concrete interaction research, and energy policy analysis. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Society of Engineering Education, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a fellow of the American Nuclear Society. Dr. Corradini has received numerous awards including the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigators Award, the American Nuclear Society reactor safety best paper award, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus teaching award. He is the author of over 100 technical papers and has served on various technical review committees, including the research review panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the direct heating review group. He is currently a member of the National Research Council's Electric Power/Energy Systems Engineering Peer Committee and chair of the Frontiers of Engineering Organizing Committee. He has served on several NRC committees including the Committee on Alternatives for Controlling the Release of Solid Materials from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Licenses Facilities. Dr. Corradini was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1998. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Marquette University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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E. Linn Draper, Jr. (NAE) is Chairman, President and CEO Emeritus, American Electric Power, Inc. While at AEP he also served as president and CEO of the American Electric Power Service Corporation, the management and technology arm of the AEP system. Prior to joining AEP, he served as chairman, president and CEO of Gulf States Utilities Company in Beaumont, Texas. He held numerous positions at Gulf States Utilities, including the position of Senior Vice President for Engineering and Technical Services. Prior to joining Gulf States Utilities, he was an Associate Professor and Director of the Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Texas. He has extensive experience in technology for the electric utility sector including generation, transmission and distribution, environmental controls, nuclear power, and associated regulatory issues. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has a B.A. from Rice University; a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Rice University; and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cornell University.

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Charles Goodman is Senior Vice President, Research and Environmental Affairs, Southern Company Services, Inc., which is affiliated with a number of power companies in southern states. In this capacity, he is responsible for the advanced end-use technologies, power technologies, economic analysis, environmental assessment, and the clean air compliance departments, as well as the Power Systems Development Facility at Wilsonville, Alabama. He previously held the position of Senior Research Engineer in the Research and Development Department. He has chaired the Environmental Staff Committee of the Business Roundtable, is a member of the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act Advisory Committee for Ozone, is a member of the Research Advisory Committee, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and chair of the EPRI Environment and Health Business Unit and is involved in a number of activities related to the electric power industry and the ability of technologies to meet existing and emerging regulatory constraints. He served on the National Research Council Committee on Programmatic Review of the DOE’s Office of Power Technologies, which reviewed the suite of renewable energy technology R&D programs, which resulted in the NRC report Renewable Power Pathways published in 2000. He has a B.S. (University of Texas at Arlington), M.S. and Ph.D. (Tulane University) in mechanical engineering.

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David G. Hawkins is currently director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC’s) Climate Center, which focuses on advancing policies and programs to reduce pollution responsible for global warming and harmful climate change. He has also been director, NRDC’s Air and Energy Program, and was co-director of NRDC’s Clean Air Program. He initiated the NRDC’s Clean Air Project in 1971, which has had an important influence on the federal Clean Air Act since the law’s passage. He has worked at the Stern Community Law Firm in Washington, D.C., and served as Assistant Administrator for Air, Noise, and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency from 1977-1981. He served as a member of the National Research Council’s Committee to Review the Structure and Performance of the Health Effects Institute. He has extensive public policy and regulatory experience related to air quality, climate change issues, and related energy supply and demand issues. He graduated from Columbia University Law School.

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David K. Owens is Executive Vice President, Business Operations, of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). Previously, Mr. Owens served as EEI's Senior Vice President of Finance, Regulation, and Power Supply Policy, focusing on enhancement of industry representation on such issues as the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), and Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA), the Federal Power Act, cogeneration and independent power production, transmission access, and bulk power and transmission pricing, which affect the national interest. He also has responsibility for representing the industry in the areas of finance, ratemaking, regulation, accounting, and taxes. Mr. Owens also served as Vice President, Power Supply Policy, overseeing a broad range of issues related to power supply policy and the regulatory structure of the electric utility industry. He joined the Institute in 1980 as Director, Rates and Regulation. His responsibilities included coordinating industry positions on rate-related matters before Federal, Executive and Congressional committees. Prior to EEI, Mr. Owens served as Chief Engineer of the Division of Corporate Regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission. This division is responsible for regulating public utility holding companies. Mr. Owens also was an engineer in the Division of Rates and Corporate Regulation at the former Federal Power Commission and worked as a design and test engineer for General Electric and Philadelphia Electric Companies respectively. Mr. Owens holds a B.S. and Masters Degree in Engineering from Howard University and a Masters in Engineering Administration from George Washington University.

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William F. Powers (NAE) is Retired Vice President, Research, Ford Motor Company. His approximately 20 years at Ford included positions as Director, Vehicle, Powertrain and Systems Research; Director, Product and Manufacturing Systems; Program Manager, Specialty Car Programs; and Executive Director, Ford Research Laboratory and Information Technology. Prior positions also include Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, during which time he consulted with NASA, Northrop, Caterpillar, and Ford; Research Engineer, University of Texas; and Mathematician and Aerospace Engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. He is a Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE); Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); Member, National Academy of Engineering; Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He has extensive expertise in advanced research and development of automotive technology. He has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas-Austin.

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Michael P. Ramage (NAE) is retired Executive Vice President, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. Previously he was Director, Executive Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer of Mobil Oil Corporation. He held a number of positions at Mobil including Manager of Process Research and Development Division; General Manager of Exploration and Production Research, Development, and Technical Services; Vice President of Engineering; and President of Mobil Technology Company. He has broad experience in many aspects of the petroleum industry including R&D, chemical processes, and capital project management. He is a Director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has served on a number of university visiting committees and is a member of a number of professional societies. He recently served as Chairman of the NRC Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and serves on the NAE Council. He has a B.S., M.S., and PhD. in chemical engineering from Purdue University.

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Maxine Savitz (NAE) is currently a consultant. She recently retired as General Manager, Technology/Partnerships, Honeywell. She has held a number of positions in the federal and private sector managing large R&D programs, especially with respect to the development of energy technologies. Some of her positions include Chief, Buildings Conservation Policy Research, Federal Energy Administration; Professional Manager, Research Applied to National Needs, National Science Foundation; Division Director, Buildings and Industrial Conservation, Energy Research and Development Administration; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conservation, U.S. Department of Energy; President, Lighting Research Institute; and General Manager, Ceramic Components, Allied Signal, Inc. (now Honeywell). She has extensive technical experience in materials, fuel cells, batteries and other storage devices, energy efficiency, and R&D management. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has been, or is serving as, a member of numerous public and private sector boards, and has served on many energy-related and other NRC committees. She recently served on the National Research Council’s Committee on DOE R&D on Energy Efficiency and Fossil Energy. She has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Scott W. Tinker is Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin; State Geologist of Texas; and Edwin Allday Chair of Subsurface Geology, Department of Geological Sciences. Previous to his current positions, he held a number of geologist positions at Marathon Oil—Petroleum Technology Center, rising to Advanced Senior Geologist. He has also been a geologist at Union Pacific Resources and at Robert M. Sneider Exploration. He has extensive experience in the broad aspects of basic and applied energy and environmental research; in reservoir characterization studies of large hydrocarbon fields; and expertise in carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy, 3-D reservoir modeling, and analysis and interpretation of diverse sets of geological, seismic and engineering data. He serves on a wide variety of boards, committees, and organizations. He received the distinguished lecturer award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers/American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Distinguished Service Award from the West Texas Geological Society, Marathon Achievement of Company Excellence Award for significant contributions to reservoir characterization and understanding, and many others. He will bring expertise on petroleum and natural gas reserves, oil and gas technologies, reservoir characterization, and geological sciences to the deliberations of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems. He has a B.S. in Geology and Business Administration, Trinity University; an M.S. in Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, an M.B.A. in Business Administration, University of Colorado, Denver; and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder.

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