All  right. Good  morning.  Good  morning  everyone. I'm  Claire  Mach  and  I'm the  Interim  Director  of the  an  Linger  Center  for Energy  and  the  Environment. And  it's  my  true  pleasure  and honor  to  welcome  you  to  Princeton  University, the  Linger  Center's  2023  annual  meeting  with the  title  Next  Decade  Technologies for  the  Energy  Transition. As  a  Professor  of Electrical  and  Computer  Engineering and  as  head  of  Whitman  College, I  have  the  privilege  of  helping  guide our  students  in pursuing  knowledge  and  purpose. At  Princeton,  we  take  it  very  seriously their  responsibility  to  help  train the  world's  future  leaders  in  all  fields. We  strive  to  impart  values  that  make our  work  embody Princeton  University's  informal  motto. In  the  nation's  service  and the  service  of  humanity, here  in  the  School  of  Engineering and  Applied  Sciences, or  as  we  call  it  S, we  do  this  by  creating  new  knowledge  and technologies  that  can  improve  public  health, environmental  quality,  communication, sustainability  of  industrial  and energy  system  and  so  much  more. Our  institutes,  centers, research  initiatives, bring  together  and  support faculty  and  students  from many  departments  working  on central  issues  such  as  energy, bio  engineering, smart  and  sustainable  cities, quantum  science  and  the  applications of  artificial  intelligence  and  machine learning  all  to  improve engineering  and  many  other  activities. Engineering,  especially  at  Princeton, is  a  uniquely  exciting  place  to  be  right  now. For  example,  we  have a  very  high  visibility within  the  larger  university. Specifically  our  six departments  and  many  centers together  make  up  roughly  25% of  the  university's  faculty  members, Postdocs,  graduate  students, and  undergraduate  students. This  already  large institutional  footprint  is  in the  midst  of  a  rapid  growth, new  physical  infrastructure, meaning  all  the  construction  you  see around  campus  is  being constructed  to  create a  C's  and  Environmental Sciences  neighborhood, which  will  provide  new  state  of the  art  facilities  for  teaching  research, and  enhanced  spaces  to encourage  cross  disciplinary  collaborations. This  construction  also  supports Dean  Andrea  Goldsmith's  goal for  the  five  year  period, 2022-2027  to increase  our  faculty and  student  population  by a  power  25%  Such  a  growth  will greatly  expand  our  capacity  for world  class  research  and  education. It  will  also  allow  us  to increase  the  diversity  of our  community  and  enhance the  culture  of  inclusion. Indeed,  this  is an  important  aim  for  Dean  Goldsmith, who  is  committed  to  broadening the  range  of  ideas  and  experience among  as  researchers  and  students  in  order  to achieve  better  outcomes  that serve  all  segments  of  society. C's  also provides  our  faculty  and  students  with unique  opportunities  to  understand their  work  in  a  broad  societal  context. For  instance,  size  not  only encourages  interdisciplinary  work, it  also  attracts  inherently interdisciplinary  scholars within  an  established  culture  of the  liberal  arts  and  humanities. Strong  ties  between the  School  of  Policy and  International  Affairs  and the  entire  college  enable our  engineers  to  regularly engage  outside  of  traditional  bounds, understand  difficult  societal  problems, and  pursue  multidisciplinary approaches  to  solve  them. Finally,  a  culture  of innovation  supported  by centralized  operations  under  Princeton. Innovation  has  been  rapidly growing  at  seas  and  the  university. This  is  something  that  in  Goldsmith routinely  champions  for its  ability  to  drive  use  inspired  research. It  does  not  happen  in  a  vacuum. Engagement  with  external  partners foster  success  at  innovation, interactions  with  them  in regional,  national,  international  arenas. Encourage  knowledge  and  technology transfer  aimed at  solving  the  many pressing  challenges  we  face  today. All  of these  things  differentiate  engineering  at Princeton  and  making  as a  special  place  for  all  of  us, but  especially  for  the  Und  Linger  Center. The  Undlinger  Center's mission  is  to  translate fundamental  research  into practical  solutions  for  sustainable  energy. Future  pursuit  of  this  mission rests  on  three  pillars. Fostering  research,  engaging  students, and  cultivating  external  partnerships. Through  our  research  programs, the  center  seeks  to  advance the  frontiers  of  knowledge at  the  nexus  of energy  and  environmental  issues. In  our  faculty  tackle an  incredible  array  of  challenges around  technologies, materials,  processes,  systems, and  policy  frameworks  to  meet global  needs  for  energy  and  materials, while  mitigating  climate  change and  other  environmental  imbalances. This  is  done  in collaboration  with  our  wonderful  students, many  of  whose  research  projects  are featured  in  today's  poster  session, undergraduates  to  graduates and  post  doctoral  fellows. They  are  all  passionate about  making  positive  change. We're  very  proud  of  them and  know  that  they  will  apply  the  lessons learned  here  at  the  Linger  Center  to  be the  next  generation's  leaders  in the  quest  for  a  sustainable,  healthy  planet. The  third  pillar  of  the  Linger  Center  and supporting  our  mission  is  partnerships. Partnerships  to  catalyze  knowledge  transfer and  accelerate  deployment of  applied  solutions. An  important  means  of  achieving  this  is a  robust  and  distinctive corporate  partnerships  program  administered by  the  center  and  called Princeton  Affiliates  Partnership, or  simply  affiliates. Affiliates  is  notable  for its  diverse  sector  coverage  and the  degree  to  which  dialogue  and collaboration  occurs  between  members. The  sector  diversity  provides our  community  a  broad  perspective  of energy  and  environmental  issues  and the  varied  ways  in  which their  talents  can  be  applied. Support  from  affiliates  sustains many  avenues  of  collaborative  research. And  our  members  involvement  in research,  round  tables,  conferences, other  initiatives  is  a  critical  part  of  how we  strive  to  fulfill the  Unliner  Center's  mission. Many  of  our  members  are  here  today. I  would  like  to  thank  all of  them,  all  of  you, particularly  our  charter  members, for  their  support  and  engagement. The  theme  of  this  year's  meeting  is next  decade  technologies for  the  energy  transition. As  we  strive  to  move our  energy  systems  away from  carbon  intensive  sources, it  is  clear  that  no  single  technology, even  a  single  set  of  existing  technologies, provides  an  immediate  path towards  the  goal  of  net  zero  emissions. While  mature  technologies  like solar  and  wind  have  seen cost  decreases  in  the  past  few  decades  that make  them  integral  to a  decarbonized  electric  grid. They're  only  part  of  the  mix  of  solutions needed  to  achieve  cross sector  decarbonization. Recent  policy  initiatives  and legislation  like the  Inflation  Reduction  Act  and Repower  EU  have  set  an  ambitious  agenda focused  on  encouraging  investments  in new  technologies  and  rapidly  scaling  them. This  has  created  a  moment  of historic  potential  and  risk, both  for  innovators  and  investors  alike, all  looking  to  improve decarbonization  technologies that  have  struggled to  scale  and  to  create new  ones  that  have  not  yet  been  imagined. Such  a  moment  also  creates many  questions  and  uncertainties about  how  technologies  will  evolve  over the  next  few  decades and  what  mix  of  them  will be  necessary  over short  and  long  term  timescales. It  is  in  the  spirit  of  addressing these  questions  that today's  meeting  agenda  was  developed. Our  keynote  speaker,  Amory  Lovins, will  set  the  stage  with a  far  ranging  look  at  our  energy  future. After  which,  we  will  hear  from  a  variety  of expert  panels  about  technology  pathways they  see  as  critical. I'd  like  to  extend my  sincere  thanks  to  all  of  them for  sharing  the  experience  and insights  with  us  today. Promises  to  be  full  of  enlightening discourse  and  I  hope  you will  find  it  enriching  and  enjoyable. With  that,  I  would  like to  introduce  Professor  Barry  and Professor  of  Electrical and  Computer  Engineering and  the  Linger  Center for  Energy  and  the  Environment. Barry  is  also the  Unlinger  Center's  Associate  Director for  External  Partnerships, and  he  has  been  instrumental in  organizing  today's  meeting. Please  join  me  in  welcoming Professor  Barry  Rand  to the  podium  to  deliver his  welcoming  remarks  and guide  us  into  the  day. Thank  you,  Claire  and  have  a  great  lecture. Sorry  you're  late. And  good  morning  to  you  all. Claire  and  I  are thrilled  to  host  you  today  for the  An  Linger  Center's  2023  annual  meeting. Again,  let  me  offer  my  sincere, special  thanks  to  members  of our  Princeton  affiliates  partnership for  their  support,  attendance, and  participation  today,  and  for sponsoring  the  Post  awards  that we'll  give  out  at  the  end  of  the  day. I'm  especially  excited  for our  focus  this  year  on next  decade  technologies for  the  energy  transition, because  it  is  a  celebration  of  some  of the  core  strengths  of  the  Anlinger  Center. Historically,  much  of  our  work has  been  at  the  Andler  Center, grounded  in  engineering  and technological  innovation. Today,  we  are  highlighting three  emerging technologies  with  the  potential  to bolster  the  energy  systems  transition and  hearing  about  issues  and solutions  regarding  the  energy supply  side  from an  esteemed  keynote  speaker that  I'll  introduce  in  just  a  moment. While  our  research  constantly  evolves, one  thing  will  never change  at  the  Andler  Center, which  is  that  in  developing  solutions for  our  energy  and  environmental  future, we  embrace  a  truly multidisciplinary  and multi  stakeholder  approach. We  work  with  departments  across  campus  and  in exchange  with  practitioners  across the  public  and  private  sectors, some  of  whom  are  here  today. In  this  way,  we  turn world  class  research  into actionable  solutions  by  informing and  stress  testing  the work  through  collaboration, then  delivering  knowledge  into the  hands  of  decision  makers  and  leaders. At  the  Andlinger  Center,  we  pursue research  to  enact  real  global  change. Today  is  no  different.