Colloquium: Prof. Konstantinos Boulouchos
Wednesday, 16th December 2020, at 17.15 - 18.30
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Towards a "net-zero" Mobility Future – A systems point of view
The Mobility system is highly relevant for the well-being of human society as we will show with particular reference to Switzerland. After briefly examining the implications of past developments for various resources (space, time, other environmental indicators), we will focus on the energy supply and climate change mitigation options for the worldwide and national transportation system.
We will also illustrate the importance of the transitional path dynamics towards a “net-zero” mobility future and discuss the synergetic contributions of technology innovation and policy design to this end.
About Prof. Konstantinos Boulouchos
Konstantinos Boulouchos holds a diploma (NTU Athens) and a doctoral degree (ETH Zurich) in Mechanical Engineering. After a postdoctoral stay at Princeton University, he joined ETH Zurich as Research Group Leader at the Institute of Energy Technology. In 1955 he became Head of the Combustion Research Laboratory at PSI and 2002 he has been appointed Full Professor at ETH Zurich.
His main research area is on reactive thermofluidics in energy conversion with emphasis on both non-intrusive diagnostics and advanced simulation methods. His work aims at interfacing fundamental knowledge with industrial relevance in the field of reactive energy systems.
During the last 10 years, he became increasingly interested in modelling and optimization of energy systems including policy advice on Energy and Transport related Strategy Development and Implementation.
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