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Martin Pasqualetti is a professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and co-director of the Energy Policy Information Council (EPIC). He is an elected Fellow of the American Association of Geographers; a recipient of the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal (American Geographical Society), and the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at the University of California (Riverside). His general research interests encompass three areas of emphasis: energy and society, energy and land use, and renewable energy development. His current research concentrates on the social acceptance of renewable energy landscapes and recycling of energy landscapes. He has served two Arizona governors as chair of the Arizona Solar Energy Advisory Council, and he was as a founding member of the Arizona Solar Center. He serves on 10 editorial boards, including Energy Research & Social Science. He is the ASU liaison to the International Renewable Energy Agency, headquartered in Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Pasqualetti offers several energy classes, including The Thread of Energy, Energy in the Global Arena, Energy and Environment, Solar Energy Policy, and Recycling Energy Landscapes. He co-founded and was twice elected president of the Energy and Environment Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. In addition, he has served as an advisor to the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Resources for the Future, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Council, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Arizona Energy Office.
Dr. Pasqualetti has published books on wind power, renewable energy landscapes, the geography of energy, nuclear power plant decommissioning, and landscape evolution, as well as over 100 articles and book chapters on energy and environment topics. He has worked in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Palestine, Oman, Israel, China, Singapore, Guyana, and the United Arab Emirates.
Renewable energy
Energy/water nexus
Energy landscapes
Energy and society
Energy education
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 364 | Energy in the Global Arena |
SEC 510 | Solar Energy and Policy |
GCU 510 | Solar Energy and Policy |
SOS 792 | Research |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 171 | The Thread of Energy |
SOS 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 322 | Geography of U.S. and Canada |
SOS 792 | Research |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 364 | Energy in the Global Arena |
SOS 493 | Honors Thesis |
GCU 598 | Special Topics |
SEC 598 | Special Topics |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 171 | The Thread of Energy |
SOS 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 591 | Seminar |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 364 | Energy in the Global Arena |
SOS 493 | Honors Thesis |
GCU 598 | Special Topics |
SEC 598 | Special Topics |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 171 | The Thread of Energy |
SOS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
GCU 591 | Seminar |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 364 | Energy in the Global Arena |
SEC 598 | Special Topics |
GCU 598 | Special Topics |
SOS 792 | Research |
PUP 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
GCU 591 | Seminar |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
GCU 364 | Energy in the Global Arena |
SEC 598 | Special Topics |
GCU 598 | Special Topics |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 792 | Research |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SOS 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 171 | The Thread of Energy |
GCU 492 | Honors Directed Study |
GCU 591 | Seminar |
SOS 790 | Reading and Conference |
PUP 792 | Research |
2016
Co-organizer and panelist. Working Panel on Teaching Geography of Energy Courses (Sponsored by Geography Education Specialty Group, Energy and Environment Specialty Group). Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco
Panelist. Future pathways in energy geographies: a panel discussion with past EESG Chairs. Annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco.
Public Acceptance of Wind Power (on and off shore). (Invited keynote) URI Narragansett Bay Campus next Monday, October 24th for the 15th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium, "The Social Dimensions of American Offshore Wind Energy: Toward a Research Agenda."
2015
Recycling Energy Landscapes: Perception, Planning, Participation and Power. European Conference of the Landscape Research Group. Dresden, Germany 16 18 September.
2014
Mixing Water and Energy at the US/Mexico Border. (invited). Uncommon Dialogue US-M�xico Transboundary Water Issues. Bill Lane Center for the American West. Stanford University, June
Arizona Energy Security. Video prepared by the ASU Center for Integrated Solutions to Climate Change. (http://climate.asu.edu/projections/martin-pasqualetti/).
Keynote address, World Water Day, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. March 24. The Water/Energy Nexus and its Relevance in Desert Environments.
2013
Eight lectures on renewable energy at An-Najah University, Palestine, 17-22 November. http://geoplan.asu.edu/EnergyTrainingProgramPalestine.
Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy. Invited presentation. International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., October.
2012
Panel discussion on the Keystone XL pipeline. Global Institute of Sustainability. Article - http://sustainability.asu.edu/news/archive/asu-experts-discuss-keystone-xl-pipeline-and-national-energy-policy. Video - https://sustainability.asu.edu/media/video/keystone-xl-pipeline
Recycling Energy Landscapes, Institute of Geonomics, Brno, Czech Republic, August.
Social Barriers to Renewable Energy. Keynote address, Materials Research Society, San Francisco, April 9. http://vimeopro.com/materials/2012-mrs-spring-meeting/video/41356113
Solar Energy Policy and Society. Presentation before the Prime Minister, US Ambassador and other dignitaries. As part of VOCTEC project with USAID. Georgetown, Guyana. March 21.
The Energy Policy Innovation Council (EPIC) and its role in promoting renewable energy in Arizona. Arizona League of Cities and Towns, Scottsdale. May
2011
Renewable Energy and Sustainability. Invited colloquium, School of Earth and Space Exploration, ASU.
Exploring New Landscapes of Energies. From the 8th International Geographical Conference & Workshop Congeo 2011, August 1 5, 2011, Brno, Czech Republic. (invited).
Opposing Wind Energy Landscapes: The Search for Common Cause, Low Carbon Earth Summit, Dalian, China 22 October.
U.S. Mexico Transboundary Perspectives. North American Energy Water Nexus Roundtable. April 1 (invited guest speaker).
The Changing Energy Landscapes of North America. Department of Geography, University of Minnesota, Mankato (invited guest speaker).
The Changing Energy Landscapes of North America. Royal Geographical Society, London, UK (invited keynote).
2010
Social Barriers to Renewable Energy Landscapes. Invited presentation. American Society of Landscape Architects, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Sept 10
The Embedded Water Costs of Energy: Its effects on Renewable Energy and Policy. Luncheon keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting, Environmental Professionals of Arizona on January 27, Scottsdale, AZ (invited).
Two Solar Threats. Arizona Solar Center Meet-up Group. Global Institute of Sustainability. January 28 (invited) http://www.meetup.com/az-solar-center/
The Energy/Water Nexus in Arizona and Sonora. The Water-Energy Conundrum: Water Constraints on New Energy Development in the Southwest. University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, NM, March 12. http://lawschool.unm.edu/Nrj/symposia/water_energy/
2009
Summary of energy security indicators and metrics. Workshop on global energy security at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. The workshop was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative to investigate two key areas: improving energy governance, and creating an energy security index (invited). Nov 14-16.
North American Energy Alliance, the 62nd annual meeting of the Council of State Governments (West) (invited). Oct 5.
History of Social Acceptance of Wind Energy, Keynote address at a meeting of the International Energy Agency and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Oct. 28 at the National Wind Technology Center in Colorado. Oct 28.
Social Factors in Wind Energy, State of the Art in Wind Siting seminar in Washington, D.C. on Oct 20, 2009. The two-day meeting was organized by the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NWCC)
Experts Panel on the water/energy nexus at the conference Meeting Arizona's Water Needs Today & Tomorrow, Tucson, August 28. Conference organized by the Arizona Investment Council (invited).
VIP address (invited)) The Embedded Water Costs of Power, Arizona Water Reuse Conference, Flagstaff, AZ July 30-31.
U.S. Embassy Speakers Program (invited) Social Barriers to Renewable Energy. A series of 10 lectures in southern, central, and northern Mexico, June 5-11.
Keynote Address (invited) Pushing the Limits of Wind Power the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council, May 6, St Andrews, Scotland.
The Energy/Water Nexus in the Southwestern United States, American Association of Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, March 24.
2008
The Water/Energy Nexus: What it Suggests for Renewable Energy, Energy Trading, and Power Plant Technology, 2nd Annual Kansas Water Issues Forum, Wichita, KS, Dec. (invited).
The Water/Energy Nexus: What it Suggests for Renewable Energy, Energy Trading, and Power Plant Technology, 2nd Annual Kansas Water Issues Forum, Hays, KS, Dec. (invited)
Water and Renewable Energy with Rapid Growth in the Arizona-Sonora Region, Arizona/Mexico Commission, Scottsdale, AZ, June (invited).
Social Barriers to Renewable Energy, Arizona Institute for Renewable Energy, Tempe, Nov. (Plenary session).
The Alberta Oil Sands from Both Sides of the Border, NNASC Annual Policy Conference - North American Issues: Designing Institutions, Choosing Policies, Vancouver, BC, Canada. March. (invited).
The Water Costs of Arizona Electricity: Findings and Implications, Green Summit, Phoenix, Sept. (invited).
Weighing Resource Development: The Alberta Oil Sands from Both Sides of the Border, Canada-U.S. Relations in Transition: The U.S. Elections and Future Prospects, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Oct. (Invited)
Water and Renewable Energy and the U.S./Mexico Border, Binational Institute for Water and Renewable Energy, Phoenix, AZ, Feb. (Invited).
2007
Energy Landscapes of the Southwest, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA. March.
Oil Sands of North America. Renewable Energy Task Force. April.
Solar Energy, Alternative Energy Expo 2007, April.
The Status, Promise and Problems of North American Wind Energy, City of Scottsdale Solar Energy Series, Sept (invited).
Wind Power in North America: Status, Problems and Solutions, Conference of the North American Institute. May. (Invited).
Special Session on the book Common Ground, Chair, American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA. March
2019 - Elected Fellow of the American Association of Geographers
2018 - Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at the University of California (Riverside).
2015 - Alexander and Ilse Melamid Medal, American Geographical Society
2008-2009 - Visiting Honors Faculty Fellow, Barrett Honors College
2006 - Lifetime Achievement Award. Renewable Energy Task Force, Alliance for Construction Excellence, Arizona State University
2004 - Visiting Scholar, Marisco Foundation, University of Denver
2004 - Featured Faculty of the Month, Co-Curricular Program, ASU
2002-present - Who's Who in America
1993 - Environmental Educator of the Year, Association of Energy Engineers
1983 - Arizona State University Honors Research Professor
EcoGroup - originators of In Concert with the Environment(r)
Strategic Solar Energy - developers of the patented PowerParasol(r)
Natural Resources Defense Council
Union of Concerned Scientists
Office of Technology Assessment
US Department of Energy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Wind Energy Collaborative