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Electrification of Industrial Heat – Challenges and Opportunities  

Dr. Sridhar Seethamaran

 

Date:	Monday, March 16, 2026
Time:	Virtual Presentation 7pm EST

 

Abstract

Industrial heat accounts for nearly one half of the on-site energy used by the energy intensive industries in the US, which is dominated by five sectors, chemicals/petrochemicals, iron and steel, cement, paper and pulp and food and beverage. EPIXC (Electrified Processes for Industrial Excellence), US DOE's 7^th Manufacturing Innovation Institute, aims to develop technologies which improve energy efficiency, process control and/or product quality and raw-materials flexibility for energy intensive industries. In this talk I will present key findings from our road map and share updates from  our ongoing projects.  

Sridhar Seetharaman Bio

Sridhar is PI, and was the designated CEO, of EPIXC, Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon, DOE's 7th Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Throughout his 24-year career, he has successfully built strategic partnerships and executed key initiatives across industry, government, and the academic community. He is a member of US DOE Secretary's Industrial Technology Innovation Advisory Committee (ITIAC). He currently holds a Joint Faculty Appointment sat NREL and INL, and is an international member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, a Distinguished Member and Fellow of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) and a MERCATOR Fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG).  He is also the Department Chair for Material Science and Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.  Previous appointments include: Senior Advisor at US DOE (EERE), POSCO Chair at Carnegie Mellon, NETL Faculty Fellow and Royal Academy Chair of Low C Technologies at Warwick University. He has significant experience with road mapping and strategic planning, including participation in the Roadmaps for US DOE's NAWI Water HUB, AIST's Steel Roadmap for NIST, US DOE's EPIXC Institute and US DOE's MYPP (Multi-Year-Program-Plan). 

 

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