About this event
- Category
- Lunch Lecture
- Organizer
- 67th board: "Parvus numero, magnus merito"
- Date and time
- Jan 21, 2025 12:30 - 13:45
- Location
- NH207
Lunch Lecture by Dr. Peter de Bock
Program Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Peter de Bock studied at Twente from 1996 to 2002 in the mechanical engineering programme and is currently the Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the USA Department of Energy. At ARPA-E, Peter leads programs related to sustainable aviation. He is one of our most senior level alumni in the American government and manages over $120 million in funding.
At ARPA-E Dr. de Bock leads and developed the ASCEND and PRE-TRAILS programs to realize a future of sustainable aviation. In addition, Dr. de Bock developed the COOLERCHIPS program focused on making a transformational leap in efficiency of cooling of Data Centers and manages projects in the areas of ultra-high power density battery systems, hydrogen storage and propulsion, additive manufacturing and power electronics.
Prior to joining ARPA-E, Dr. de Bock worked at GE Research for 18 years and held roles as Principal Engineer ThermoSciences and platform lead Power-Thermal Mechanical Systems. Dr. de Bock is the former chair of ASME K-16 committee on Heat Transfer in Electronics equipment, ASME Fellow, IEEE and AIAA member and holds 50+ patents and numerous publications.
Dr. de Bock received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and holds MSc degrees from University of Twente in the Netherlands, and University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.
The US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) was founded to develop and support transformational impactful projects that can help to reduce energy imports, improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
The relevance of ARPA-E has never been more paramount as the current energy landscape is undergoing significant changes due to the introduction of various renewable energy sources, and the ongoing trend of electrification of systems. Trends such as the rise of digitalization, big data, data centers, artificial intelligence, hydrogen, sustainable fuels, biofuels, and electrified transportation, will further accelerate the energy landscape change. ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Peter de Bock a will share their vision on these topics and illustrate why engineers of today and the future will be making the difference and shaping the future.
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