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From: Felix Kramer <fkramer@...>
Subject: CleanTech/Academic/Green Car Communities Mourn Alex Farrell
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Alexander E. Farrell, one of the leading experts=20
on strategies and solutions for a low-carbon world, died last week at 46.
Alex was at the center of a vibrant scholarly=20
community of researchers and scientists and=20
policy experts with a global reach. He was=20
Professor at the University of California's=20
Energy and Resources Group (ERG) and was deeply=20
involved with the Renewable and Appropriate=20
Energy Lab, working closely with Prof. Daniel=20
Kammen and others at RAEL. For the State of=20
California, he was involved in the most central=20
research and analysis projects for the Low Carbon=20
Fuel Standard and AB32, and he wrote and spoke=20
frequently about plug-in hybrids.
He often came up with new ways of looking at=20
problems and results, challenging both his=20
colleagues and the broad advocacy community. His=20
dedication inspired hundreds of students and many=20
more who followed his work. He style was always=20
to be open and to communicate complex ideas=20
simply and directly. We wonder who will take on=20
the projects he was going to be doing.
His family has suggested that contributions be=20
directed to the Alex Farrell Memorial Scholarship=20
Fund, Energy and Resources Group, 310 Barrows=20
Hall, #3050, Berkeley, CA 94720-3050.
ALEX FARRELL'S HOME PAGE
http://erg.berkeley.edu/erg/people/faculty/farrell.shtml=20
includes a list of publications and links to his=20
work on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard
His most recent publication on PHEVs=20
http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/3/1/014003/=20
was "An innovation and policy agenda for=20
commercially competitive plug-in hybrid electric=20
vehicles" by by D M Lemoine, D M Kammen and A E Farrell
MEDIA REPORTS
These give a clue to his profound impact on many people and institutions.
San Francisco Chronicle by Michael Taylor
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=3D/c/a/2008/04/19/BAOK1087DP.DT=
L
Michael O'Hare, a colleague and Professor at=20
Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy
http://www.samefacts.com/archives/personal_moment_/2008/04/goodbyes.php
Greentechmedia blog includes comments by Felix Kramer, Daniel Sperling
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/biofuel-transportation-communities-m=
ourn-uc-berkeley-researcher-814.html
Associated Press story in San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080418-1759-ca-obit-farrell.html
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT & BIO
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/17_farrell.shtml
Energy expert Alex Farrell has died
By Robert Sanders, Media Relations | 17 April 2008
BERKELEY =AD Alexander E. Farrell, an associate=20
professor in the Energy and Resources Group at=20
the University of California, Berkeley, who=20
worked closely with state government over the=20
past year to chart a course to reduce=20
California's carbon emissions, died earlier this=20
week at his home in San Francisco. He was 46.
Alexander Farrell was a leading expert on=20
transportation fuels and the role of=20
transportation in climate change. (Jeffery Kahn/UC Berkeley photo)
Farrell, who joined the UC Berkeley faculty in=20
2003 and became director of the campus's=20
Transportation Sustainability Research Center in=20
2006, was recognized internationally as a leading=20
expert on transportation fuels and the role of=20
transportation in climate change. His research=20
interests included biofuels, hybrid electric=20
vehicles and hydrogen vehicles, the low-carbon=20
fuel standard and transportation sustainability.
"He was one of the leading lights in the area of=20
low-carbon fuels and energy systems, and his=20
career was on a dramatic rise," said colleague=20
Dan Kammen, a professor in the Energy and=20
Resources Group and of public policy who helped=20
recruit Farrell to UC Berkeley and co-authored=20
many papers with him, including a just-released=20
report on plug-in hybrid vehicles. "The=20
trajectory of his career and his contributions=20
were both impressive. Alex was a great mentor to=20
the graduate students in the group as well as to=20
students from across campus working on energy and sustainability."
As an example of the great demand for Farrell's=20
expertise, Farrell was due to testify at a=20
legislative hearing in Minnesota on April 15 on a=20
possible low-carbon fuel standard for that state, Kammen said.
Most recently, Farrell was the coordinating lead=20
author of a chapter on transportation for a major=20
study for the state on how California can=20
implement climate change policy through the use=20
of state and local policies, and on the role in=20
this effort of technological innovation in=20
transportation. This report from the state's=20
Economic and Technology Advancement and Advisory=20
Committee was submitted to the California Air Resources Board in February.
Last year, Farrell and Daniel Sperling, director=20
of UC Davis' Institute of Transportation Studies,=20
led two collaborative studies for the state=20
providing the first-ever blueprint for fighting=20
global warming by reducing the amount of carbon=20
emitted from transportation fuels.
"That report, commissioned by Governor=20
Schwarzenegger, has had a huge impact," Sperling=20
said. "It is being used as the basis for=20
California's low-carbon fuel standard and by an=20
expanding number of other states and countries, including the European Unio=
n."
During the preparation of those studies,=20
Farrell's management role, which included=20
consultation with constituencies ranging from=20
environmental and government organizations to=20
electricity and oil companies, was=20
"indispensable," Sperling said. "He was a=20
fabulous partner, collaborator, intellectual=20
leader and emerging superstar. His death is sad=20
and devastating personally, and professionally, it is a huge loss."
Last year, Farrell was asked to join The=20
Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, a new=20
international panel of environmental, energy,=20
economic and cultural experts, to develop=20
standards by which nations and consumers can=20
judge biofuels and their impact on the=20
environment and society. According to Jason Mark,=20
program officer for The Energy Foundation in San=20
Francisco, Farrell was to be asked this week to=20
head a new group to develop national low-carbon=20
fuel standards similar to California's.
He also served on advisory committees for the=20
National Academy of Engineering and the National=20
Science Foundation and was a consultant for=20
various public and private organizations.
Born Jan. 1, 1962, in Miami, Fla., Farrell was=20
raised in New Jersey and graduated from the U.S.=20
Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1984 with a degree=20
in systems engineering. He served in the Navy as=20
an engineer aboard nuclear submarines from 1984=20
to 1989, and subsequently worked in private=20
industry before receiving his Ph.D. in energy=20
management and policy from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.
After serving as a lecturer at the University of=20
Pennsylvania, he was appointed in 1997 as a=20
research fellow of the American Association for=20
the Advancement of Science and then received a=20
year-long post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard=20
University's John F. Kennedy School of=20
Government. In 1998, he joined Carnegie Mellon=20
University as a research engineer in the=20
Department of Engineering and Public Policy, and=20
from 2001 to 2003 served as executive director of=20
the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center.=20
He became an assistant professor of engineering=20
and public policy at Carnegie Mellon before=20
joining the UC Berkeley faculty in 2003. At UC=20
Berkeley, Farrell also was co-director of the=20
Pacific Region Combined Heat and Power Applications Center.
Farrell published over two dozen peer-reviewed=20
papers on energy and environmental policy topics=20
in journals such as Science, Environmental=20
Science & Technology, Environmental Research Letters and Energy Policy.
"Alex was brilliant, energetic, supportive,=20
insightful and caring, and he had a way of=20
challenging his colleagues and students to think=20
more critically even when they thought they=20
already were," said Tim Lipman, a UC Berkeley=20
colleague and the founding research director of=20
the Transportation Sustainability Research=20
Center. "His career had reached a point where his=20
loss is an enormous one, not just for the Energy=20
and Resources Group and the transportation=20
center, but also for the global transportation and energy community."
Farrell is survived by his mother, Alice Farrell,=20
of Harrisburg, Penn.; brothers, Mark of Portland,=20
Ore., and Brian of Portland, Maine; his sister,=20
Beth Ann Connolly of Harrisburg; two nieces and a=20
nephew. His father, Edward R. Farrell, died in 2006.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that=20
contributions in Farrell's memory be made to the=20
Alex Farrell Memorial Scholarship Fund, Energy=20
and Resources Group, 310 Barrows Hall, #3050,=20
Berkeley, CA 94720-3050. Please make checks out=20
to "Regents of the University of California."
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