January 13, 2022
| Time | Topic, Speaker, and Organization |
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10:00 – 10:10 AM |
Welcome Message Jennifer Gerbi, Deputy Director for Technology, ARPA-E |
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10:10 – 10:25 AM |
REPAIR Program Update & Outlook Jack Lewnard, Program Director, ARPA-E |
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10:25 – 10:40 AM |
Bob Smith, Dept. of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) |
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10:40 – 11:10 AM |
Brad Wham, University of Colorado, Boulder |
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11:10 – 11:15 AM |
BREAK |
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11:15 – 12:00 PM |
Confined Space Mapping Module for In-Pipe Repair Robots Carnegie Mellon University |
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New and innovative 3D mapping technology to enable rehabilitation of natural gas pipe infrastructure White River Technology |
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12:00 – 12:15 PM |
Robotic Utility Mapping and Inspection System (RUMI) Update Morgan Kessler, Federal Highway Administration Yoichiro Endo, Intelligent Automation, A BlueHalo Company |
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12:15 – 12:35 PM |
LUNCH |
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12:35 -1:00 PM |
Mike Slusarz, American Gas Association |
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1:00 – 2:30 PM |
Autonomous Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Natural Gas Pipes Autonomic Materials, Inc. |
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Structural Materials-aided Advanced Renewal Technology for REPAIR (SMART REPAIR) Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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PipeLine Underground Trenchless Overhaul (PLUTO) GE Research |
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TuFF internal WRAP for Rapid Pipeline Repair (iWRAP) University of Delaware |
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2:30 – 2:40 PM |
Break |
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2:40 – 3:30 PM |
Water Panel Discussion: Learning from an Adjacent Market John Matthews, Trenchless Technology Center, Louisiana Tech University Alison Bruce, PPG Joe Royer, GeoTree Solutions Kent Weisenberg, BrainDrip, LLC |
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3:30 – 4:45 PM |
Pipe-in-Pipe by Rapid, Continuous, Smart Alloy Coating University of Maryland |
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5 MIN BREAK |
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ULC Technologies, LLC |
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“Innervated” Pipelines: A New Technology Platform for In-Situ Repair and Embedded Intelligence University of Pittsburgh |
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4:45 – 5:00 PM |
Open Forum/Closing Remarks ARPA-E Program Director |
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5:00 PM |
ADJOURN |