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Michael Evan Webber

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Michael Evan Webber (born 1971) is based in Paris, France where he serves as the Chief Science and Technology Officer at Engie, a global energy and infrastructure services company.... Show More

Michael Evan Webber (born 1971) is based in Paris, France where he serves as the Chief Science and Technology Officer at Engie, a global energy and infrastructure services company. Webber is the Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources, Author, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His first book, Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival, was accompanied by a one hour documentary. His book Power Trip: the Story of Energy was published in 2019 and positively reviewed by The New York Times, and was the basis for a six-part PBS documentary of the same name released in 2020. Webber is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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  • Just found this summary of an engineering symposium by @exxonmobil from 1981. More than a fourth of their effort (in the wake of the 1970s energy crises) was on synfuels, which they estimated would require 20-25 years for maturity. Other work was on
    by Michael Evan Webber
  • Residential energy retrofits in a cooling climate
    by Joshua D. Rhodes
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