Speakers
Peter de Bock, Program Director, DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
Dr. Peter de Bock currently serves as Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the US Department of Energy. At ARPA-E, Dr. de Bock developed and leads the ASCEND and PRE-TRAILS programs to realize a future of sustainable aviation. In addition, he 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 as Principal Engineer ThermoSciences, and platform lead Power-Thermal Mechanical Systems. Dr. de Bock is the former chair of the ASME K-16 committee on Heat Transfer in Electronics equipment, is an ASME Fellow, an AIAA member, and holds 50+ patents and 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 U.K.