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Richard Haut

Currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) where I am the Principal Investigator for various projects associated with securing energy for the future. A major effort is the Environmentally Friendly Drilling program in partnership with Texas A&M University, other universities and industry where we integrate advanced technologies into systems that reduce the environmental tradeoffs of petroleum drilling and production. I am also PI for various projects concerning the built environment, working with the City of Houston.

I was the Director of the Sustainable Technologies Group at the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) from 2002 to 2006 where I was responsible for directing various HARC teams associated with high performance green building systems and materials, trace chemical detection, offshore technologies, cryogenics/superconductivity and air emissions reduction technologies - moving knowledge to action in supporting policies and technologies that improve human well-being and the environment. I was also PI for various projects associated with ecologized building systems, and represented HARC on various committee and organizations, including the EPA’s Regional and Local Land Revitalization Team. During that time, the Group won a variety of awards, including the Innovative Technology Award for Wood Treatment Processing, the Citizen’s Environmental Coalition President’s synergy award and an honorable mention for the Keep Houston Beautiful award.

My background includes a Masters degree and a Ph.D. in Engineering and have over 25 years of industry technical and management experience prior to joining HARC in June 2002. I also helped to estabish joint ventures and other joint industry programs, including the start-up of Enventure Global Technology where I was the Chief Operating Officer. Over a two year time period, I was involved in the successful development of Enventure, taking it from conception to profitability during this time period. In 1999 I received Hart Publication’s Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation and in 2002 received the Natural Gas Innovator of the Year Award from the Department of Energy.

I routinely speak at various conferences, have authored numerous papers, have over three dozen patents and has several patents pending. I was featured in the Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2008 as well as the Summer 2008 edition of Echoes, the alumni magazine of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and have been interviewed on multiple occasions by the media. I frequently am asked to speak about sustainable development, the built environment and the offshore/energy industry. In addition, I have given testimony to the Department of Energy concerning the future of energy security in the US. I am a board member of the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) where I also chair the Environmental Advisory Group.

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