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Young Professionals in Energy

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Young Professionals in Energy Podcast was started to learn from energy industry leaders of yesterday, inspire today's professionals in the field, and influence the energy champions of tomorrow. We want to talk to everyone - from engineers to financiers to policy makers. If you are passionate about energy, please feel free to reach out to us! mark.hinaman@gmail.com
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Nathan and Jeremy are back with an extra-long pod! First, Jeremy is joined by Marnie to play some Princess trivia and make weekly predictions. Then, Nathan and Jeremy are joined by Chris to discuss the big Commanders-Ravens game in Week 6. The Waive Wire Recap and then a full 12-team power rankings of the current state of FFI. The #1 team will SHOC…
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Nathan and Jeremy start with some positivity, believe it or not, about our Washington Commanders and rank their five favorite Commanders seasons of our lifetimes. Then they review the waiver wire as they are joined by special guest MJ Kenny to "vent" about fantasy football. They provide a postmortem on what went wrong this year for Abe Clayman. Fin…
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Nathan is back! The boys discuss the 3-3 Commanders and the curious case of Emmanuel Forbes as well as their upcoming matchup against the short-handed Giants, play the matching game for potential trade deadline targets, recap the waiver wire (NOTE: we forgot to award a Warrior and Weiner - Warrior is Brian Crook. Weiner is a three-way tie among Chr…
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Joe Miller is president of the Advanced Technologies division of BWXT, a leading supplier of nuclear components and fuel to the U.S. government. Show notes:01:00 Joe's background03:59 An overview of the BWXT company & its position in the advanced nuclear reactor environment13:33 Project Pele, a brand new microreactor design23:01 Technical details &…
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Show notes:01:08 Steve & Tom's backgrounds04:45 A high-level view of health physics & radiation's effects on the body11:55 Identifying radiation threats in New York City14:24 How and why Nevada resisted housing nuclear fuel for decades24:36 How could we recycle used nuclear fuel? And why don't we do it now?39:41 Organizations that are pursuing fast…
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Show notes:01:16 Karin's nuclear & aerospace backgrounds09:04 What makes the NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) unique? How has the SMR space evolved over time?13:22 NuScale's path to regulatory license and the trajectory for the company18:02 Timelines and challenges to implementing the first modules23:24 Inherently safe features & advantages of t…
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Jeremy Gottlieb is Co-Founder, President, COO, CSO & Board Member of ComboCurve, a cloud-based analytics and operating platform created to help energy companies better manage their forecasting, valuation, reporting, and decision-making functions. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, hosts Mark Hinaman and Mike Sax chat with Jeremy about co-founding …
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Show notes:02:34 Brent's background in finance & introduction to the energy markets; his successful partnership with Firefly CEO12:06 Founding Firefly; evolving the business and patenting the GasLoop storage technology22:33 Opportunities and challenges with hydrogen storage31:29 Projects on the horizon for Firefly36:44 The best ways to network; how…
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Mary Woollen is Director of Stakeholder Engagement at Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Mary talks with host Mark Hinaman about her passion for social work, her involvement in environmental squabbles, and navigating the nuclear industry as a nuclear skeptic. Show notes:01:14 How a cross-country road trip led to a p…
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Ryan Pickering is an independent researcher, moderator, and public speaker. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Ryan chats with host Mark Hinaman about his experience in the solar power industry, and his transition from optimism to pessimism about the technology. Show notes: 01:18 Ryan's lifelong passion for energy07:30 Working in the emerging sola…
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Nick Deiuliis is President & CEO of CNX, a natural gas development and production company centered in the Appalachia region. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Nick chats with host Mark Hinaman about his 32 years at the company, the state of the natural gas industry, and CNX's plans for the future. Show notes:00:44 Nick's background & the evolutio…
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Show notes:00:59 Todd's background with Chevron and Microsoft & his return to chemistry by founding OCOchem10:27 Eliminating captured CO2 by converting to formic acid; the economics of transporting liquids and gases26:27 Developing reformers to decompose formic acid into on-demand hydrogen32:20 Benefitting from renewable energy R&D grants; working …
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Laura Singer is a senior policy and regulatory affairs associate at Fervo Energy, a company aiming to combat climate change through geothermal innovations. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Laura talks with host Mark Hinaman about her fascinating journey to the energy sector, challenges facing the geothermal companies, and her optimism for the fu…
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Show notes: 00:47 Kurt's background05:06 Flibe Energy's mission & the lithium fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR)11:43 Why did pressurized water reactors (PWRs) become more popular?15:58 Flibe's founding history & advantages to their design25:32 Reflecting on Idaho National Lab's net-zero carbon goal33:24 More specs on the LFTR design, and where it fit…
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Show notes: 00:36 John's background in computer science & his path to become CEO at Soluna06:24 Moore's Law, Wright's Law, and their relationship to the energy industry10:48 Transitioning from software to energy; providing grid flexibility through computing22:38 Applications for Soluna's computing solutions, including crypto30:11 The structure and …
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On this episode of the YPE Podcast, we bring you the June edition of DEN Talks: Discussions on Energy and Networking. Mark Hinaman, Director of Engineering Innovation at Franklin Mountain Energy and YPE Denver chapter director, discusses the current state of the oil & gas industry and answers YPE member questions about the topic. Show notes:00:54 O…
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Show notes: 00:39 Paul's background and diverse roles in the nuclear industry06:51 The MicroNuclear reactor battery design16:18 Attempting to gain traction in the industry as a small startup; the benefits of downscaling nuclear reactors from the 1,000 MWe designs25:00 The science of remaining fail-safe in a station blackout scenario27:34 The timeli…
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Rod Adams is a Managing Partner at Nucleation Capital, a venture capital firm investing in innovative companies enabling our transition to a carbon-managed economy. In this episode of the YPE Podcast host Mark Hinaman talks with Rod about the nuclear Navy, blogging before blogging was a thing, and investing in exciting companies. Show notes:00:55 R…
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Dominique Gómez is deputy director of the Colorado Energy Office. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Dominique talks with host Mark Hinaman about the many ways that the office works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower consumer energy costs for all Coloradans. Show notes: 00:31 Dominique's background in sustainability and her path to the e…
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On this episode of the YPE Podcast, we bring you the May edition of DEN Talks: Discussions on Energy and Networking. Ariel Smith, Director of Sales at ClearTrace, discusses the current state of carbon capture technologies and answers audience questions about the industry. Show notes:00:19 Ariel's background and role at Cleartrace.io02:45 The differ…
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Miles Abarr is the head of R&D at an incredible new startup, Carbon America. He studied at the University of Colorado and is passionate about reducing carbon emissions globally by creating innovative new technologies to capture carbon at the source of combustion.Show notes: 00:46 Miles's background in compressed air energy storage09:42 Receiving hi…
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Jeff Merrifield is a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a global law firm focusing on technology, energy, financial services, and real estate. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Jeff talks with host Mark Hinaman about the licensing process for building a nuclear reactor, Jeff's time as commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi…
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On this episode of the YPE Podcast, we bring you the April edition of DEN Talks: Discussions on Energy and Networking. Saxon McKinven, Sr. Manager of Origination at National Grid Renewables, discusses the current state of renewables development in the U.S. and answers audience questions about the industry. Show notes:00:19 Saxon's background and ro…
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Mark Nelson is an outspoken nuclear advocate and the managing director of the Radiant Energy Fund. Recently, Mark gave a speech in downtown Denver at an event sponsored by the Denver Petroleum Club, YPE, and the CU Denver Global Energy Management Program. Following the speech, our very own Mark Hinaman joined him on stage to moderate a Q&A session …
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Courtney Tampas is a senior reactor operator (SRO) at Surry Power Station, a nuclear power plant outside Newport News, VA. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, host Sean McGhee talks with Courtney about her work as a nuclear risk analyst, the grueling training campaign to transition to operations, and the most rewarding parts of being an SRO. Show n…
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Mike Umbro is an oil & gas entrepreneur. In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Mike talks with hosts Mark Hinaman and Carolyn Lucca about his extensive experience investing in the industry, the discourse and policies surrounding climate change, and how he would change his home state of California. Show notes: 01:16 Mike's background and career path s…
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If you listened to last week's episode, you already know Denys Elliot, Commercial Lead for the Advanced Reactor Directorate at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL). In this episode of the YPE Podcast, Denys talks with hosts Mark Hinaman and Sean McGhee about CNL's strategic research initiatives, the exciting work being done with small modular re…
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On this episode of the YPE Podcast, hosts Mark Hinaman and Sean McGhee speak to the winners of the Atomic Allies' inaugural North America Innovation for Nuclear (I4N) Contest. Denys Elliot, Zac Woods, Ryan MacLeod, and Heidi MacLeod are excited to discuss their concept of combining digital asset mining and small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to p…
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