SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Hampton-Newport News Room at the Webb Center
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
Monday, September 18, 2006
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• “Renewable Ocean Energy: Tides, Currents, and Waves”

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Alexander Karsner
Assistant Secretary
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Department of Energy

Mr. William Taylor
Director
Department of Navy Shore Energy Office
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities

Panel II

Mr. Sean O’Neill
Co-Founder & President
Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition

Neil Rondorf
Associate Vice President
Science Applications International Corporation

Mr. Mike Bahleda
Senior Engineer
Verdant Power

Mr. John Baylouny
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Ocean Power Technologies

Panel III

Dr. David B. Basco
Professor of Civil Engineering /Director, Coastal Engineering Center
Old Dominion University

Dr. Patrick G. Hatcher
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Old Dominion University.

Dr. George Hagerman
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Advanced Research Institute
Virginia Tech