MechE Colloquium: Engineering Net-Zero Transport: From Future Fuels to Carbon and Emissions Management

Speaker: <a href="https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/elvis.cao">Prof. Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao</a>, <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/">The Grantham Institute for Climate Change</a>, <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/natural-sciences/">Faculty of Natural Sciences</a>, <a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/">Imperial College London</a> Organiser: <a href="https://people.epfl.ch/zhengmao.lu">Prof. Zhengmao Lu</a> <strong>Abstract: </strong>Transport systems underpin modern society, yet remain among the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. Achieving net-zero transport requires coordinated action across energy carriers, carbon flows and mitigation of other pollutants. This talk presents a multiscale engineering framework for sustainable mobility, organised around three complementary pathways: <u>f</u>uel development (F), <u>g</u>reenhouse-gas management (G) and mitigating <u>h</u>armful emissions beyond CO₂ (H). First, using solar-driven CO₂ conversion as an example, I will show