Etosha Cave
Etosha N. Cave | |
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 Cave at 2016 Women in Clean Energy Symposium at Stanford University | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Olin College Stanford University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Twelve, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Etosha R. Cave is an American mechanical engineer based in Berkeley, California. She is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Twelve, a startup that recycles carbon dioxide.
Early life and education
[edit]Cave grew up in Houston, Texas, where she became interested in recycling oil and gas. During high school she joined the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE).[1] She studied at Olin College, and was in the first graduating year in 2006.[2][3] She held a NSBE Scholarship. After graduating, she worked at the McMurdo Station, where she serviced HVAC systems and built the laser diode for future NASA missions.[clarification needed] Eventually Cave returned to her studies, and started a doctoral program at Stanford University working under the supervision of Thomas F. Jaramillo.[4] During her PhD she worked on electrochemical approaches that could be used to convert carbon dioxide and water into useful plastics and household cleaners.[5] She built a gas analysis system that could determine the composition of electrochemical reactions in realtime and earned her PhD in 2015.
Research and career
[edit]While at Stanford University, Cave co-founded Twelve, a startup that uses metal catalysts to recycle carbon dioxide.[6][7][8] At first, Twelve struggled to raise money from the venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.[9] Today Twelve is based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and has secured several academic partnerships including funding from the National Science Foundation and I-Corps program.[9][10]
Cave ultimately hopes that they will be able to make diesel fuel from recycled carbon dioxide and water.[11][1][12] Cave discussed the idea at TEDx Stanford, where she explained the recycled carbon dioxide could reduce our carbon footprint as well as supporting future space travel.[13] Twelve was awarded the Forbes magazine Change the World Award and was selected for the Advanced Manufacturing Office Cyclotron Road program in 2016.[14][15][16] She was a finalist for the Carbon Xprize in 2018.[17]
Awards and honours
[edit]Her awards and honours include;
- 2016 Echoing Green Fellow[18]
- 2017 7x7's Hot 20 Perennial Bay Area Innovators[10]
- 2017 Smithsonian Institution Innovators to Watch[19]
- 2018 Grist Top 508[20]
- 2018 Vanity Fair 26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Media, and Beyond[21][22]
She has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival and been part of Science Foo Camp.[23] She is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.[24] Cave is a member of the advisory board of the Berkeley Startup Cluster.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stone, Zara. "Can California's Carbon Queen Recycle Pollution?". OZY. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Olin College of Engineering (2018-04-19), Etosha Cave, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ "Designing with Purpose". Olin College of Engineering – Admissions Microsite. 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Etosha Cave". Empower Innovation. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Watch: Etosha Cave speaks at TEDx Stanford". Cyclotron Road. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Opus 12". Elemental Excelerator. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "About". Opus 12: A profitable solution to carbon emissions. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Student teams win grants to commercialize Stanford energy inventions". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ a b Satell, Greg (2018-04-05). "Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model". Harvard Business Review. ISSN 0017-8012. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ a b "The Lens Crafter: Tabitha Soren". 7x7 Bay Area. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (2017-08-14). "Etosha Cave". Stanford School of Engineering. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ National Science Foundation (2019-02-28), Turning CO2 Emissions into Fuel and More | Black History Today, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ TEDx Talks (2015-06-29), How Carbon Dioxide Could Shape the Future | Etosha Cave | TEDxStanford, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ Tindera, Michela. "Ashton Kutcher, Top VCs Pick Winners Of For-Profit Change The World Competition". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Cyclotron Road's Etosha Cave Recognized as one of Vanity Fair's 26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Markoff, John (2015-02-09). "An Incubator for Innovation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ NRG Cosia Carbon XPRIZE (2018-11-07), Climate Changemakers: Opus12 - Etosha Cave, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ "Etosha Cave". www.echoinggreen.org. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Rieland, Randy. "Eight Innovators to Watch in 2017". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Meet the people fixing your world". Grist. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "26 Women of Color Diversifying Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, Media, and Beyond". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Lab's Etosha Cave Featured in Vanity Fair Entrepreneurship Article". today.lbl.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Etosha Cave | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Etosha Cave". www.aiche.org. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Advisory Group". Berkeley Startup Cluster. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
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