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You're invited to the CTSI Business Round Table Webinar on NOAA!
We hope you'll join us on January 12 at 2 PM ET.
Members of CTSI, as well as prospective members, are invited to our exclusive January Business Round Table webinar. To kick off the year, we'll cover "How NOAA Impacts Clean Tech Innovation: Science and Services To Meet Renewable Energy Needs" with Sandy MacDonald from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on January 12 at 2 PM ET.
E-mail Laura to receive more information about membership and how to get involved with events like these, or check out the member section of our website. Each month, CTSI hosts a similar event, rotating between varying topics related to marketing, finance and clean tech policy. If you want to try out a round table before commiting to membership, Laura will grant you a one-time waiver.
The Nation’s renewable energy sources are driven largely by weather and dependent on climate. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) scientific data, forecasts and information can play a critical role in maximizing the potential benefits from all forms of renewable energy and minimizing the environmental impacts of marine renewable energy.
Dr. MacDonald will describe NOAA’s current support of the renewable energy industry and the essential role of NOAA data, information and services in sound renewable energy planning. In addition, he will discuss how further developing NOAA’s weather, climate and ecological observations and predictions may help address some of the challenges to increased use of renewable energy.
Find out how you can work with NOAA and what their efforts for clean tech companies mean to you.
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Contact CTSI to RSVP
Laura Benold
email: laura@ct-si.org
phone: 512/516-9804
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 Dr. MacDonald is Deputy Assistant Administrator for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes for NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. He concurrently serves as Director of the Earth System Research Laboratory, in Boulder, Colorado. A Montana native, Dr. MacDonald’s interest in weather began at age eight, when his mother gave him a subscription to Scientific American, and he became fascinated with a nearby weather disaster. He earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Montana State, before joining the U.S. Air Force as an officer, serving from 1967 to 1971.
After the service, Dr. MacDonald earned both his Master of Science degree and Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Utah. Knowing that he wanted to work in the atmospheric sciences and determining that NOAA conducted the best science in this area, Dr. MacDonald sought a position at the newly formed agency (1970), beginning his career with NOAA’s National Weather Service’s Western Region in 1973. While at the NWS, he received a bronze medal for his work on the automated weather information system.
Dr. MacDonald’s leadership role in NOAA began in the 1980s when he led a group within NOAA’s research laboratories that developed and tested systems to bring data streams and models together for operational forecasters. He led the research/development group, later the Forecast System Laboratory (FSL), until his present assignment, and received the Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for his role in the development of the National Weather Service AWIPS (Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System) model in 1993. |
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