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Dr. Robert L. Hirsch is a senior
energy program adviser for
Science Applications International Corporation and is a Senior Energy Advisor at MISI and a consultant in energy, technology, and management. His primary experience is in research, development, and commercial applications. He has managed technology programs in
oil and natural gas exploration and,
petroleum refining,
synthetic fuels,
fusion,
fission,
renewables,
defense technologies,
chemical analysis, and basic
research.
He has served on numerous advisory committees related to
energy development, and he's the principle author of the report
Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management, which was written for the
United States Department of Energy.
Hirsch directed the
US fusion energy program during the 1970s evolution of the
Atomic Energy Commission (including initiation of the
Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor), through the Energy Research and Development Administration to the present
Department of Energy. In addition to his role in development of fusion energy by
magnetic confinement, Hirsch was also interested in
inertially confined fusion.
His previous management positions include:
- Senior Energy Program Advisor, SAIC (World oil production)
- Senior Energy Analyst, RAND (Various energy studies)
- Vice President of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
- Vice President and Manager of Research and Technical Services for Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) (Oil and gas exploration and production).
- Founder and CEO of APTI, a roughly $50 million/year company now owned by BAE Systems. (Commercial & Defense Department technologies).
- Manager of Exxon’s synthetic fuels research laboratory.
- Manager of Petroleum Exploratory Research at Exxon. (Refining R & D).
- Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) responsible for renewables, fusion, geothermal and basic research. (Presidential Appointment).
- Director of fusion research at the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and ERDA.
Hirsch has served as a consultant and on advisory committees for government and industry. He holds 14 patents and has over 50 publications in the energy field. He is past Chairman of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academies, has served on a number of National Research Council committees, and is a National Associate of the National Academies. In recent years, he's focused on problems associated with the peaking of world conventional oil production and its mitigation.
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