Martin J. Pasqualetti

photo of Martin Pasqualetti

Professor

COOR 5588
(480) 965-4548
pasqualetti@asu.edu

Additional
Affiliation(s):

Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainabillity
Barrett Honors Faculty
Co-Director, Energy Policy Innovation Council (EPIC)
Graduate Faculty, Global Technology and Development, Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes
Faculty Advisory Council, North American Center for Transborder Studies

Education:

1977 - Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
1969 - M.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
1967 - B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests:

Renewable energy and sustainability, energy/water nexus, energy landscapes

Research Activities:

The water costs of energy
Renewable energy and water at the U.S./Mexico Border
Alberta oil sand costs and benefits
Social barriers to renewable energy development
The North American Energy Alliance

Awards and Honors:

2008-2009 - Visiting Honors Faculty Fellow, Barrett Honors College

2006 - Lifetime Achievement Award. Renewable Energy Task Force, Alliance for Construction Excellence, Arizona State University

2004 - Visiting Scholar, Marisco Foundation, University of Denver

2004 - Featured Faculty of the Month, Co-Curricular Program, ASU

2002-present - Who's Who in America

1993 - Environmental Educator of the Year, Association of Energy Engineers

1983 - Arizona State University Honors Research Professor

Selected Publications:

M. C. Slattery, B. L. Johnson, J. A. Swofford, M. J. Pasqualetti. 2012. The predominance of economic development in the support for large-scale wind farms in the U.S. Great Plains. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16 : 3690– 3701

M. J. Pasqualetti. 2012. The Water Bargain of Solar and Wind Energy.  In The Water-Energy Nexus in the Western United States, edited by Douglas S. Kenney and Robert Wilkinson.  Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Chapter 16, pp. 226-242

S. Haag, M.J. Pasqualetti, and M. Manning. 2012.  Industry Perceptions of Solar Energy Policy in the American Southwest. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences. 9(1): 37-50.

M.J. Pasqualetti. 2011.The Competing Dimensions of Energy Security. The Routledge Energy Security Handbook, Benjamin Sovacool, ed. London: Routledge. Chapter 14, pp. 275-290.

M.J. Pasqualetti and Susan Haag. 2011. A Solar Economy in the American Southwest: Critical Next Steps. Energy Policy, 39: 887–893.

M.J. Pasqualetti and Cynthia Schwartz. 2011. Siting Solar Power in Arizona: A Public Value Failure? In Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation edited by Patrick Devine-Wright. Earthscan. pp. 167-185.

C. A. Scott and M.J. Pasqualetti. 2010. Energy and Water Resources Scarcity: Critical Infrastructure for Growth and Economic Development in Arizona and Sonora. Natural Resources Journal, 50: 645-682.

M.J. Pasqualetti, R.C. Boscamp and M. Talbert. 2010. The Silver Bullet Myth of Sustainable Energy Savings. The Electricity Journal, 23(8): 72-78.

M.J. Pasqualetti. 2009. The Alberta Oil Sands From Both Sides of the Border. Geographical Review, 99(2): 248-267.

M.J. Pasqualetti. 2008. Energy Landscapes and the Growth of Arizona, in Building to Endure: Design Strategies for Arid Landscapes. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Courses Taught:

Energy in the Global Arena
Energy and the Environment
Geography of the U.S. and Canada
Geography of Natural Resources
Introduction to Physical Geography
Reading the Energy Landscape

Outreach and Service:

INTERNATIONAL
Editorial Board - International Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies, 2006 - present
Editorial Board - The Open Environmental Journal, 2007 - present
Associate Editor - Environmental Science, 2003 - present
Editorial Board – International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, 2005 - present
Editorial Board - Land Use Policy, 1992 - present

NATIONAL
Member, Association of American Geographers Meridian Boook Award Committeee, 2009 - 2012
Member, Wind Energy Review Panel, US Department of Energy, 2009 - present
Associate Member, National Wind Coordinating Collaborative, Washington, D.C. 2005 - present
Chair, Daniel Luten and Earl Cook Award, Association of American Geographers, 1993 - present

STATE AND LOCAL
Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Solar Center, 2000 – present
Board of Directors, Universal Energy and Environment (UE2), 2004 - present
Board of Advisors, Strategic Solar Energy, 2010 - present (see video on ASU Power Parasol)
Chair, Arizona Solar Energy Advisory Board (Governor appointee) 2002 - 2006
Member, Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names, 2001 - 2003
Member, City of Tempe, Board of Adjustment, 1996 - 2001
Member, Board of Directors, EcoGroup, 1991 – 1994

UNIVERSITY
ASU Energy Conservation Committee, Member (appointed by the Dean), 2001 - present.
Faculty Committee, Global Technology and Development Masters Degree Program, Member, 1999 - present
North American Center for Transborder Studies, Advisory Committee, 2007 - present