WSU Tri-Cities

2026 Commencement
2026-05-10 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Toyota Center, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, 99336
Join us in celebrating our WSU graduates!
Full details can be found on the commencement webpage.

Bio-In Seminar Series – Cleantech 2.0: Keeping Score on Progress
2026-07-29 11:00 - 12:00 | East Auditorium, 2710 University Dr, Richland, WA, 99354, United States
Learn about CleanTech 2.0 successes, ongoing challenges, and the path forward to delivering sustainable, reliable global energy.
Eric Toone, Chief Technology Officer of Breakthrough Energy and Managing Partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, will deliver an illuminating talk on progress in the cleantech movement during the past ten years. He will share his perspectives on how CleanTech 2.0 has performed – where we are and what remains to be done. He will highlight some of the successes and some of the remaining challenges to providing clean, reliable energy, and the prosperity it brings to the entire planet.
Attend in-person (East 266) or via Zoom! Attend on Zoom Zoom Meeting ID: 846 4362 0091
Passcode: [REDACTED] Dr. Eric Toone serves as the Chief Technical Officer of Breakthrough Energy. As the CTO, Dr. Toone oversees the organization’s technological roadmap and evaluation. As part of his work at Breakthrough Energy, Eric also serves as a Managing Partner of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the venture capital arm of Breakthrough Energy. Previously, Eric was a Chemistry professor at Duke University, where he authored nearly 300 publications. He also served as Director of ARPA-E, where he advanced wide-bandgap semiconductors and grid innovations. An inventor on over 30 patents, Eric co-founded three pharmaceutical companies and led Duke’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative from 2012 to 2016. Originally trained as a bioorganic/physical organic chemist, he has dedicated his career to bridging science and impactful applications.
