A successful entrepreneur, Webber was one of three founders in 2015 for an educational technology startup, DISCO Learning Media, which was acquired in 2018. Webber was also selected as a member of the 4th class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars, a leadership training program organized by Presidents George W. He sat on the Investment Committee, which has decision-making authority for ENGIE New Ventures, a $200M venture fund focused on early-stage clean-energy companies. As CS&TO he oversaw corporate research with an annual budget of $60M+ and more than 400 researchers around the world focused on deep decarbonization topics such as hydrogen, energy storage, artificial intelligence, and renewable electricity the New Business Factory, which launches new companies from within ENGIE and the team responsible for facilitating collaborative innovation internal and external to the company. Webber was also based in Paris, France to serve as the Chief Science and Technology Officer at ENGIE, a global energy & infrastructure services company with 170,000 employees in 70 countries and $60B+ in annual revenues. His latest book From Athletics to Engineering: 8 Ways to Support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was co-authored with former NFL all-pro Johnnie Johnson and will be published in early 2021.įrom September 2018 to August 2021, Dr. He also authored The Future of Buildings, Transportation and Power (2020) with Roger Duncan. To accompany this book, a one hour documentary was created that has received recognition at numerous film festivals including the Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C. His first book, Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival addresses the connection between earth’s most valuable resources with a hopeful approach toward a sustainable future and received wide praise. An award-winning 6-part companion series for the book aired on PBS starting Earth Day 2020 and has reached over 1 million viewers. His book Power Trip: the Story of Energy, which received a glowing review by The New York Times, was published by Basic Books.

Webber has authored more than 500 scientific articles, columns, books, and book chapters, including op-eds in the New York Times and features in Scientific American. Michael Webber is the Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources, Author, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches and conducts research at the convergence of engineering, policy, and commercialization.

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