Special Section: Selected Papers From the 44th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy

Abstract

Special issue from the 45th International Clearwater Clean Energy Conference to be held during September 8–11, 2020, is planned to be published in the August 2021 issue of ASME Journal of Energy Resources and Technology (JERT) after peer-review of all the papers submitted to JERT. Authors are encouraged to submit their papers on the ASME JERT website under the pull-down menu on Special issue “2020 Clearwater Clean Energy.” In case of any difficulty, please contact Ms. Barbara Sakkestad.The guest editor would like to express his great appreciation to all the authors who contributed to the success of the 44th International Clearwater Clean Energy Conference and this special section. The organizing committee who made the recommendation and the reviewers who assisted in reviewing the papers in a timely fashion is much appreciated. It is through the reviewers and the organizing committee dedicated efforts that helped us to maintain a high quality of this special section. The guest editors would like to thank their special gratitude to Professor Hameed Metghalchi, Editor-in-Chief of the JERT, for accepting our proposal on publishing a special section in JERT and his continued support during the entire process. The guest Editors would also like to take this opportunity to his sincere thanks to Ms. Christina McNeil, Journal Secretary, and Ms. Tara Collins Smith at ASME for their help and unconditional support in the publication of this special section. Last but not least, the assistance and diligent hard work of Ms. Barbara A. Sakkestad and her team during the entire conference are much appreciated. She helped with the announcement of the journal paper submission option in JERT during and immediately after the conference and keeping a good log of all papers submitted from the conference.