Summary: <p><a href="http://poptech.org/people/arun_majumdar">Arun Majumdar</a> was a high school student during the global energy crisis of the 1970s and became interested in engineering because of energy. Currently he’s the first director of <span class="caps">ARPA</span>-E, the country’s only agency dedicated to technologies promising genuine transformation in the ways we generate, store, and utilize energy. Majumdar explains that disruptive energy innovation must focus on scale, be cost effective, and provide an energy service.</p>
