Siemens, in conjunction with Rutgers University, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS) and the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA) invite you to join with other executives in the solar industry for an exciting thought leadership event – the Solar Exchange East 2012. Keynote address  to be given by Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Director of the SunShot Initiative and Solar Energy Technologies Program for the U.S. Department of Energy.

• Date: May 16, 2012
• Time: 7:30am-7:30pm
• Location: Rutgers University Busch Campus Allison Road Classroom Building Piscataway, NJ

This day will offer discovery and dialogue on the latest emerging topics, innovations and trends within the solar industry. In addition, there will be opportunity for dialogue on the extensive needs of manufacturers and developers of solar power.

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• There is no cost to attend this event, registration is required. Register here: www.usa.siemens.com/solarexchange
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The annual energy symposia by the Rutgers Energy Institute provide faculty, students, staff, government officials, and community members with the opportunity to learn about the new methods, processes, and initiatives being developed by energy thinkers at Rutgers, in New Jersey, and across the country. The symposium will also include awards to the winners of this year's student Energy Innovation contest, sponsored by the Rutgers Energy Institute, to develop the best plans to reduce student energy consumption and promote eco-friendly practices throughout the Rutgers, New Brunswick Campus.

• Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012
• Time: 8:45 am (registration and refreshments) - 2:00 pm
• Location: Fiber Optics Auditorium , Busch Campus, Rutgers University

SPEAKERS: • Dian Grueneich (formerly Commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC) • Steven E. Koonin (Institute for Defense Analyses' Science and Technology Policy Institute) • Roger C. Prince (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.) • Daniel P. Schrag (Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University, Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment)

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Starting on February 2, 2012 the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) and the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (BSPPP) will commence the spring term with it's Energy Policy Seminar Series with Hunt Allcott of New York University speaking on "The Economics of the Energy Paradox".

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University on the following dates.  Lectures start at 10:30AM (with refreshments  at 10:00AM) or 1:00PM.  Go to our Events Calendar page for  information on directions.

The purpose of the 2011 Energy Master Plan is to document the Christie Administration’s strategic vision for the use, management, and development of energy in New Jersey over the next decade. As required by law, the EMP includes long-term objectives and interim measures consistent with and necessary to achieving those objectives.

• A full copy of the State’s 2011 Draft Energy Master Plan can be found Here.
• Find more informatin about the State of New Jersey's Master Plan on their Web Site

The Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) offers summer internships to a select group of motivated undergraduate students. They are intended to help students understand the breadth of the energy challenge, from the environmental impacts that motivate the transition, to the technological innovation needed to create a viable new system and the socio-economic, policy and energy system frameworks necessary to enable wide-spread deployment. To that end, REI will support students working on research projects that address more than one of these elements: for example, examining novel solar photovoltaic technologies and how they might be integrated into the grid, or the geological potential of carbon sequestration and political barriers to its deployment.

Eligibility: You may apply if you are currently an undergraduate freshman, sophomore, or junior at any school in Rutgers University. No previous research experience is necessary, and you do not need to be a science or engineering major to apply. Students are expected to work full-time (40 hours/week) for the duration of the program, so participation is not compatible with attending summer school.

Application Submission Guidelines: Internships are competitive with awards based on recommendations and research plans.

• Candidates should submit a 1-2 page research plan detailing both the work to be carried out over the summer and the broader research agenda of which the summer study forms a part. The plan should clearly indicate how the broader research agenda addresses both scientific/engineering and societal/policy aspects of a topic in energy research, as well as the major research questions or hypotheses being investigated. Students are required to develop this plan in cooperation with a faculty advisor. Projects that include multiple faculty advisors, with expertise spanning both scientific/engineering and societal/policy aspects, are encouraged, but one of the advisors must be identified as the student's primary advisor for the summer work.
• A total of two recommendations are required, with one from the project faculty advisor (Rutgers faculty) and one additional faculty member (Rutgers or non-Rutgers).

The REI internship programs runs for 12 weeks, from May 29th through August 15th, 2012. All students are required to write an original article describing their research due in late August and present a poster of their work at the annual REI Symposium during the spring semester. Participants will receive support in the amount of $5000 (40 hours/week is expected for full payment). REI does not pay for housing.

Submission of application materials must be emailed (PDF files only) or mailed by the March 16, 2012 deadline.  Please send to REI:  71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Attn: Beatrice Birrer. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please contact REI Program Coordinator Beatrice Birrer with any questions.

The Rutgers University Board of Governors appointed Paul G. Falkowski, a professor of geological and marine sciences, as the first holder of the Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources.

The university established the endowed chair – which resides jointly in Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences – to support a university faculty member whose research has contributed to understanding the Earth and its climate and who has been instrumental in shaping energy policy internationally. The anonymous gift establishing the endowment is part of the university’s fundraising campaign, Our Rutgers, Our Future: A Campaign of Excellence.

A Rutgers faculty member since 1998, Falkowski, who is the founding Director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, www.rei.rutgers.edu, has been recognized for his contributions to the understanding of the role of the oceans in the co-evolution of life and biogeochemical cycles.  

• Read More in Rutgers Today