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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: Tuesday, May 7, 2013
- Time: 8:45 am (registration and refreshments) - 2:00 pm
- Location: Fiber Optics Auditorium , Busch Campus, Rutgers University
SPEAKERS:
- Steven Chu (former Secretary U.S. Department of Energy)
- Al Darzins (Research & Development Director, Gas Technology Institute)
- Steve Corneli (Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Policy and Strategy, NRG Energy, Inc.)
- Thomas Dietz (Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy, Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research, Michigan State University)
- Cynthia Warner (Chairman and CEO, Sapphire Energy Inc.)
Admission is free, but registration is required due to space limitations.
Special note on parking: Visitors may park in Lots 51, 59, 60a, 60b, 67, and 68 without permits and does not include free metered parking. Faculty, Staff, and Students must park only in lots they are authorized to park in.
If you have additional questions, please contact Beatrice Birrer: E-Mail
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Tel: 848-932-3436
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 For years, scientists and researchers worldwide have confronted the daunting challenge of making sustainable energy sufficiently cost effective to be mass produced. Recent testing at the U.S. Department of Energy’s research center on artificial fuels may indicate a solution has been found in the lab of Rutgers University Chemistry Professors Charles Dismukes and Martha Greenblatt .
“Developing chemical processes that will facilitate mass production of economical, environment-friendly solar and wind electricity is one of the biggest challenges of the energy crisis,” said Dismukes. “The noble metal catalysts that are presently used in electrolyzers, the devices that convert direct electric current harnessed by solar panels into fuels, are very expensive." Read More
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Rutgers Solar-to-Vehicle (S2V) Project, sponsored by the Rutgers Energy Institute and the EcoComplex officially started on December 4, 2012. The S2V Project is headed by REI member Prof. Dunbar Birnie (Department of Materials Science and Engineering), aimed at testing electric-vehicle day-time work-place charging in conjunction with solar canopy parking structures.
Visit the website to check on latest S2V project progress
- Comments can be posted in blog mode at: Solar2Vehicle.blogspot.com.
- Specific questions or inquiries can be sent to Prof. Birnie:
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"Part of our emphasis is on quantifying the fraction of typical work-a-day commuter driving that can be powered on electricity that is sourced from solar generation. This has economic and green-house-gas impacts as well as providing information relevant to the design of future electric and hybrid vehicles, their battery units, and the furtherance of infrastructure to support plug-in vehicles...We hope that this information about charging availability, electric
usage models, green energy, and vehicle characteristics will be useful.
" said Prof. Birnie.
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 Professor Alan Goldman was recently awarded the first American Chemical Society (ACS) Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science, recognizing Goldman’s groundbreaking research on the manipulation of hydrocarbons focused on the development of cleaner, more efficient fuels.
Goldman’s work is particularly important in addressing U.S. dependence on foreign fuels as well as the search for cleaner energy. Goldman has conducted extensive research during his 25-year career focused on the conversions of hydrocarbons – organic compounds found in fossil fuels – and other small molecules. Goldman has developed a process to use low value byproducts that may be obtained from coal, natural gas or plants, into a synthetic diesel fuel that is more environmentally friendly than traditional diesel fuel.
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Are you a BIG THINKER?
Rutgers Institute for Advanced Materials , Devices and Nanotechnology;
Rutgers Energy Institute; and the Rutgers NSF-IGERT Programs are
sponsoring a student competition open to all undergraduate, graduate,
and post-doctoral students to solicit and share our best ideas.
Grand Challenges are ambitious yet achievable goals that capture the public’s imagination and that harness innovation and breakthroughs in science and technology uch as putting a human on the moon and the human genome project.
POSTPONED until spring term
- Date: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
- Time: 5:30pm
- Where: Life Sciences Auditorium, Busch Campus
Who can enter: All undergraduates and graduate students, as individuals or teams
(post-docs may be included as part of a team).
How to enter: Submit the title of your Grand Challenge by email to
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by Monday, November 14, 2012, with contact information for all authors.
Entries will have 5 minutes and 2 Powerpoint slides to present their idea on
Nov. 20th at the Grand Challenges Competition.
A select group of Grand Challenges authors will be asked to prepare a 1-page paper to be submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. PLUS, there will be cash prizes!
Contact Johanna Bernstein (
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