| Date | Time | Speaker | Title | Location |
| June 4-6, 2012 |
See Agenda |
See Third Annual International IGERT Symposium Agenda
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Rutgers-NSF IGERT Project: Renewable and Sustainable Fuels Solutions
"Third Annual International Summer Symposium: On the path to sustainable and renewable fuels solutions: securing our planet’s future"
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Douglas Campus, Rutgers University, Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall |
| May 16, 2012 |
8:30AM-4:30PM |
Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Director Sunshot Initiative at DOE
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"Solar Exchange East 2012"
Commercial and residential applications of solar technologies, particularly urban installations, and government policies are the topics. Lunch will be provided, plus tours of the Livingston Solar Farm. Reception afterward. This is an industry-university event.
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Allison Road Classroom Building, Room 103
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| May 2, 2012 |
8:30AM - 2:00PM |
Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) Symposium
- Dian Grueneich, formerly Morrison & Foerster and Commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission ( CPUC)
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Steven E. Koonin
Institute for Defense Analyses' Science and Technology Policy Institute
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Roger C. Prince,
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
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Daniel P. Schrag,
Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
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Seventh Annual Rutgers Energy Symposium: This annual event enables faculty, students, staff, government officials, and community members to learn about the latest methods, processes, and initiatives being developed by energy thinkers at Rutgers, in New Jersey, and across the country.
AGENDA
Symposium will also include awards to the winners of this year's student Energy Innovation Contest.
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Fiber Optics Auditorium , Rutgers University, Busch Campus |
| April 27, 2012 |
2:30PM |
Jonathan J. Milley, Energy Strategy Resources, LLC
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RUTGERS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
“ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND THE PRICE OF CLEAN AIR AND WATER”
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg., 14 College Farm Road, Room 223
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| April 26, 2012 |
12:00PM |
Zakya Kafafi, NSF |
Rutgers Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM)
"Organic Photovoltaics and Plasmonic Nanostructures"
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright-Rieman Labs , Room 260 |
| April 19, 2012 |
11:00AM |
John Asbury, Penn State U. |
IGERT Seminar
“Understanding Fundamental Processes in Emerging Photovoltaic Materials: Identifying Pathways to Higher Efficiency Solar Cells”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Geology Building, WL 231 |
| April 19, 2012 |
10:30AM
Refreshments at 10:00AM
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Robert Van Buskirk, US Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:
"Energy Efficiency: The gift that keeps on giving"
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road |
April18,
2012
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10:20AM |
D. Vlachos, UDell University |
Rutgers Dept. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE)
"The Role of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering in the Energy Arena"
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium |
| April 17, 2012 |
5:00PM |
Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University |
Rutgers Department of Physics and Astronomy (PHYS)
"Organic Electronics, Photo-Voltaics and the Problem of Exciton Diffusion"
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Serin Physics Building ,
Room 385E
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| April 7, 2012 |
12:00PM-5:00PM |
All attendees should pre-register in order to attend. Registration can be completed online. Click here Spots are LIMITED so register TODAY! |
1st Annual Rutgers Global Brigades Sustainability Summit |
Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center , Multipurpose rooms |
| April 6, 2012 |
12:30PM-1:30PM |
Dr. George Chuck,
USDA-Plant Gene Expression Center
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"Domesticating new biofuel crop plants using microRNAs" |
Cook Campus, Foran Hall, Room 138A, 59 Dudley Road |
| April 6, 2012 |
10:00AM |
Professors John Kassakian and Richard Schmalensee, MIT |
Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy at Rutgers University:
"Future of the Electric Grid"
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, Special Events Forum , 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick |
| April 2, 2012 |
2:00PM |
Helaine Carrer, Associate Professor, Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Rutgers-NSF IGERT Project:
Renewable and Sustainable Fuels Solutions for the 21st Century
"Sugar Cane as Energy Crop:
From Breeding to Trangenics"
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Cook Campus, Foran Hall, Room 138B,
59 Dudley Road |
| April 2, 2012 |
1:00PM-2:30PM |
Edward Cunningham,Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School,
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
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Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:
"Notes from Yangon: Political Change in Myanmar and Implications for China's Energy Rise".
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science ,Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road |
| March 30, 2012 |
Dr. Chowdhry lecture at 4:15PM
(Afternoon technical program starts at 1:45PM ).
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Dr. Uma Chowdhry, CSTO Emeritus, DuPont |
M. G. McLaren Distinguished Lecture:
“Innovations fueling a new era of Sustainability”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium |
| March 29, 2012 |
12:00PM |
Jerry Tersoff, IBM |
Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM)
“Understanding the Complex Growth of Silicon Nanowires”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright-Rieman Labs , Room 260 |
| March 29, 2012 |
1:30PM-3:00PM |
Commissioner Cheryl A. LaFleur, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Robert Hanna, President New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
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Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy:
“Update on Federal Energy Policy: Choices for the
Future”
and
"New Jersey Energy Policy"
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, Special Events Forum , 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick |
| March 27, 2012 |
6:00PM |
David Ehrenfeld, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences |
Executive Dean’s Distinguished Lecture: "Reinventing the University for the 21st Century"
Registration is requested:Contact the SEBS/NJAES Office of Community Engagement at:
discovery.rutgers.edu or
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Lengthy discussion of the global energy crisis
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center , Multipurpose rooms |
| March 27, 2012 |
7:30AM - 12:30PM |
- Keynote Speaker - Carol Collier, P.P., AICP, Executive Director of the Delaware River Basin Commission
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Dennis Risser, USGS - Geological Issues
- John Slade, ALL4, Inc. (formerly Chief of the Air Quality Permitting Division for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) - Air Quality Issues
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Louis F. Vittorio, Jr., P.G. - EarthRes Group, Inc. - Groundwater Issues
- Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network - Regulatory Issues
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Terry Bossert, Esq. - Chief Oil & Gas LLC. - Industry Perspective
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MASS-AWMA CONFERENCE:
Environmental Aspects of Shale Gas Development
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Rutgers EcoComplex , Florence Columbus Rd., Bordentown, NJ 08505 |
| March 26, 2012 |
9:30AM-11:00AM |
The REI is sponsoring a morning Café Hour for conversation on a broad range of energy related topics. Students, faculty, and staff from a variety of disciplines will be attending and are welcome to join in. |
A Conversation with the REI: a discussion of the problems and pathways to Successful Sustainability and "Greenworknow" educational experiences in Costa Rica.
Come to learn and share ideas.
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center |
| March 22, 2012 |
10:30AM
Refreshments at 10:00AM
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Trevor Houser,Rhodium Group, LLC, New York, New York
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Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:
"China's Energy Future"
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science,Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road |
| March 16, 2012 |
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Deadline for Application |
REI Summer Internship 2012 : The Rutgers Energy Institute offers summer internships to a select group of motivated undergraduate students. Click here for more information
REI Summer Internship 2012 Flyer
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Send application to: REI, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Attn: Beatrice Birrer. Email:
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| March 9, 2012 |
3:30PM-5:00PM |
Gal Hochman, Rutgers Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics |
Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society
"Climate Change - Who will take the heat?"
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Cook Campus, Cook Office Building, Conference Room (118) |
| March 6, 2012 |
6:00PM |
Leo Christodoulou, DoE; Michael Maher DARPA; Steven McKnight NSF; Steve Szaruga AFO |
Professional Science Master's Program
"Manufacturing of the future"
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium |
| March 5, 2012 |
7:00PM-9:00PM
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Description Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Director & Producer
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Film screening of the documentary "Gasland " - winner of numerous film awards |
College Ave Campus, Rutgers Student Center
126 College Avenue
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| March 5, 2012 |
6:00PM-7:00PM |
Open forum for all interested students |
RU Student Energy Consortium Meeting: opportunity to meet and share initiatives and ideas for sustainability and energy solutions.
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Douglas Campus, Douglas Campus Center, Confrence Room C |
| March 1, 2012 |
10:30AM
Refreshments at 10:00AM
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Bryan Mignone, US Dept. of Energy |
Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:
"Designing a Federal Clean Energy Standard"
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science ,Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road |
| February 27, 2012
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Deadline to register for the competition
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Energy Innovation Contest for Undergraduates on New Brunswick Campus |
Send an email indicating intent to submit an entry to Beatrice Birrer at
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| February 25, 2012 |
10:00AM-4:30PM |
Any questions for more information contact Christine Guhl:
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New Jersey Student Energy Summit
Flyer
sponsored by the Sierra Club( go to NJSSE Facebook page for more information)
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Princeton University,Wallace Hall, Room 300 |
| February 25, 2012 |
8:15AM-5:00PM |
Agenda |
New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit
in cooperation with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC)
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, Special Events Forum, 33 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick |
| February 24, 2012 |
2:30PM |
Dr. Serpil Guran, Rutgers EcoComplex-Bordentown, NJ |
Department of Environemental Sciences (DES)
“Sustainable Energy Systems”
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Cook Campus, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg. ,Room 223, 14 College Farm Road |
| February 23, 2012 |
8:30AM-9:30AM |
The REI is sponsoring a morning Café Hour for conversation on a broad range of energy related topics. Students, faculty, and staff from a variety of disciplines will be attending and are welcome to join in. |
A Conversation with the REI:The Smart Grid and PIRG Energy Conservation Corps. Come to learn and share ideas.
Energy Cafe Flyer
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center |
| February 23, 2012 |
5:30PM |
Lawrence P. Wackett, Department of Biochemistry and BioTechnology Institute University of Minnesota
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Theobald Smith Society Meeting:
ASM Branch Lecture
Microbial Synthesis of Hydrocarbons: Mechanisms and Application
Wackett_TSS abstract
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science ,Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road |
| February 22, 2012 |
8:00AM-3:30PM |
Keynote Speaker:
Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency
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Energy Symposium sponsored by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
“Energy40/40” Theme Looks at Four Decades of Energy History,
What the Future May Hold in the Next 40 Years
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Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Energy 40/40 Symposium
CC EVENT ROOM, CC GRAND HALL
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| February 20, 2012 |
10:30AM |
Dr. Rizia Bardhan, Berkeley National Laboratory
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Institute for Adv. Materials Devices & Nanotechnology
"In situ Optical Sensing with Plasmonic Nanostructures: From Biotechnology to Energy Systems"
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright-Rieman Labs , Room 260 |
| February 20, 2012 |
1:30PM-3:30PM |
David B. Bartlett, Vice President, IBM Smarter Buildings |
Deans Distinguished Lecture Series: Smarter Greener Building |
Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Biomedical Auditorium, BME-102 |
| February 20- 24, 2012 |
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Read more at:
http://www.soe.rutgers.edu/engineersweek
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RUTGERS ENGINEERING
Celebrates National Engineers Week
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| February 16, 2012
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8:30AM-5:30PM |
Melissa Hines, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University
Sergei Kalinin, Center for Nanophase Materials Science
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Twenty-Sixth Annual Symposium
of the Laboratory for Surface Modification
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February 15, 2012
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10:20AM |
Fuat E. Celik, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Rutgers Dept. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE)
“Catalytic Synthesis Gas Conversion to Produce Chemical Products from Non-Petroleum Resources”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium |
| February 9, 2012 |
2:00PM |
Andrew John Gmitter, PhD Degree Candidate, Rutgers University |
Rutgers Dept. Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Thesis Defense: “The Structural and Electrochemical Dynamics of the Electrode-Electrolyte Interphase of Metal Fluorlide Nanocomposite Positive Electrodes for Li Batteries”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Material Science and Engineering, CCR 201 |
| February 9, 2012 |
9:00AM |
Isabell Thomann, Stanford University |
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
“Plasmon--‐enhanced solar energy conversion to fuels” |
Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Material Science and Engineering, CCR 201 |
| February 8, 2012 |
3:15PM |
Arvind Atreya, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Michigan |
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
“Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Biofuels”
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Busch Campus, School of Engineering , Room B120 |
| February 7, 2012 |
1:30PM |
John Freeland, Argonne National Laboratory |
Rutgers Physics Dept. Condensed Matter Seminar (PHYS-CM)
“Harnessing Unique Architectures to Create Novel Materials”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Serin Physics Building, Serin 385 |
| February 7, 2012 |
11:45AM |
Alexander Samokhvalov, Rutgers University |
Rutgers Dept. Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
“Heterogeneous Photocatalysis for Clean Energy and Environment: from Metal Organic Frameworks to Solar Biofuels and Fuel Cells”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Material Science and Engineering, CCR 201 |
| February 3, 2012 |
3:30PM |
Jesse Ribot, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign |
Rutgers - The Initiative on Climate and Society, Department of Geography
“Choice and Recognition: Local Democracy Effects of Climate Change”
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Livingston Campus, Rutgers University, Lucy Stone Hall, Room B115 |
| February 2,2012
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10:30AM
Refreshments at 10:00AM
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Hunt Allcott, Assistant Professor of Economics, New York University and Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
Bio
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Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series: "The Economics of the Energy Paradox"
Click here for ppt
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Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road |
| January 31, 2012 |
3:00PM |
Nicholas Strandwitz, California Institute of Technology |
Rutgers Department Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
“Semiconductor Photoanodes: Structure and Stability”
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Material Science and Engineering, CCR 201 |
| January 26, 2012 |
8:30AM-9:30AM |
The REI is sponsoring a morning Café Hour for conversation on a broad range of energy related topics. Students, faculty, and staff from a variety of disciplines will be attending and are welcome to join in. |
A Conversation with the REI: Sustainability and Clean Energy at Rutgers EcoComplex
Come to learn and share ideas
Energy Cafe Flyer
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center |
| January 25, 2012 |
4:45PM
(tea & cookies at 4:30)
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Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT |
Physics Colloquium:
"New Materials for Solar Capture and Storage"
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Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Physics Lecture Hall
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