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Eighth Annual Energy Symposium - May 7, 2013 PDF Print E-mail

 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), and Cynthia Warner (Chairman and CEO, Sapphire Energy Inc.)


Admission is free, but registration is required due to space limitations.

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Special note on parking: Visitors may park in Lots 54, 54A, 60A adn 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 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel: 848-932-3436
 
Upcoming Seminars and Events PDF Print E-mail

Upcoming Seminars and Events

DateTimeSpeakerTitleLocation
July 10, 2013
 11:00AM-12:30PM  Details and Registration

“Nanofabrication Lecture Series” Lunch & Learn

New Technologies in Nanofabrication

Co-Hosted by Rutgers (ORA and MERL) and Carl Zeiss 

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, Center Hall
May 23-29, 2013
 

Project Move Out:

Free bulk waste recycling for RU students living in New Brunswick REGISTER UNTIL MAY 22 at ruoffcampus.rutgers.edu/projectmoveout for curbside pickup MAY 23-29. 

For more information, call 848-445-2297 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  
May 21, 2013
 8:30AM-3:45PM  

Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education

 "Alternative Energy for Water and Wastewater Operations" (course will present information on the materials and devices used in alternative energy systems, conversion, storage and generation)

New Brunswick Campus, TBD
May 9, 2013
 8:00AM-1:30PM  • Gil Sperling, senior advisor, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. • The Honorable Joseph Fiordaliso, commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

Honeywell's Energy Day Event

Seating is limited, so please RSVP at your earliest convenience. 

Questions: Please email Cathy Foote or call (856) 596-4901. 

Busch Campus, Rutgers University 
May 7, 2013
8:30AM-4:00PM

Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) Symposium

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), and Cynthia Warner (Chairman and CEO, Sapphire Energy Inc.)

Eighth 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.  

Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
May 1, 2013
11:00AM
John Clark Lagarias, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California at Davis  "Understanding the Response to Light in Algae and Plants: Anticipating the Dawn and Light Sensing with Bilins"
Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road 
May 1, 2013 8:30AM-5:00PM 

Register

RU Students and Faculty can attend for free (lunch not included)

The Innovative Energy and Environmental Technology Workgroup and The Rutgers EcoComplex Alternative Energy Innovation Center

"Alternative Transportation Fuels Workshop"  

Rutgers EcoComplex , 1200 Florence Columbus Rd, Bordentown, NJ 
April 26, 2013
10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM)
Harry de Gorter, Associate Professor Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

Rutgers Energy Institute and Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

"The Effects of Biofuels Policies on the level and Volatility of Food Grain & Oilseed prices"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
April 25, 2013  11:00AM Paul Skillicorn Agriquatics, Austin TX

Rutgers -NSF IGERT Project

"Meeting twin objectives: Treating wastewater to a potable standard while producing duckweed biomass for renewable bioproducts." 

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, room 138B
April 24, 2013
10:20AM
Dr. Chao Wang,  John Hopkins University
"Advanced Catalysts with the Nanoscale Architectures Tailored for Electrochemical Energy Conversion" Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Biomedical Engineering Building, Room 116 

April 23

-24, 2013

 1:30PM-5:30PM

 8:15AM-3:15PM

 Register NJ Sustainability Professionals' Summit: Visioning for Accelerated Impact

Princeton University (see agenda for locations)

Starting at Carl Fields Center, Multi-purpose room

April 22, 2013

EARTH DAY

6:00PM and

9:30PM

Earth Day Film Festival

Students for Environmental Awareness and Center for Climate and Society

Film Festival:

6:00 p.m. "Thin Ice"

Panel and Dinner

8:00 p.m. "Switch" 

Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall

April 22, 2013

EARTH DAY

 3:30PM

Refreshments provided

 MikeTidwell

Center for Climate and Society

"Mike Tidwell: Extreme Energy and Extreme Weather"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose room C
April 19, 2013

10:00AM-12:30PM

To RSVP for this event please contact Marcia Hannigan at 848-932-2828 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Ralph A. LaRossa, President and COO of PSE&G

R/ECON Spring 2013 Conference

Superstorm Sandy: Unanticipated Realities and Post-Surge Responses

Rutgers University, Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
April 19, 2013
 12:30PM Alison LaBonte, Wind and Water Power Program,  U.S. Department of Energy

Rutgers Energy Institute

“Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies: The Resource Potential, Device Performance, and Research Opportunities”

Edward J. Bloustein School, Rutgers University, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ  room 170
April 12, 2013
10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM)
Kate Calvin, Research Economist, Integrated Modeling & Energy Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Lab.

Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series: 

“Quantifying the impacts of climate change: an analysis using the GCAM integrated assessment model” 

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road  
April 10, 2013
8:45AM-9:45AM (Light Breakfast 8:30AM)  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: Come to learn and share ideas. Topics to be focused on will be:

Rutgers Solar-to-Vehicle (S2V) Project:  learn about electric vehicle charging project in conjuction with Livingston solar parking canopy

Should the Rutgers endowment stop investing in fossil fuel companies?

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
March 27, 2013
3:30PM  Professor Xiaolin Zheng, Stanford University  

Rutgers Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

"Combustion and Nanotechnology" 

Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium  
March 19-20, 2013 8:30AM - 5:00PM

Frank Felder, Director, Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy, Rutgers University

Register

Rutgers University Division of Continuing Studies and Bloustein School

Professional short course: "In-depth Introduction to Electricity Markets"

Edward J. Bloustein School, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
March 15, 2013
2:30PM (Refreshments at 2:15PM) Uta Krogmann, Extension Specialist in Solid Waste Mgmt., Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University 

Rutgers Department of Environmental Science

"Relative Importance of Electricity Sources and Construction Practices in Residential Buildings: A Swiss-U.S. Comparison of Life-Cycle Impacts"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg. 14 College Farm Road
March 13, 2013
3:30PM
Brian Reilly, Senior VP, Bechtel Nuclear Power

Rutgers Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)  

"Next Generation of Nuclear Power - Small Modular Reactors" 

Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium 
March 6, 2013
3:30PM
Jackie Li, City College of New York

Rutgers Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

"High k Nanodielectric Composites for Energy Storage Applications"

Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
March 6, 2013
10:30AM Chris Avery, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow working in the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy in the U.S. Department of Energy

Rutgers Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Association

"Engaging Scientists in Science Policy"  

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
March 5, 2013 11:45AM Maryam Abazari, School of Engineering and· Applied Sciences, Harvard University GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY

Rutgers Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

"Solid-oxide Fuel Cells"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, McLaren Center for Ceramic Research , CCR201
February 28, 2013
12Noon Howard Katz, Johns Hopkins University

Rutgers of Department of Materials Science and Engineering

"Design, Synthesis, and Static Charge Tuning of Organic Semiconductors for Sensing and Energetics"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University,  Chem 260
February 28, 2013 10:00AM-12Noon

Arne Jacobson, Associate Professor, Environmental Resources Engineering Co-Director of the Schatz Energy Research Center, Humboldt State University

ARNE JACOBSON BIO

Flyer

Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders - Citizenship and Social Responsibility

"A Different Path for Societal Development? Decentralized Energy Technologies in Developing Nations"

Abstract

Sponsored by Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers Energy Institute and Initiative on Climate and Society 

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
February 27, 2013

5:00PM

A reception will follow the lecture. Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 19 to Amy Cobb by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone to 848-932-2733. 

Ralph Buehler, Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, Faculty Fellow with the Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech

Bloustein School’s annual Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning: 

“Making Urban Transport Sustainable: Comparison of Germany and the U.S.”

Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
February 27, 2013

8:45AM-9:45AM

(Light Breakfast 8:30AM)

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: Come to learn and share ideas. Topics to be focused on will be:

Sustainable Fuels IGERT and Nanotechnology for Clean Energy IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship). Learn about interdisciplinary, multi-university (Princeton and Rutgers) graduate fellowship program focusing on the development of clean, renewable, and sustainable fuels and nanoscale energy technology.

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
February 23, 2013
8:30AM-3:34PM

Workshop Organizers: Daniel Bienstock, Columbia University Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos National Lab

Program

Click here to Register

DIMACS/CCICADA Workshop on Cascading Failures of Power Transmission Systems: Models and Algorithms

Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Energy and Algorithms and The Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA).  

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, DIMACS Center, CoRE Building
February 23, 2013
9:00AM-4:00PM   Fourth Annual NJ Bike-Walk Coalition Summit Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
February 20-22, 2013

8:30AM-4:30PM

See Program for details

Workshop Organizers: Daniel Bienstock, Columbia University and Steven Low, Caltech 

Click here to Register

DIMACS Workshop on Energy Infrastructure: Designing for Stability and Resilience

Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Energy and Algorithms.  

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, DIMACS Center, CoRE Building
February 19, 2013
11:00AM Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University

RCHA Tuesday Morning Seminar Series: 

“Carbon Democracy: Sources of Energy and the Sources of Politics”

College Ave Campus, Rutgers University, RCHA Seminar Room, 88 College Avenue 
February 15, 2013
2:30PM CRISTINA L. ARCHER,  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR COLLEGE OF EARTH. OCEAN, AND ENVIRONMENT UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE  

Department of Environmental Sciences

"Why Wind Energy?"

 

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg. 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick
February 13, 2013
12Noon
Susan Brantley, Director EESI, Penn State

Rutgers Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Rutgers Energy Institute

"Hydraulic Fracturing of Shales and Water Quality"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Lab Auditorium
February 13, 2013
9:00AM-3:30PM
OPEN to the public, FREE to attend but registration is required
Rutgers ORA Research Technologies Expo (RORTE-2013)   Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center  
February 13, 2013
2:00PM
Tuo Shi, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Sapphire Energy Inc.

Rutgers Energy Institute:  

"Algal Genomics and Next Generation Sequencing Tools: Applications in Algae Biofuels Industry"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, Room 138A
February 12, 2013
2:00PM
Christopher Yohn, Ph.D.,Associate Director, Trait Discovery Sapphire Energy Inc.  

Rutgers Energy Institute: 

“Algae biofuel: some challenges from lab and field” 

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
February  8, 2013
 10:30AM (Refreshments at 10:00am)
Inês Lima Azevedo,  Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Engineering and Public Policy; Executive Director, Center for Climate and Energy Decision-Making, Carnegie Mellon University

Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:

“Trade-offs in Climate Mitigation Strategies: Assessing the Regional Variations in the Health, Environmental, and Climate Benefits of Wind and Solar Generation across the United States”

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
February 8, 2013 12:30PM-1:30PM
Tom Richard, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Penn State University  

Plant Biology Seminar Series

“Diversity Just in Time: Winter Crops as Energy Crops”

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall,  Room 138A
February 7, 2013
11:00AM
Hojong Kim, Research Assistant, MIT

Rutgers Dept. Materials Science and Engineering

 "Electrochemical Tools in Materials Research: From Fundamentals to Applications"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, McLaren Center for Ceramic Research , CCR201
February 6, 2013
10:00AM
Jason Stauth, Dartmouth College  

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

"Photovoltaic Energy: A Circuits and Systems Perspective"

Busch Campus, Rutgers Univeristy, CoRE Building first floor auditorium
February 4, 2013
4:00PM
Yang Fang, Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sichuan, China  “Strains preservation and resource management of duckweed collection”  Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, Room 138B
Janurary 30, 2013
9:00am-4:30PM Instructors include: Charlie Bartsch, USEPA - OSWER Michael Deely, NJDEP Ruth Foster, NJDEP Scott Hunter, Board of Public Utilities Margie Piliere, NJ Economic Development Authority Frank Pinto, NJDEP Frank Scangarella, NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust George Vallone, Hoboken Brownstone Company

Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education

Environmental Funding: one-day seminar will introduce strategies to fund environmental remediation, economic development and renewable energy projects.

For the General Public

Register

New Brunswick Campus, TBD
January 28, 2013
2:00PM-3:30PM
Mary Wheeler,  Ernest and Virginia Cockrell Chair -Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, and Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering; Director of the Center for Subsurface Modeling at the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

RDI2 Distinguished Seminar:

"Computational Environment for Multiscale Multiphysics Subsurface Energy and Environmental Problems"  

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Computing Research and Education (CoRE) Building, Room 701

Event Cancelled

January 25, 2013

 2:30PM

(Refreshments at 2:15PM)

Uta Krogmann, Extension Specialist in Solid Waste Mgmt., Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University.

Rutgers Department of Environmental Science

"Relative Importance of Electricity Sources and Construction Practices in Residential Buildings: A Swiss-U.S. Comparison of Life-Cycle Impacts"

Cook Camp us, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg. 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick
December 6, 2012
8:30AM-10:00AM
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: Come to learn and share ideas.

Topic to be focused on will be Energty Economics by Prof. Gal Hochman and Prof. Frank Felder

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
December 3, 2012
11:00AM
Neil Coville, U. of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Institute for Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology (IAMDN)

"Making novel shaped carbon fibres"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Center for Ceramics Research 201
November 29, 2012
10:30AM refreshments at 10:00AM Thomas Sterner, Visiting Chief Economist Environmental Defense Fund; Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Gothenburg Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series: “The Theory and Practice of Grandfathering” Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road

POSTPONED

until Spring term

November 20, 2012

 5:30PM

Who can participate: All undergraduates and graduate students, as individuals or teams (post-docs may be included as part of a team).

Open to general public- come and vote for your favorite idea

Rutgers GRAND CHALLENGES for the 21st Century Competition

Grand Challenge flyer

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Life Sciences Auditorium
November 16, 2012
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Keynote Speaker: David Ehrenfeld, Rutgers University,  Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources

and

Wm. David Burns, Executive Director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, founder and principal investigator of SENCER

Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities(SENCER) Mid-Atlantic Workshop

“The Practical Arts: A Vital Part of the Science Curriculum" 

"Two Anniversaries and What They Mean For Our Future"

Program is free and is sponsored by SENCER and the Office of the Executive Dean 

Flyer

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Rooms 
November 16, 2012
2:00PM-3:30PM Joshua Linn, Resources for the Future

Rutgers Department of Economics -Empirical Microeconomics Workshop

"Regulating Greenhouse Gases from Coal Power Plants under the Clean Air Act" 

College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, New Jersey Hall Room 105
November 15, 2012
2:00PM
Robert Hill, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide (Formerly Chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust, Australian Minister for the Environment and Minister for Defense, and Australian Ambassador to the United Nations )

Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers Energy Institute and Division of Global Affairs present a SPECIAL POLICY SEMINAR:

“The Pivot towards Asia: An Australian Perspective”

Civic Square, Special Events Forum, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
November 13, 2012
 12:10PM Tom Schuler, CEO and President, Solidia Technologies

Rutgers Materials Science & Engineering

"Strategies for High Performance, Low Environmental Impact Products for the Building Industry"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Center for Ceramics Research 201
November 13, 2012
11:00AM Wenbin Lin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rutgers Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB)

"Molecular Materials for Sustainability and Human Health"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Rieman Auditorium  
November 9, 2012
2:00PM-3:30PM Sonam Gupta, University of Florida

Rutgers Department of Economics -Empirical Microeconomics Workshop

"The Effect of Metro Rail on Air Pollution in Delhi"

College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, New Jersey  Hall Room 105
November 8, 2012
10:30AM refreshments at 10:00AM David Goldston , Natural Resources Defense Council (formerly Chief of Staff of the House Committee on Science)

Rutgers Energy Institute and Eagleton Institue of Politics Energy Policy Seminar Series: 

"What the Election Results May Mean for Energy Policy"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
November 8, 2012
6:00PM-9:00PM  

Rutgers Engineering Society

"3rd RES Alternate Energy Symposium"

Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
November 7, 2012
5:00PM Steven Chien, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Rutgers Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering

"Transportation"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University,   Allison Road Classroom Building
November 7, 2012
10:00AM
Minjoo Larry Lee, Yale University

Rutgers Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

"New Directions in Metamorphic Photovoltaics and Self-Assembled Quantum Dots"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, CoRE Auditorium

CANCELLED

November 6, 2012

 11:00AM YuHuang Wang, University of Maryland

Rutgers Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB)

"Propagation Chemistry on a Graphene Lattice"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Rieman Auditorium

CANCELLED

November 1, 2012

8:30AM-10:00AM

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.

Flyer

A Conversation with the REI:  

Come to learn and share ideas. Topics to be focused on will be: Harvesting Hydropower with Low or No Head by Prof. George Guo Energy and Supply Chain Management by Prof. Kevin Lyons

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
October 30, 2012
9:00AM - 3:30PM

Open to the public and free to attend - but registration is required. 

  Register

Rutgers ORA Research Technologies Exchange (RORTE) Busch Campus, Busch Campus Center, 604 Bartholomew Road
October 30, 2012
 11:00AM Lin Chen, Northwestern University  

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB)

"X-ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy for Solor Energy Research"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Rieman Auditorium
October 25, 2012
10:30AM refreshments at 10:00AM Frank Felder, Rutgers University, Director, Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy

Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:

"Liberalization of Electricity Markets and Broader Energy Policy"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
October 17, 2012
3:30PM-4:30PM Professor Ranga Pitchumani, Program Director, Department of Energy

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Colloquium

"SunShot Initiative for Concentrating Solar Power"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Engineering Building B120
October 11, 2012
8:30AM-10:00AM

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.

Flyer

 A Conversation with the REI: Geology and Politics of Carbon Capture Sequestration (CCS) - a multidisciplinary discussion of the process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and depositing in a reservoir. Come to learn and share ideas. Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
October 5, 2012
2:30PM Michael C Trachtenberg , Greenhouse Gas Industries

Rutgers Dept. of Environmental Sciences

"Pathway to Sustainability"

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, ENRS Bldg , Room 223
October 4, 2012
10:30AM refreshments at 10:00AM John Weingart, Rutgers University, Associate Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics

Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:

“Risk, Radiation and Distrust of Government”

Flyer and Abstract

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road  
September 28, 2012
11:00AM-12Noon Claudio Gratton, Dept. of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rutgers Entomology Seminars

"Sustainable bioenergy landscapes: Can we balance out needs for biodiversity and production?" 

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Blake Hall , Room 101
September 24, 2012
12Noon-1:00PM Bob Kopp Assistant Professor Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences; Associate Director Rutgers Energy Institute; Associate member of the graduate faculty of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

Princeton University Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) seminar:

"Climate Change Regulation and Benefit-Cost Analysis: Opportunities and Challenges."

Princeton University, Wallace Hall 300
September 20, 2012
8:30AM- 4:30PM

Speakers: David S. Ginley, Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Martin L. Green, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mark E. Roberts, Chemical and Biomolecular Eng., Clemson University

Mona Zebarjadi, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Rutgers University G.

Charles Dismukes, Chemistry and Chemical Biol., Rutgers University

AGENDA

3rd Annual Nanotechnology for Clean Energy IGERT Symposium

Registration is FREE, but essential as space is limited. 

Register

Please contact Johanna Bernstein ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more information

Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium 

September 20, 2012  6:00PM Dr. Willie Soon, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Dr. Isaac Held, Senior Research Scientist NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory; Dr. David Legates, Associate Professor in Climatology in the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Delaware,  Dr. Paul Falkowski, Bennett L. Smith Professor of Business and Natural Resources Rutgers University
Princeton University, American Whig-Cliosophic Society, Climate Change Debate

Princeton University, Senate Chamber of Whig Hall 

September 13, 2012
10:30AM refreshments at 10:00AM

Emily A. Carter , Princeton University, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Applied and Computational Mathematics

Emily Carter Bio

Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series: 

The Role of Science in Solving Our Planet’s Energy Problems 

Abstract

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
September 5, 2012
 5:00PM Michael Mann, Director -Earth System Science Center, Professor of Meteorology,  Penn State University

Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative, the SAS Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the SEBS Discovery Initiative:

"The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars"

Lecture and book-signing  

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center
August 3, 2012
10:00AM- 11:00AM Mohammad Farooque, FuelCell Energy, Inc. Fuel Cell Energy

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, Central Hall

June 26, 2012
10:00AM- 11:00AM
Frank DeWitt, Alternative Energy Associates “Building Efficiency and the Workings of Solar & Wind Energy, and Geothermal Heating and Cooling” Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, Room 120
 
Third Annual Nanotechnology for Clean Energy Symposium PDF Print E-mail
igertlogo.png Invited speakers include:
  • David S. Ginley, Research Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Martin L. Green, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Mark E. Roberts, Chemical and Biomolecular Eng., Clemson University
  • Mona Zebarjadi, Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Rutgers University
  • G. Charles Dismukes, Chemistry and Chemical Biol., Rutgers University

Registration is FREE, but essential as space is limited.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

The Nanotechnology for Clean Energy IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship) is an interdisciplinary, multi-university (Princeton and Rutgers) graduate fellowship program focusing on nanoscale energy technology development.  Please contact Johanna Bernstein ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more information.

 
REI Energy Policy Seminar Series PDF Print E-mail

Emily CarterEmily A. Carter of Princeton University will be speaking on "The Role of Science in Solving Our Planet’s Energy Problems" on September 13th to commence this academic years Energy Policy Seminar Series, sponsored by the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) and the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (BSPPP).

Leaders from various arenas in the energy policy field will be speaking at Rutgers University on the following upcoming dates:

SPRING 2013 SEMINARS

  • Feb. 8 - Inêz Azevedo (Carnegie Mellon, Assistant Research Professor Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Executive Director for the Climate and Energy Decision Making Center)  will speak on “Trade-offs in Climate Mitigation Strategies: Assessing the Regional Variations in the Health, Environmental, and Climate Benefits of Wind and Solar Generation Across the United States”  
  • Feb. 28 - Arne Jacobson (Humboldt State, Associate Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering, Co-director Schatz Energy Research Center) will speak on "The Pico Power Revolution: Off-Grid Energy Services for Low Income People in Africa, Asia, and Beyond" (Technologies Without Borders: Technologies Across Borders - Citizenship and Social Responsibility Event  co-sponsored by Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers Energy Institute and Initiative on Climate and Society) . More information on Events Calendar.
  • April 12 - Kate Calvin (Pacific Northwest National Lab, Research Economist, Integrated Modeling & Energy Scientist) will speak on “Quantifying the impacts of climate change: an analysis using the GCAM integrated assessment model”.
  • April 26- Harry de Gorter (Cornell University, Associate Professor Department of Applied Economics and Management) will speak on "The Effects of Biofuels Policies on the level and Volatility of Food Grain & Oilseed prices". Jointly sponsored with DAFRE.                                                                       

FALL 2012 SEMINARS 

  • Oct. 25 - Frank Felder (Rutgers University, Director, Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy ) will speak on "Liberalization of Electricity Markets and Broader Energy Policy".
  • Nov. 8 - David Goldston (Natural Resources Defense Council,  formerly Chief of Staff of the House Committee on Science) will speak on  "What the Election Results May Mean for Energy Policy"
  • Nov. 15 - Robert Hill, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide (Formerly Chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust and Australian Ambassador to the United Nations) will speak on “The Pivot towards Asia: An Australian Perspective” at Civic Square, Bloustein Special Events Forum, at 2:00PM.
  • Nov. 29 - Thomas Sterner (Visiting Chief Economist Environmental Defense Fund; Professor of Environmental Economics University of Gothenburg) will speak on “The Theory and Practice of Grandfathering”

All lectures are held at IMCS Alampi room and start at 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) EXCEPT for Robert Hill event. (see notice above).

 
A Conversation with the Rutgers Energy Institute PDF Print E-mail
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Energy Cafe

Enjoy Coffee, Tea, Refreshments, and a light Breakfast while talking to energy leaders from across Rutgers University.

  • Date:  April 10, 2013
  • Time: 8:45AM-9:45AM (breakfast meet & greet starts 8:30)
  • Location: The Cove at the Rutgers Busch Campus Center 604 Bartholomew Road Piscataway, NJ
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The Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) is pleased to be sponsoring a morning Cafe 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. No reservation is required ...just come to learn and share ideas.

Topics to be focused on will be:

  • Rutgers Solar-to-Vehicle (S2V) Project:  learn about electric vehicle charging project in conjuction with Livingston solar parking canopy
  • Should the Rutgers endowment stop investing in fossil fuel companies?

Sponsored by The Rutgers Energy Institute

 

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