Rutgers Energy Institute

Past Seminars and Events

Past Seminars and Events 2016

Past Seminars and Events 2015

Date  Time  Speaker  Title  Location 
Date  Time  Speaker  Title  Location 
December 07, 2015 07:00pm Rutgers University Student Debate Unions from New Brunswick and Newark campuses Rutgers Student Debate: Resolution: New Jersey environmental policies should prioritize mitigation actions to reduce the impact of climate change on its residents Rutgers, Cook Campus, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, Room 101, 61 Dudley Road
December 04, 2015 09:00am Hon. Rush Holt Advocating for Science – How to Inform and Persuade Politicians Eagleton Institute of Politics, 191 Ryders Lane, Douglass Campus
December 03, 2015 10:20am Suzanne Kresta, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta From Nano to Mega: Scaling Down Industrial Conditions for Pharmaceutical Development and Scaling up to Very Large Scale Oil Sands Extraction and Upgrading Rutgers, Busch Campus, Easton Hub Aud.
December 01, 2015 07:00pm   NJ Solar Summit Rutgers, Douglas Campus, Trayes Hall A, Douglass Student Center
December 01, 2015 11:00am Anja Mudring, Iowa State University A Contribution to Efficient Energy Management Manufacturing Energy Conversion Phosphors with Quantum Yields >> 100% Rutgers, Busch Campus, Wright Rieman Auditorium
November 19, 2015 12:00pm Fuat Celik Density Functional Theory Investigation of Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reaction on Binary Metal Alloys: Effect of Surface Ensembles and Composition Rutgers, Busch Campus, Wright-Rieman Chemistry Lab, Room 260
November 16, 2015 10:30am Martin Storksdieck, Director, Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning, Oregon State University REI Energy Policy Seminar: Climate Change Education and Communication: Moving Beyond Ideological Divides Rutgers, Cook Campus, DMCS, Alampi Room
November 13, 2015 08:00am   International Energy & Sustainability Conference 2015 Farmingdate State College, 2350 Broadhollow Rd, Farmingdale, NY
November 12, 2015 07:30pm Andrew Revkin, Pace University and The New York Times Welcome to the Anthropocene: A Geological Age of Our Making Rutgers, Douglas Campus, Trayes Hall, Douglass Student Center
November 12, 2015 11:00am Haiming Zhu, Columbia University Excited State Dynamics in Nanostructured Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion and Light Emission Application Rutgers, Busch Campus, Wright Rieman, Room 260
November 12, 2015 07:30pm Andrew Revkin, Pace University and The New York Times Welcome to the Anthropocene: A Geological Age of Our Making Rutgers, Douglas Campus, Trayes Hall, Douglass Student Center
November 12, 2015 11:00am Haiming Zhu, Columbia University Excited State Dynamics in Nanostructured Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion and Light Emission Application Rutgers, Busch Campus, Wright Rieman, Room 260
November 11, 2015 03:30pm Dragica Vasileska, Arizona State University Metastable Behavior of CdTe Solar Cells due to Cu Migration Rutgers, Busch Campus, Engineering Building, B120
November 09, 2015 01:30pm Jason Bordoff Energy Policy Seminar: The Causes and Consequences of the 2014 Oil Price Crash Rutgers, Cook Campus, DMCS, Alampi Room
November 06, 2015 10:30am Richard Schmalensee and Frank O'Sullivan REI Energy Policy Seminar: The Future of Solar Energy: A MIT Study Rutgers, Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Ave
November 03, 2015 12:10pm Stephen O’Brien, Chemistry Dept., City College New York (CUNY) Nanoparticle based Capacitors in Power Electronics Rutgers, Busch Campus, McLaren Center for Ceramic Research, CCR -201
October 30, 2015 10:00am In-Bok Lee Studying Airflow Patterns and Energy Systems in Agricultural Facilities Rutgers, Cook Campus, Room 223 Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg., 14 College Farm Rd
October 29, 2015 05:30pm   PSEG Info Session + Panel with DELLC Rutgers, Busch Campus, Fiber Optics Auditorium
October 29, 2015 04:30pm Mark Brown, California State University, Sacramento Climate Change and the Politicization of Science Princeton University, 216 Aaron Burr
October 27, 2015 02:00pm State & Local Energy Efficiency Action Network (SEE Action) Customer Information and Behavior Working Group. Sponsor EPA Webinar: SEE Action: Isn’t It All Behavior Change Anyway?  
October 27, 2015 10:00am   A Path Forward on Energy Policy NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square South
October 23, 2015 10:30am Christine Crago, Assist. Prof. UMASS Amherst REI Energy Policy Seminar: Are policy incentives for solar power effective? Evidence from residential installations in the Northeast Rutgers, Cook Campus, DMCS, Alampi Room
October 16, 2015 02:00pm Aidong Zhang, National Science Foundation and State University of New York at Buffalo Data Science: A Vision for the 21st Century Rutgers, Busch Campus, CoRE Building, Room 431
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:10pm Dr. Kevin Blinn, MSE, Rutgers BaZr0.9Yb0.1O3-δ-modified hi-electrode supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Rutgers, Busch Campus, McLaren Center for Ceramic Research, CCR -201
October 08, 2015 06:30pm Can Science Professionals Influence & Engage Outcomes in Science Policy? Panel discussion with the Association for Women in Science-Central NJ Chapter. Rutgers, Cook Campus, Cook/Douglass Lecture Hall, Room 103
October 07, 2015 06:00pm Robert Barchi, Scott Glenn, Benjamin Horton, Jennifer Francis Experience Rutgers: Climate Change Reception and Discussion in San Francisco and Los Angeles
October 07, 2015 01:30pm Steve Isser, President, Energy Law and Economics, Inc The History of Restructured U.S. Electricty Markets from 1978 Rutgers, Civic Square Building, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
October 07, 2015 12:15pm Dietram A. Scheufele, John E. Ross Professor in Science Politicized Science: How We Make Sense of Emerging Technologies and Their Societal Impacts Rutgers, Cook Campus, DMCS, Alampi Room
October 06, 2015 11:00am Michael J. Zdilla, Temple University Synthetic Molecules and Materials as Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II Rutgers, Busch, Wright Rieman Auditorium
September 23, 2015 01:00pm Youngseok Park, Rutgers Cheap Talk and Climate Change: A Theory of Discordant Climate Change Policies Rutgers, College Ave, NJ Hall 105
September 18, 2015 10:00am   An NJ Spotlight Roundtable: How Can New Jersey Reduce its Energy Consumption by Maximizing Efficiencies? Wyndham Garden, 1 West Lafayette Street, Trenton, NJ
September 17, 2015 07:30pm Robert Kopp, REI Associate Director, and Brian Reynolds, Climate-Money-Policy Economic Risk of Climate Change FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
September 11, 2015 10:30am Colin McCormick Integrating Variable Renewables into the Grid: Technical and Policy Challenges Rutgers, Cook Campus, DMCS, Alampi Room
September 10, 2015 12:00pm Nicholas Strandwitz Interfacial Electronic Behavior in Alumina-Silicon Interfaces Formed by Atomic Layer Deposition Wright-Rieman Chemistry, Room 260
September 09, 2015 01:00pm   Clean Power Plan for Communities Webinar  
May 05, 2015 08:30am   Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) Symposium Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
April 24, 2015 12:30pm Jerry Cherney, Cornell University "Biomass and Renewable Energy Resources" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, Rooom 138A, 59 Dudley Road
April 24, 2015 10:00am Tim Lenton , Professor, Chair in Climate Change/Earth Systems Science, University of Exeter REI Energy Policy Seminar Series: "Anticipating and Avoiding Climate Tipping Points" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
April 23, 2015 06:00pm "Shored Up" Earth Day Film Night "Shored Up" Cook Campus, Marine and Coastal Sciences, Alampi Room
April 22, 2015 12:00pm Chris J. Potter (EPS) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences: "Unconventional oil and gas resources and impacts - the USGS perspective" Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Rieman Laboratories Auditorium
April 08, 2015 08:00am   Farm Energy IQ: 3-Day Workshops in New Jersey Rutgers EcoComplex, Bordentown, NJ
March 17, 2015   Frank Felder, Professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Director, Center for Energy, Economic "In-depth Introduction to Electricity Markets" Rutgers University, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33 Livingston Avenue
March 06, 2015 09:30am NJ BPU Commissioner, Upendra J. Chivukula: Lynn Abramson, Lead for the Pew National Clean Energy Business Network; Serpi Accelerating New Jersey's Clean Energy Business Economy Rutgers University EcoComplex, Clean Energy Innovation Center, 1200 Florence-Columbus Rd. Bordentown, NJ
February 27, 2015 01:30pm   Dept. of Environmental Sciences "Nuclear Power is Not the Answer" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
February 27, 2015 10:30am   "Breaking the Vicious Cycle – A Supply Chain Management Perspective on Pakistan’s Energy Crises" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
February 23, 2015 07:00pm   THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ANTHROPOCENE LECTURE SERIES, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE The Wenner-Gren Foundation Building, 470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor, NYC
February 21, 2015 08:00am   6th Annual New Jersey Bike & Walk Summit Rutgers University, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, Edward J. Bloustein School, Rutgers University Civic Square
February 13, 2015 02:30pm   "Housing Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria on Building Materials: Towards a Sustainable Methane Bioremediation and Building Material Surface Protection" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg.14 College Farm Road, Room 223, 14 Colle
February 13, 2015 11:00am   RDI2 Distinguished Seminar Series: Big Data, Enormous OpportunityEd Lazowska,University of Washington Busch Campus, Rutgers University, CAIT Building, 1stFloor Auditorium
February 11, 2015 04:30pm   Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg.14 College Farm Road, Room 223, 14 College Farm Road Princeton University, M-171 Guyot Hall
February 11, 2015 03:30pm   "Modeling of Cross-Flow Turbines for Renewable Energy Harvesting" Busch Campus, Rutgers University, CoRE Auditorium
February 10, 2015 12:10pm   Lattice-mismatched epitaxy of III-V semiconductors for LEDs and solar cells Busch Campus, Rutgers University, McLaren, CCR 201
February 06, 2015 10:30am   Mini-Panel on "The Federal Clean Power Plan and EPA Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards" Bloustein School, Rutgers University, Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue
February 05, 2015 01:00pm   Mini-Panel: PJM - CAPACITY MARKET AND DEMAND RESPONSE INITIATIVES Rutgers University, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 33 Livingston Avenue
February 03, 2015 07:00pm   "Carbon Shock: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Geo-Politics And Changing The Cost of Everything" a Public Lecture and Book Signing Rutgers University, Cook Campus, Multipurpose Room Cook Student Center

Past Seminars and Events 2014

DateTimeSpeakerTitleLocation
December 5, 2014 9:30AM-2:30PM Marc Fleurbaey, Robert H. Socolow, Francis Dennig, Robert Kopp, Valentina Bosetti and Eduardo Amaral Haddad.

RSVP to Caitlin Dailey: cdreyer (at) PRINCETON.EDU

 Princeton Environmental Institute:

"Climate Futures Initiative Integrated Assessment Modeling Workshop"

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Princeton University, Robertson Hall
December 3, 2014 5:30PM-8:00PM Matthew Purri, Rutgers CEP Fellow, and Rutgers Former Prize Winner and Advisor MIT CEP Information Session and Think Tank Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
December 3, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) David Babson (AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow) and Zane Helsel (Specialist in Agriculture Energy, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers, NJAES) Rutgers Energy Institute Energy Policy Seminar Series:

"Mini-Panel: Biogas and Advanced Biofuels — the future of transportation fuels?"

Co-sponsored by New Jersey Agricultural Experiement Station, and Department of Agriculture, Food & Resource Economics

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
November 21, 2014 9:00AM - 4:30PM  

Rutgers Climate Institute:

Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Symposium

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center
November 17, 2014 7:45PM Students for Environmental Awareness (S.E.A.) Climate Change Film Festival Showing of two films: The Island President and Disruption. A faculty panel will discuss climate change. Refreshments will be provided. Douglas Campus, Rutgers University, Trayes Hall Douglass Student Center
November 14 -16, 2014 November 14th – Opening Reception November 15th – Lecture(s) & Poster View(s) November 16th – Town Hall Discussion Register The 8th Tripartite Workshop for Sustainable Technology Innovations: Integrating Biology and Chemistry for Energy, Food Security and Medicine. Rutgers University Inn & Conference Center, 178 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick
November 14, 2014 11:30AM Register

GAIA Center:

"Opportunities to Engage with the UN at Rutgers"

 College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, GAIA Centers Conference Room, 30 College Avenue.
November 13, 2014 7:00PM Chad Watson, Project Engineer, PSE&G RU (alumnus: BS ’11, ECE; MBS ’13, Sustainability); Paul Drake, Sr. Permitting Specialist, PSE&G; Paul Morrison, Project Manager, PSE&G; Andrew Powers, Program Manager, PSE&G

Rutgers Professional Science Master’s Program / Masters of Business & Science:

PSE&G’s “Solar 4 All” Extension Program Integrating Solar Energy into the Electric Power Grid

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, CoRE Auditorium, 1st Floor, CoRE Building
TBD (date rescheduled for the spring term)

10:30AM

(refreshments at 10:00AM)

 

 

Jason Schwartz , Legal Director, NYU Institute for Policy Integrity

 Rutgers Energy Institute Energy Policy Seminar Series: Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
November 12, 2014 4:30PM Daniel Blumenthal, DOE /NNSA

2014 Douglas and Inyoung Boyd Colloquium:

"Responding to Fukushima: Applying Physics in a Field Environment"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Physics Lecture Hall
November 7, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) Andrew Zwicker , PPPL, Head, Science Education

Rutgers Energy Institute Energy Policy Seminar Series:

"The Physics of Politics"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
November 5, 2014 6:00PM-9:00PM Register

Rutgers Engineering Society and the Rutgers Alumni Association:

"Fifth Annual Alternate Energy Symposium"

 Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
October 30, 2014 12Noon Supratik Guha , Professor Materials Science and Engineering, Columbia University

LSM-IAMDN Seminar

"The Role of Materials Science in Energy Efficient Information Processing Systems of the Future "

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University,Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory, Room 260
October 29, 2014 8:45AM-9:45AM (Light Breakfast 8:30AM) Energy Cafe

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.

Topics to be focused on will be: Rutgers Internships in Energy - "Food Waste to Energy Potential in NJ" presented by EcoComplex intern Selen Altiok and "Advances in Artificial Photosynthesis" presented by REI intern Kinan Tadmori

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
October 22, 2014 12:30PM Corey Lang, Rhode Island University

DAFRE:

"Valuation of Expectations: A Hedonic Study of Shale Gas Development, a Statewide Moratorium, and Local Resolutions"

 Cook Campus, Cook Office Building, Room 118, 55 Dudley
October 21, 2014 12:00Noon- 1:30PM RSVP necessary. If you would like to participate, reply to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with your NAME, GRADUATE PROGRAM, YEAR OF STUDY, and DEGREE SOUGHT.

Graduate School-New Brunswick:

"Communicating Science to the Public: Distilling your Message"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center
October 21, 2014 9:00AM - 4:45PM

Workshop[ Agenda

Register

Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy (CEEEP)

"Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Electric Utility Hardening Efforts in Response to Severe Weather - One-day Workshop"

 Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick
October 24, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) David Morrow , Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Rutgers Energy Institute Energy Policy Seminar Series:

"Climate engineering and the future of energy policy"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
October 23, 2014 12:00Noon Stephanus Axnanda, BASF

LSM-IAMDN Seminar:

"X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) for Surface Characterization of Alternative Energy Material Research"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Chemistry 260
October 17, 2014 12:30PM Gerald Dismukes, Rutgers University “Algal Solar Fuels and Biomass Production” Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall Room 138A
October 16, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (ET) Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen and Resilient Design Institute and Cynthia Greene, US EPA.

"Resilient Design Webinar: Transitioning Into the New Built Environment"

Register

Webinar
October 15, 2014 3:30PM Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Pennsylvania State University

MAE (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering)

"Piezoelectric Thin Films for Mechanical Energy Harvesting"

 Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
October 14, 2014 1:30PM Mark van Schilfgaarde, King's College London The Curious Electronic Properties of Hybrid Halide Perovskite Solar Cells Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Serin 385
October 8, 2014 8:30AM-12:30PM Register Faculty Industry Summit: "Creating Connections Between Higher Education and Industry" Busch Campus, Multi-Purpose Room, Busch Student Center
October 3, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) Jessika Trancik , Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT

Rutgers Energy Institute Energy Policy Seminar Series:

"Climate impacts of methane-emitting energy technologies"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
September 25, 2014 8:45AM-9:45AM (Light Breakfast 8:30AM) Energy Cafe

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.

Energy Café Topics: "What's new in solar in New Jersey"

PSE&G's Solar 4 All Extension Program (featuring RU Alumni Chad Watson '11 and '13) and Solar+Battery Storm Resilient Systems (Prof. Dunbar Birnie)

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
September 24, 2014 3:30PM Professor Sanjoy Banerjee, The City University of New York

Dept. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering:

"Recent Advances in Electrochemical Energy Storage"

 Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
September 23, 2014 7:00PM George Marshall, founder of the Oxford-based Climate Outreach and Information Network

A lecture and book signing - "Are Our Brains Wired to Ignore Climate Change?"

This event is open to the entire Rutgers community and the public.

Co-sponsored by Rutgers Climate Institute, Rutgers Department of Human Ecology and the Cook Campus Deans.

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room 59 Biel Road New Brunswick, NJ
September 5, 2014 3:00PM David M. Hughes, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University

Geography Speaker Series:

"Seeing like an oil producer: abundance, carbon emissions, and graphic display"

 Livingston Campus, Rutgers University, Lucy Stone Hall A-142
September 3, 2014 12:00Noon Bob Kopp, Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, and Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University

EPS Colloquium(cosponsored by REI and RCI)

"The American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks in the United States"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Chemistry Auditorium
June 4, 2014

12:45PM - 2:30PM

This seminar will also be webcast live starting at 12:45 p.m.

Join the webcast at rff.org/live

 Moderator: Carolyn Kousky, Fellow, Resources for the Future. Panelists: Andrew Castaldi, Senior Vice President and Head of Catastrophe Perils, Americas,Swiss Re; Roger Cooke, Chauncey Starr Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Bob Kopp, Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, and Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University; Bob Litterman, Partner and Chairman, Risk Committee, Kepos Capital; Peter Nakada, Managing Director of Risk Markets, Risk Management Solutions, Inc

Resources for the Future

"Limits to Securitization: The Future of Insurance"

Resources for the Future, 1616 P St. NW, Washington, DC. First Floor Conference Center
May 6, 2014 8:30AM-2:00PM

 

Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) Symposium

 

• Congressman Rush Holt, Jr. , New Jersey’s 12th District

• Heather Zichal , former Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (Barack Obama administration)

• Frank Napolitano, Managing Director and Group Head, U.S. Power & Utilities, RBC Capital Markets

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

• Robert H. Socolow ,Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative; Director, Climate and Energy Challenge, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University

 

Ninth 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.

pdf 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 6, 2014 1:30PM Yuri Gartstein, University of Texas - Dallas

Dept. of Physics-CM (Physics Condensed Matter)

"Quantum-Dots-on-Silicon Hybrids: Towards Energy Transfer Based Nanostructured Photovoltaics"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Physics, Serin 385
May 5, 2014 10:00AM Foster A. Agblevor, USTAR Bioenergy Center, Dept. of Biological Engineering Utah State University "Fractional Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals" Busch Campus,Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
May 4, 2014  

New Brunswick Ciclovia

(Ciclovia means opening the streets for residents by closing them to traffic along a special route, and on a specific day, so everyone can get outside and be active in a safe, friendly environment. You can use designated city streets to walk, bike, skate, dance, stroll and play without vehicles.)

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May 2, 2014 11:00AM Deepak Rajagopal, Assistant Professor, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Department of Urban Planning, UCLA "Firms' behavior under environmental regulation: Evidence from Alberta's Specified Gas Emitters Regulation" Cook Campus, Rutgers Day, Cook Office Building (55 Dudley), Room 118
April 30, 2014 4:45PM Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland "Statistical Mechanics of Money, Income, Debt, and Energy Consumption" Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Physics Lecture Hall
April 26, 2014 10:00AM-4:00PM Rutgers Day
New Brunswick and Piscataway Campuses, Rutgers University
April 25, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) Robert B. Noland, Professor and Director, Voorhees Transportation Center, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

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

"Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Transportation Sector"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
April 23-25, 2014 Workshop Program Pre-registration deadline: April 16, 2014

MPE 2013+ Workshop on Sustainable Human Environments

 

Presented under the auspices of the DIMACS Special Program: Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013+ .

 DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
April 23, 2014 8:15AM-5:00PM To register and view a detailed agenda New Jersey Big Data Symposium : "Partnerships in Big Data: Pathways to Transformative Innovation in New Jersey" Livingston Campus, Rutgers University, Livingston Student Center
April 23, 2014 12:00 Noon David W Titley, Rear Admiral USN (ret.) Professor of Practice in Meteorology Director, Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk Penn State Department of Meteorology "Climate Change and National Security: People not Polar Bears" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
April 19, 2014 1:00PM Rutgers graduate students from the Sustainable Fuels Solutions IGERT Project talk about how various plants can be used for biofuels. Earth Day Talk - Plants as Renewable Biofuel Sources Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Holly House
April 16, 2014 12:30pm Dr. Ramin Yazdani, Air Quality Research Center, Univeristy of California at Davis "PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN ANAEROBIC/AEROBIC LANDFILL-BASED DIGESTER USING YARD WASTE FOR ENERGY AND COMPOST PRODUCTION" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg. , Room 223
April 11, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) Elisabeth Gilmore, Assistant Professor, Energy and Environmental Policy School of Public Policy , University of Maryland

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

"Expanding global nuclear energy generation capacity with small modular reactors (SMRs)"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
April 10, 2014 12:00 Noon Gary Rubloff, University of Maryland LSM Seminar: “ALD: Enabling Nanoscale Solutions for Electrical Energy Storage” Busch Campus, Rutgers University,Wright-Rieman Chemistry Laboratory , Room 260
April 8, 2014 1:30PM X.-Y. Zhu, Columbia University
Physics-Condensed Matter: "Exciton Fission & Solar Energy Conversion Beyond The Limit" Busch Campus, Rutgers. Unversity, Serin Physics 385
March 28, 2014 9:00AM-4:00PM
  • Prof. John Silcox, Cornell University
  • Dr. Ondrej Krivanek, FRS President, Nion Corporation
  • Dr. John Notte Director, R&D, Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC
  • Dr. J. Albert Schulz President, Ionwerks Inc

Twenty-Eighth Annual Symposium Laboratory for Surface Modification

 

ADVANCES IN NANOSCALE MATERIALS IMAGING

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optic Auditorium
March 25, 2014 1:30PM Vladimir Bulovic, MIT

Dept. of Physics-CM

"Printing Nano-structures for LEDs, PVs and MEMS"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Serin Physics Building 385
March 18-19, 2014  

Instructor: Frank Felder

Course information

Two-day Professional Short Course

"In-depth Introduction to Electricity Markets"

  
March 14, 2014 11:00AM Dr. Roman Kapuscinski, Ford Motor Company Co-Director of Tauber Institute for Global Operations and Professor of Technology and Operations University of Michigan

Dept. of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences

“Price Dispersion in Electricity Auctions: Strategic Analysis and Economic Implications”

 Newark Campus, Rutgers Business School, 1 Washington Park, Room 921
March 13, 2014 7:00PM Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Class of 1990, Chief of Staff to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2014 Zagoren Lecture: Take a Deep Breath: Maximizing the Opportunity to Shape Your Environment Douglass Campus, Rutgers University,Trayes Hall, Douglass College Center
March 7, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) Rachel Shwom, Rutgers, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Ecology

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

"Governing Risky Technologies: The Case of Climate Engineering Strategies"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
March 7, 2014 2:30PM Dr. Anthony Artuso, Merck (Kg) Millapore

DAFRE Seminar

"From Ambiguity to Inaction: Examining the Interplay Between Sustainable Development Theory and Climate Change Policy"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Room 118, 55 Dudley Road New Brunswick
March 5, 2014 10:20AM A. M. Karim, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Rutgers Dept. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE)

"Catalyst Design for the Conversion of Bioliquids to Fuels and Chemicals: Insights from in situ/operando Characterization"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optic Auditorium
March 5, 2014 4:30PM Graduate Student Group

Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein

This semester's first WB^3 meeting will discuss upcoming events and opportunities. Topics will include Rutgers Bike Fair, sweet tees, weekly rides, pedestrian safety, transportation equity, et al. All new students are welcomed!

 Rutgers University, Bloustein School (BSPPP)Civic Square Building, Room 261

TO BE RESCHEDULED

 

8:45AM-9:45AM

(Light Breakfast 8:30AM)

Energy Cafe

Aseem Kapur, Department Manager, Smart Grid Implementation Group at Con Edison

Energy Cafe

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.

Energy Café Topics: Smart Grid Implementation

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
February 28, 2014 2:30PM Gregory Kiss and Kristina Moores, Kiss & Cathcart Architects

Dept. Environmental Sciences

"The 2050 Tower"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, ENRS Bldg, Room 223.
February 27, 2014 12:00PM E. Schiff, Syracuse University

Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM):

"Light-Trapping in Solar Cells: to the Classical Limit and Beyond"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright-Reiman Chemistry, Chem 260
February 14, 2014 12:00Noon Rutgers Climate Lunches are open to Rutgers faculty, staff, postdocs and graduate students. Topic: Climate Change Education Douglas Campus, Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall A
February 8, 2014 8:00AM-5:00PM   Edward J. Bloustein School, Voorhees Transportation Center, NJ Bike and Walk Coalition: 2014 New Jersey Bike and Walk Summit College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, Special Events Forum, Civic Square,
February 10, 2014 3:50PM Prof. Saifur Rahman, Advanced Research Institute, Virginia Tech "Open-Source Approaches to Building Energy Management" Rutgers University, 168 Civic Square Building, Bloustein School (BSPPP)
February 7, 2014

10:30AM

(refreshments at 10:00AM)

 Holmes Hummel, Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Policy & International Affairs

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

“Answering the calls of our time: Insights of interdisciplinary scholarship that can illuminate paths to action on climate change and more”

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
January 31, 2014 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM) Richard York,Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Oregon; 2013-2014 Scholar, Institute of Advanced Studies, School of Social Sciences

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

"The Challenges of Reducing Fossil Fuel Use"

 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
January 29, 2014 3:15PM Z. Ren, University of Houston Rutgers Dept. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Efficient Energy" Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optic Auditorium
January 28, 2014 11:00AM J. Wishart, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Rutgers Dept. Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB)

"Reactivity in Ionic Liquids: Radiation Chemistry and Electron Transfer"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Wright Rieman Auditorium

Past Seminars and Events - 2012

DateTimeSpeakerTitleLocation
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

pdf 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 

pdf 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.

pdf 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.

pdf 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”

pdf 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

pdf AGENDA

3rd Annual Nanotechnology for Clean Energy IGERT Symposium

Registration is FREE, but essential as space is limited. 

Register

Please contact Johanna Bernstein (This email address is being protected from spambots. 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

pdf 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 

pdf 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
June 4-6, 2012 See pdf Agenda See pdf Third Annual International IGERT Symposium Agenda 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"		 Douglas Campus, Rutgers University, Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall
May 16, 2012 8:30AM-4:30PM Dr. Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Director Sunshot Initiative at DOE
Click here pdf AGENDA
Register here: www.usa.siemens.com/solarexchange
For more information, email us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.		 "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.		 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Allison Road Classroom Building, Room 103
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)
  • 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, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
 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.
pdf AGENDA
Symposium will also include awards to the winners of this year's student Energy Innovation Contest.		 Fiber Optics Auditorium , Rutgers University, Busch Campus
April 27, 2012 2:30PM Jonathan J. Milley, Energy Strategy Resources, LLC RUTGERS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
“ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND THE PRICE OF CLEAN AIR AND WATER”		 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences Bldg., 14 College Farm Road, Room 223
April 26, 2012 12:00PM Zakya Kafafi, NSF Rutgers Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM)
"Organic Photovoltaics and Plasmonic Nanostructures"		 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”		 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Geology Building, WL 231
April 19, 2012 10:30AM Refreshments at 10:00AM 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"		 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
April18,
2012		 10:20AM D. Vlachos, UDell University Rutgers Dept. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE)
"The Role of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering in the Energy Arena"		 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"		 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Serin Physics Building , Room 385E
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 "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" 		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 Rutgers-NSF IGERT Project: Renewable and Sustainable Fuels Solutions for the 21st Century
"Sugar Cane as Energy Crop: From Breeding to Trangenics"		 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 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".		 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 ). Dr. Uma Chowdhry, CSTO Emeritus, DuPont M. G. McLaren Distinguished Lecture:
“Innovations fueling a new era of Sustainability”		 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” 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		 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"		 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lengthy discussion of the global energy crisis		 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
  • 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
  • Louis F. Vittorio, Jr., P.G. - EarthRes Group, Inc. - Groundwater Issues
  • Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network - Regulatory Issues
  • Terry Bossert, Esq. - Chief Oil & Gas LLC. - Industry Perspective
 MASS-AWMA CONFERENCE: Environmental Aspects of Shale Gas Development 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.		 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
March 22, 2012 10:30AM Refreshments at 10:00AM Trevor Houser,Rhodium Group, LLC, New York, New York Rutgers Energy Institute and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Energy Policy Seminar Series:
"China's Energy Future"		 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science,Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
March 16, 2012   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 pdf REI Summer Internship 2012 Flyer Send application to: REI, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Attn: Beatrice Birrer. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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?"		 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"		 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
March 5, 2012 7:00PM-9:00PM Description Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Director & Producer Film screening of the documentary "Gasland " - winner of numerous film awards College Ave Campus, Rutgers Student Center 126 College Avenue
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.		 Douglas Campus, Douglas Campus Center, Confrence Room C
March 1, 2012 10:30AM Refreshments at 10:00AM 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"		 Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science ,Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
February 27, 2012   Deadline to register for the competition Energy Innovation Contest for Undergraduates on New Brunswick Campus Send an email indicating intent to submit an entry to Beatrice Birrer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
February 25, 2012 10:00AM-4:30PM Any questions for more information contact Christine Guhl: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. New Jersey Student Energy Summit
pdf Flyer
sponsored by the Sierra Club( go to NJSSE Facebook page for more information)		 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)		 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”		 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.
pdf Energy Cafe Flyer 		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 Theobald Smith Society Meeting:
ASM Branch Lecture Microbial Synthesis of Hydrocarbons: Mechanisms and Application
pdf Wackett_TSS abstract 		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		 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		 Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Energy 40/40 Symposium CC EVENT ROOM, CC GRAND HALL
February 20, 2012 10:30AM Dr. Rizia Bardhan, Berkeley National Laboratory Institute for Adv. Materials Devices & Nanotechnology
"In situ Optical Sensing with Plasmonic Nanostructures: From Biotechnology to Energy Systems"		 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   Read more at: http://www.soe.rutgers.edu/engineersweek RUTGERS ENGINEERING Celebrates National Engineers Week  
February 16, 2012 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 Twenty-Sixth Annual Symposium of the Laboratory for Surface Modification  
February 15, 2012 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”		 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”		 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”		 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”		 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”		 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”		 Livingston Campus, Rutgers University, Lucy Stone Hall, Room B115
February 2,2012 10:30AM Refreshments at 10:00AM 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"
pdf Click here for ppt		 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”		 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 pdf Energy Cafe Flyer Busch Campus, Rutgers University, The COVE at Busch Campus Center
January 25, 2012 4:45PM
(tea & cookies at 4:30)		 Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Physics Colloquium:
"New Materials for Solar Capture and Storage" 		Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Physics Lecture Hall

Past Seminars and Events - 2013

DateTimeSpeakerTitleLocation
September 13, 2013 10:30AM (refreshments at 10:00AM)

Nat Keohane, VP of International Climate, EDF; formerly Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment in the National Economic Council and Domestic Policy Council

pdf Bio

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

"What's next for U.S. climate and energy policy?"

pdf Abstract

Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science , Alampi Room, 71 Dudley Road
September 11, 2013 4:45PM William Barletta, U.S. Particle Accelerator School & Dept. of Physics, MIT and UCLA  "Future Capabilities for Accelerator based Science" Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Physics Lecture Hall
September 12, 2013 12:00PM  Robert L. Opila, U. of Delaware

Rutgers Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM)

"Role of Surfaces and Their Analysis in Photovoltaics"

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Chem 260  
September 5, 2013  12:30PM David Mitzi, IBM TJ Watson Research

Rutgers Laboratory for Surface Modification (LSM)

"Solution Processing of Inorganic Semiconductors: Opportunities for Electronics and Energy Technologies"

 Busch Campus, Rutgers University, Chem 260 
August  21-24,2013  Program Details  Register International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, Rooms 138A & 138B 
July 29, 2013  10:00AM Department of Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Candidate: Ariel Martin  "Development of a Decision Support System (DSS) for Power Management of a Distributed Generator" Cook Campus, Rutgers University, ENRB Room 223
July 19, 2013  1:00Pp-2:00PM Yifan He, DAFRE Graduate Student, Rutgers University

MS Thesis Defense

"Impact of Flexible-Fuel Vehicles on Brazil's Fuel Markets"

  Cook Campus, Cook Office Building, Room 118, 55 Dudley Road
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
July 1, 2013  Deadline for Registration  Details and Registration International Conference on Duckweed Research and Applications Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, Rooms 138A & 138B
June 19, 2013 11:00AM
 		 David Ming, Fuels-IGERT Visiting International Student Scholar Prof. Ben Glasser’s lab, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa  "Optimizing chemical reactors for sustainable energy and fuels production using “Attainable Regions” Cook Campus, Rutgers University, Foran Hall, Room 138-B
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 email address is being protected from spambots. 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.

pdf 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 email address is being protected from spambots. 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

pdf ARNE JACOBSON BIO

pdf 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 email address is being protected from spambots. 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