The Clark School Engineering Sustainability Workshop 2009

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This one-year, living-learning program for sophomores and juniors focuses on environmental sustainability. Apply by April 17. Visit ecohouse.umd.edu for application materials and more information.

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Focus 2009: Energy

Co-sponsored by the University of Maryland
Energy Research Center and Office of Sustainability
April 22, 2009, 9:30 to 2:30
Kay Boardrooms and the Rotunda
Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building

On April 22, 2009—Earth Day—The Clark School, with the co-sponsorship of the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and Office of Sustainability, will hold its first Engineering Sustainability Workshop, focused on energy. The school invites all interested people to attend and participate.

The agenda for the workshop is:

Morning: Unified Kay Boardrooms

9:30-9:35	Welcome by Dean Darryll Pines.
9:35-10:00	“Cellulosic Ethanol: The Realities” by Steven W. Hutcheson, Professor, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, University of Maryland, and Zymetis CTO.
10:00-10:30	“Contributing Engineering Solutions in a Changing Climate” by Matthias Ruth, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland.
10:30-10:35	Break
10:35-11:00	"Sustainability at Constellation" by Jim Connaughton, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Public and Environmental Policy, Constellation Energy.
11:00-11:30	“Maryland’s Clean Energy Economic Development Initiative” by Ross Tyler, Director of Clean Energy, Maryland Energy Administration.
11:30-12:15	Lunch: Rotunda Poster session opens and continues until the close of the workshop

Afternoon: Unified Kay Boardrooms

12:15-01:00

Keynote: “Making Sustainability Engineering Profitable for DuPont” by Dawn Rittenhouse, Director of Sustainable Development, DuPont.

Afternoon: Parallel Speakers: Divided Kay Boardrooms

1:00-1:15	Kay Boardroom East: "Highly-Energy-Efficient Heating and Cooling Methods" by Reinhard Radermacher, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Director, Center for Environmental Energy Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering. Kay Boardroom West: "Towards Sustainable Generation of Hydrogen from Sunlight" by Sheryl Ehrman, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering.
1:15-1:30	Kay Boardroom East: “Replacing Lead in Electronic Devices and Reducing Hazardous Waste” by Ichiro Takeuchi, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering. Kay Boardroom West: “The Future of Nuclear Energy” by Mohammad Modarres, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Director, Nuclear Engineering Program, A. James Clark School of Engineering.
1:30-1:45	Kay Boardroom East: "Nano-enabled Solutions for Electrical Energy Storage" by Gary Rubloff, Minta Martin Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, A. James Clark School of Engineering, Director, Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland. Kay Boardroom West: “PEM Fuel Cell Systems for Clean, Portable Power” by Gregory S. Jackson, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering.
1:45-2:00	Kay Boardroom East: "The New Professional Master of Engineering in Sustainable Energy Engineering Program" by George Syrmos, Executive Director, Office of Advanced Engineering Education, A. James Clark School of Engineering. Kay Boardroom West/Kim Building Plaza: “Propulsion Applications of Biodiesel” a presentation and demonstration by Chris Cadou, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, and Dan Goodman, Senior Fellow for Renewable Energy, Dingman Center, R.H. Smith School of Business.
2:00-2:15	Kay Boardroom East:"Solar Energy Where the World is not Flat," by Mathhew Bakalar (senior, electrical and computer engineering, secretary for Engineers Without Borders), and Headley Jacobus (graduate student in mechanical engineering, Peru Team Project Leader for Engineers Without Borders). Kay Boardroom West: "LEAFHouse: A Pictorial Tour of the University's Recent Award-Winning Solar Decathlon Project" by Amy Gardner, LEED-AP, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and Kaye Brubaker, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering.
2:15-2:30	Kay Boardroom East: "New Directions: Education and Research in Energy Sustainability and Conservation in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering” by Neil Goldsman, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering Kay Boardroom West: “Galvanic Cell/Supercapacitor Hybrids for Low-Power Distributed Sensor Networks” by Martin Peckerar, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, A. James Clark School of Engineering, and Chief Executive Officer, FlexEl Corporation.

Afternoon: Unified Kay Boardrooms

02:30-03:00

Dean Pines:
• Announces the winners of the student video competition and presents the videos
• Solicits energy research/ education/entrepreneurship/ service project ideas from the audience.
• Concludes the workshop.