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This Science Night series will consider Environmental
Concerns that directly impact
Long Island and Metropolitan New York.
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ESS Building at Stony Brook University
Teachers and Professional Geologists can receive
in-service credit
Link to previous offerings Fall
2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008,
Spring 2009, Fall 2009,
Spring 2010
Renewables Research at Stony
Brook:
Green Buildings and Green Energy
Professor Devinder Mahajan
7 PM Sunday
October 10, 2010
ESS 001
There is global push to reign in the use of
fossil fuels by substituting, wherever possible, renewable energy sources.
However, the expanding economies of the two most populous nations, China
and India, put into perspective the challenge to find a balance between
rising standard of living of developing nations and the environment. Stony
Brook University is positioning itself to play a vital role by adopting
energy efficient practices and developing Low Carbon technologies. The
talk will focus on the features of the new Stony Brook University Advanced
Energy Center (www.aertc.org) building in the Research & Development Park
and the green technologies that will be under development. An example of a
green technology is solar-driven conversion of biomass materials to
produce transportation fuels that can replace fossil fuel derived
gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels.
Professor Mahajan holds a joint
appointment between Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National
Laboratory (BNL) and serves as the Site Director, NSF Center for BioEnergy
Research & Development (CBERD). His research interests focus on Energy
issues that includes a portfolio of projects on Biogas, Methane hydrates,
and Catalytic natural gas conversion into liquid fuels. He has organized
symposia and international workshops on issues such as Clean Fuels,
Methane Hydrates, and Biomass. He serves on the Editorial Board of:
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE), International Journal
of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology and The Open Petroleum Journal. He is the
author of 80 publications including book chapters, 9 patents, and
presented over 180 invited lectures, both nationally and internationally.
He is member of the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and
the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). His recent awards include:
Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS)-US Section (2006),
Recipient, RANS Crown and Eagle Medal of Honor (for service in the field
of “Petroleum Eng.” (2006), Outstanding Mentor Award from the U.S.
Department of Energy (2007 and 2009), University Visiting Professor,
Government of Italy Fellowship, Universitá di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma,
Italy (2008), Delegation member to China to promote the Low Carbon Society
(LCS) concept (2009), Visiting Researcher, Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Japan (2009) and Fulbright
Specialist Scholar at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
(2010). At Stony Brook, his vision is to train students in next-generation
renewable technologies.
If your school requires that you have a
sequence of educational opportunities in order to receive in-service credit,
please advise them that during the Fall 2010 Semester we will be offering one-hour
of in-service credit for each of the:
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