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Spring 2006 ACDIS Seminar Series
TOWARDS ENERGY SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Scientific Contributions and Environmental Impacts

February 15
Energy Security and Sustainability: Problems and Opportunities
Jürgen Scheffran (Senior Research Scientist, ACDIS; Adjunct Associate Professor, Political Science, Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC)

February 22
Fuel Cells and Prospects for the Hydrogen Economy
Ty Newell (Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, UIUC)

March 01
The Dual-Use and Control of Nuclear Materials
Frederick K. Lamb (Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Director, Center for Theoretical Astrophysics)

March 08
How Dangerous is Climate Change? Assessing the Likelihood of a Collapse of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
Michael Schlesinger (Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, UIUC)

March 15
Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
David Ruzic (Professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, UIUC)

March 29
Protecting the Power Grid in Cyberspace
William H. Sanders (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Coordinated Science Laboratory; Director, Information Trust Institute, UIUC)

April 05
Challenges of Renewable Energy: Hydro, Wind and Solar Power
George Gross (Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC)

April 12
Can the U.S. Meet and Sustain Its Fuel Requirement from Homegrown Biomass?
Stephen P. Long (Professor, Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, UIUC)

April 19
Miscanthus: Bioenergy for Illinois?
Madhu Khanna (Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, UIUC)

April 26
Bioenergy and Bioengineering
Hans P. Blaschek (Professor, Food Microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology; Assistant Dean, Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, UIUC)

Wednesdays, 4:00PM–5:00PM
Armory Building, Room 370
505 East Armory Avenue, Champaign

All talks are free and open to the public

For more information, contact Jürgen Scheffran (scheffra@uiuc.edu, 217-244-0463) or Matt Rosenstein (rosenstn@uiuc.edu, 217-244-0218

View or download a series poster or series flyer in PDF