NEW ORLEANS, April 7, 2008 — Amid concerns about rising gas prices and the growing need for environmentally-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels, American Chemical Society President Bruce E. Bursten, Ph.D., will lead a special half-day symposium entitled “Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities” during the 235th ACS national meeting. The symposium will feature six experts on the topic and will be followed immediately by a panel discussion. The symposium (*PRES 65-70) will take place on Monday, April 7, in the Morial Convention Center, La Louisiane, Ballroom C, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.
Scheduled speakers and their topics include:
Raymond Orbach, Ph.D., a noted researcher in theoretical and experimental physics who directs the U. S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Topic: “Assuring a Secure Energy Future.” (PRES 65, 1:40 p.m.)
Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Ph.D., Institute Professor of Physics & Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Topic: “Hydrogen Economy.” (PRES 68, 2:40 p.m.)
James B. Roberto, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Topic: “Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems.” (PRES 67, 3:00 p.m.)
Héctor D. Abruña, Ph.D., Emile M. Chamot Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University. Topic: “Electrical Energy Storage.” (PRES 69, 3:20 p.m.)
Bruce C. Gates, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California-Davis. Topic: “Catalysis for Transportation Fuels.” (PRES 70, 3:40 p.m.)
Nathan S. Lewis, Ph.D., George L. Argyros Professor Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology. Topic: “Solar Energy Utilization.” (PRES 66, 4:00 p.m.)
NOTE TO REPORTERS: ALL PRESENTATIONS IN THIS SYMPOSIUM ARE EMBARGOED FOR 1:30 p.m., Central Standard Time.
PRES 65
Assuring a secure energy future
Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:30 PM, Morial Convention Center -- La Louisiane, Blrm. C
Symposium Title: Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Type: Oral
Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary for Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., S.W, Washington, DC 20585, Fax: 202-586-8693, ray.orbach@science.doe.gov, Phone: 202-586-0505
Abstract
Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary for Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave., S.W, Washington, DC 20585, Fax: 202-586-8693, ray.orbach@science.doe.gov, Phone: 202-586-0505
Satisfying burgeoning global energy demand and curtailing greenhouse gas emissions in the century ahead will require more than incremental improvements in current technologies. To tackle these problems, the world will need transformational breakthroughs in basic science, leading to game-changing, “disruptive” technologies that fundamentally alter the way we produce, store, transmit, and use energy. Many of these new energy technologies are likely to emerge as an outgrowth of science's increasing ability to direct and control matter down to the molecular, atomic, and quantum levels. To accelerate this fundamental research, the Department of Energy's Office of Science has announced an Energy Frontiers Research Centers (EFRCs) initiative and includes $100 million under the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request to establish EFRCs (at $2-$5 million per year) around the nation. Universities, national laboratories, private companies, and nonprofit organizations will be invited to compete. Research areas will include solar energy utilization; superconductivity; solid-state lighting; advanced nuclear energy systems; combustion of 21st century transportation fuels; the hydrogen economy; electrical-energy storage; geosciences as it relates to the long-term storage of both carbon dioxide and spent nuclear fuel; materials under extreme environments; and catalysis for energy-related processes.
PRES 66
Solar energy utilization
Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:30 PM, Morial Convention Center -- La Louisiane, Blrm. C
Symposium Title: Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Type: Oral
Nathan S. Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor Chemistry, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, Fax: 625-795-7487, nslewis@its.caltech.edu, Phone: 626-395-6335
Abstract not available
PRES 67
Advanced nuclear energy systems
Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:30 PM, Morial Convention Center -- La Louisiane, Blrm. C
Symposium Title: Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Type: Oral
James B. Roberto, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO BOX 2008 MS6240, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6240, Fax: 865-241-2967, robertojb@ornl.gov, Phone: 865-574-4750
Abstract not available
PRES 68
Hydrogen economy
Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:30 PM, Morial Convention Center -- La Louisiane, Blrm. C
Symposium Title: Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Type: Oral
Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor of Physics & Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 13-3005, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, Fax: (617) 253-6827, millie@mgm.mit.edu, Phone: (617) 253-6864
Abstract not available
PRES 69
Electrical energy storage
Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:30 PM, Morial Convention Center -- La Louisiane, Blrm. C
Symposium Title: Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Type: Oral
Héctor D. Abruña, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Lab, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, Fax: 607-255-9864, hda1@cornell.edu, Phone: 607-255-4720 Abstract not available
PRES 70
Catalysis for transportation fuels
Monday, April 7, 2008, 1:30 PM, Morial Convention Center -- La Louisiane, Blrm. C
Symposium Title: Energy Research: Future Challenges and Opportunities
Symposium Type: Oral
Bruce C. Gates, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, Fax: 530-752-1031, bcgates@ucdavis.edu, Phone: 530-752-3953
Abstract not available
*NOTE TO REPORTERS: “PRES 65-70” refers to the corresponding abstract numbers in the Presidential symposium of the ACS national meeting program.
ALL PRESENTATIONS IN THIS SYMPOSIUM ARE EMBARGOED FOR 1:30 p.m., Central Standard Time.