UW Energy Institute http://www.energy.wisc.edu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 en The Key Role of Network Systems Engineering in Meeting the Energy and Environment Dream http://www.energy.wisc.edu/the-key-role-of-network-systems-engineering-in-meeting-the-energy-and-environment-dream/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/the-key-role-of-network-systems-engineering-in-meeting-the-energy-and-environment-dream/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:00:29 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/the-key-role-of-network-systems-engineering-in-meeting-the-energy-and-environment-dream/ Speaker: Marija Ilic
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University

Date: October 7, 2008
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm central time
Location: B651 Engineering Hall (map)
Contact: PSERC’s Tele-Seminar Coordinator
Shmuel Oren, University of California at Berkeley
Email: oren@ieor.berkeley.edu

Event Details: http://wage.wisc.edu/Events/index.aspx?ID=461 

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/the-key-role-of-network-systems-engineering-in-meeting-the-energy-and-environment-dream/feed/ Label-Free Detection of Protein-Protein Interactions on Bio Chips http://www.energy.wisc.edu/label-free-detection-of-protein-protein-interactions-on-bio-chips/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/label-free-detection-of-protein-protein-interactions-on-bio-chips/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:30:20 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/label-free-detection-of-protein-protein-interactions-on-bio-chips/ Clint Chapple, Purdue University
Contemporary Biochemistry - Biofuels Seminar Series
Monday, October 6
3:30 p.m.

Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Science Building
1550 Linden Drive, UW-Madison (map)

https://www.biochem.wisc.edu/seminars/contemporary_biochemistry/default.aspx

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/label-free-detection-of-protein-protein-interactions-on-bio-chips/feed/ IN THE NEWS http://www.energy.wisc.edu/in-the-news/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/in-the-news/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:06:15 +0000 Corradini News http://www.energy.wisc.edu/in-the-news/ IN THE NEWS
Engineering Physics Associate Professor Paul Wilson was an in-studio
guest September 3 on the Madison Channel 27 morning news. During the
four-minute slot, Wilson answered questions about nuclear energy,
including the presidential candidates’ energy policies, approach to
nuclear energy, energy in general, and nuclear fuel reprocessing.

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/in-the-news/feed/ MAVRIKAKIS SELECTED FOR 2009 EMMETT AWARD IN FUNDAMENTAL CATALYSIS http://www.energy.wisc.edu/mavrikakis-selected-for-2009-emmett-award-in-fundamental-catalysis/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/mavrikakis-selected-for-2009-emmett-award-in-fundamental-catalysis/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:05:16 +0000 Corradini News http://www.energy.wisc.edu/mavrikakis-selected-for-2009-emmett-award-in-fundamental-catalysis/ Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Manos Mavrikakis has been selected for the 2009 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis. The purpose of the Award is to recognize and encourage individuals (under the age of 46) and their contributions in the field of catalysis with emphasis on discovery and understanding of catalytic phenomena, proposal of catalytic reaction mechanisms and identification of and description of catalytic sites and species. Read more at www.nacatsoc.org/news.asp?NewsID=136

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/mavrikakis-selected-for-2009-emmett-award-in-fundamental-catalysis/feed/ NEW PROCESS DERIVES ‘GREEN GASOLINE’ FROM PLANT SUGARS http://www.energy.wisc.edu/new-process-derives-green-gasoline-from-plant-sugars/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/new-process-derives-green-gasoline-from-plant-sugars/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:02:23 +0000 Corradini News http://www.energy.wisc.edu/new-process-derives-green-gasoline-from-plant-sugars/ NEW PROCESS DERIVES ‘GREEN GASOLINE’ FROM PLANT SUGARS
Funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of
Energy, Steenbock Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering James
Dumesic and his team have developed a process that creates
transportation fuels from plant material. Their paper, published in the
September 18 online version of the journal /Science/, explains how they
convert sugar into molecules that can be efficiently “upgraded” into
gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Read more at
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/headlines/2008/Sep18.html.

The team’s advance made news worldwide, with stories in newspapers and on websites around the United States and in India, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands,
France and Japan. ABC News affiliates across the country reported the
story via an agreement between Engineering External Relations and the
NSF-funded ScienCentral News. View the story at:
www.sciencentral.com/video/2008/09/19/green-gasoline/

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/new-process-derives-green-gasoline-from-plant-sugars/feed/ Cellulosic Biofuels: Ultrastructure Considerations http://www.energy.wisc.edu/cellulosic-biofuels-ultrastructure-considerations/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/cellulosic-biofuels-ultrastructure-considerations/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:00:44 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/cellulosic-biofuels-ultrastructure-considerations/ Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative Seminar

Troy Runge, Research and Engineering Director
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Time: 12:00 noon—1 p.m.

Location: Moore Hall, Room 473 (map)

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/cellulosic-biofuels-ultrastructure-considerations/feed/ Future Safety Issues in Nuclear Power http://www.energy.wisc.edu/future-safety-issues-in-nuclear-power/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/future-safety-issues-in-nuclear-power/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:30:56 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/future-safety-issues-in-nuclear-power/ Dr. Michael L. Corradini
Chair & Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Engineering Physics Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
3:30 pm
106 Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Drive

Abstract: Today, nuclear energy provides 20% of the electricity in the US with over a hundred power plants in operation. Over 90% of these plants will have their licenses extended 20 years through 2035. In addition, almost three dozen advanced nuclear reactors are being built internationally and construction of these advanced plants will soon begin in the U.S. Innovative designs for the next generation of non-LWR reactors are underway for beyond 2035. All of these plants have safety issues that need to be addressed to assure safe and reliable operation. These nuclear power systems will be discussed and specific safety issues will be discussed in detail.

Bio: Mike Corradini is Chair of Engineering Physics and a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds appointments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute of Environmental Studies. Previously, at Sandia National Laboratories, he was principal investigator for steam explosion research for the USNRC as well as other severe accident research. He was a consultant for fifteen years to the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards in severe accidents, containment systems, and multiphase flow as well as many DOE National Laboratories, the AECL and CEC. He was Vice-Chair of the 1985 NRC Steam Explosion Review Group and other NRC safety review panels. He has published widely in areas related to steam explosion phenomena, jet spray dynamics, and transport phenomena in multiphase systems. He was elected a 1990 Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. In 1998, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He has also served as a presidential appointee in 2002 and 2003 as the chair of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (a separate government agency). In 2004, he was appointed as a board member of the INPO National Accreditation Board for Nuclear Training and the National Council on Radiation Protection. In 2005, he was appointed to the scientific advisory board of the French Civilian Atomic Energy Agency. In 2006, he was appointed to the USNRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.

Event Contact: Dianne Francis, dfrancis@engr.wisc.edu, 608/263-1646

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/future-safety-issues-in-nuclear-power/feed/ Metabolic Engineering for Synthesis of Higher-chain Alcohols as Biofuels http://www.energy.wisc.edu/metabolic-engineering-for-synthesis-of-higher-chain-alcohols-as-biofuels/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/metabolic-engineering-for-synthesis-of-higher-chain-alcohols-as-biofuels/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:30:05 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/metabolic-engineering-for-synthesis-of-higher-chain-alcohols-as-biofuels/ James Liao
UCLA
Contemporary Biochemistry - Biofuels Seminar Series

Monday, September 29
3:30
 Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Science Building
1550 Linden Drive, UW-Madison (map)

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/metabolic-engineering-for-synthesis-of-higher-chain-alcohols-as-biofuels/feed/ Droplets and Defects: Microscale Flows of Microstructured Materialssolenoidal startup in the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment” http://www.energy.wisc.edu/droplets-and-defects-microscale-flows-of-microstructured-materialssolenoidal-startup-in-the-pegasus-toroidal-experiment/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/droplets-and-defects-microscale-flows-of-microstructured-materialssolenoidal-startup-in-the-pegasus-toroidal-experiment/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:05:44 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/droplets-and-defects-microscale-flows-of-microstructured-materialssolenoidal-startup-in-the-pegasus-toroidal-experiment/ Speaker: Shelley L. Anna, Professor Carnegie Mellon University

Date: September 26, 2008
Time: 12:05 PM - 12:55 PM
Location: 1800 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive (Map)
Sponsor: Rheology Research Center
Co-Sponsor: The Mohs Lectures by Placon

Contact:     Alan J. Giacomin giacomin@wisc.edu

Event Details: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/events/index.phtml?eventid=4642

]]> http://www.energy.wisc.edu/droplets-and-defects-microscale-flows-of-microstructured-materialssolenoidal-startup-in-the-pegasus-toroidal-experiment/feed/ African Bodies and Nuclear Things: Scenes from the Transnational Production of Uranium http://www.energy.wisc.edu/african-bodies-and-nuclear-things-scenes-from-the-transnational-production-of-uranium/ http://www.energy.wisc.edu/african-bodies-and-nuclear-things-scenes-from-the-transnational-production-of-uranium/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:00:38 +0000 Corradini Events http://www.energy.wisc.edu/african-bodies-and-nuclear-things-scenes-from-the-transnational-production-of-uranium/ Date: September 23, 2008
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: 6102 Social Sciences
Sponsor: History of Science Department
Co-Sponsor: Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE)
Cost: Free and open to the public.

Event Details: http://wage.wisc.edu/Events/index.aspx?ID=461 

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