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Energy Biofuels: An Even Better Alternative to Oil
Online Presentations | 10 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s):: Maureen McCann
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PfFP Lecture 39: Future of Nuclear Energy in the US - Debate
Online Presentations | 17 May 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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PfFP Lecture 12: Chain Reactions, Nuclear Reactors and Atomic Bombs II
Online Presentations | 14 Apr 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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PfFP Lecture 13: Chain Reactions, Nuclear Reactors and Atomic Bombs III
Online Presentations | 10 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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PfFP Lecture 1: Energy and Power I
Online Presentations | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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PfFP Lecture 2: Energy and Power II
Online Presentations | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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PfFP Lecture 3: Energy and Power III
Online Presentations | 26 Jan 2011 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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Innovations and a Sustainable Energy Future
Online Presentations | 29 Dec 2010 | Contributor(s):: Arunava Majumdar
Keynote speech for the 2010 Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) National Conference.
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Energy Innovations in the 21st Century: Role of ARPA-E
Online Presentations | 13 Oct 2010 | Contributor(s):: Arunava Majumdar
We are living through a Sputnik moment in our nation’s history, where we have witnessed multiple wake up calls with regards to the need for innovating in energy technologies. ARPA-E was created to address this need by investing in high-risk/high-impact projects, with a mission to: (i) reduce...
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Transformative Power Semiconductor Technologies to Impact 21st Century Energy Economy, and Space and Defense Electronics
Online Presentations | 22 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Krishna Shenai
This talk will focus on advanced power semiconductor materials, devices, circuits and systems that are needed in order to address this daunting challenge. Specifically we will discuss emerging silicon and wide bandgap materials and power devices, heterogeneous chip-scale power integration,...
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Nano*High: From Atoms to Electricity: An Introduction to Nuclear Power, Its Promise and Challenge
Online Presentations | 02 Feb 2010 | Contributor(s):: Brian D. Wirth
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nano*High. Professor Brian Wirth from the UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering presents the basics of nuclear science, and discusses the technological challenges involved in generating nuclear power and dealing safely with the by-products.
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Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass
Online Presentations | 01 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s):: Michael R. Ladisch
Report on the National Academies’ America’s Energy Future Study 2009.
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Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Limited Fossil Fuel Future
Online Presentations | 01 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s):: Rakesh Agrawal
Rakesh Agrawal is a member and participated in the National Academy of Engineering Study on "Electricity from Renwable Resources." His lecture will be based on his independent work in the area of sustainable solutions.
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Renewable Solar Energy: Has the Sun Finally Risen on Photovoltaics?
Online Presentations | 10 Apr 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark R. Pinto
After a review of the overall renewable energy landscape, including the central role of economics, we present here the case that PV is on the verge of becoming a major source of electrical power through a principle similar to that which underlies the 50 year progress of IC technology - the...
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Aluminum: a safe, economical, high energy density material for energy storage, transport and splitting water to make hydrogen on demand
Online Presentations | 30 Mar 2009 | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
In 1968, a team lead by the author discovered that liquid gallium saturated with aluminum at room temperature would split water into hydrogen gas, alumina and heat. More recently his current team has discovered that bulk, solid Al rich alloys will also split water in the same manner. Since 1) the...
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Energy and Nanoscience A More Perfect Union
Online Presentations | 29 Mar 2009 | Contributor(s):: Mark Ratner
Huge problems of energy and sustainability confront the science/engineering community, mankind, and our planet. The energy problem comes in many dimensions, including supply, demand, conservation, transportation, and storage. This overview will stress the nature of these problems, and offer a few...
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How Chemical Engineers Will Save the World
Online Presentations | 26 Mar 2009 | Contributor(s):: William F. Banholzer
The world is facing massive challenges brought on by population growth, economic meltdowns, and environmental constraints. Scientific solutions are needed now more than ever. In this seminar, an overview of certain mega trends is presented – emphasizing how the skills possessed by chemical...
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Affordable Clean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities
Online Presentations | 20 Oct 2008 | Contributor(s):: Hukam C. Mongia
The technical presentation is built around the August 9th 2008 ABC News/Planet Green/Stanford Poll on Environment/Energy in which the majority of the people polled expressed support for the following ideas: increase fuel efficiency standards, allowing drilling offshore, people and businesses are...
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Lecture 24: The 4 Molecules of life
Online Presentations | 29 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
Atoms, Molecules, Macromolecules, you!Amino Acids, Sugars used as signals, Fatty Acids/Lipids
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Renewable Energy from Synthetic Biology
Online Presentations | 25 Sep 2007 | Contributor(s):: Jay D. Keasling
Jay Keasling, Co-Leader of The Helios Project, is the Director of the Physical Biosciences Division at Berkeley Lab, and a groundbreaking researcher in the new scientific field of synthetic biology. He is a UC Berkeley professor of Chemical and Bioengineering, and founder of Amyris...