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  • The Worlds Energy Problem and What We Can Do About It

    Tue, Apr 10, 2007 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

    Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars


    Dr. Steven ChuDirector, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryProfessor, University of California, BerkeleyNobel laureate, Physics, 1997AbstractAmong America's most serious concerns are (i) national security, which is intimately tied to energy security, (ii) economic competitiveness, and (iii) the environment. These issues transcend our national
    boundaries and have serious implications for the world. At the core of these problems is need to secure, clean, affordable and sustainable sources of energy. Solutions must come from a combination
    of improvements on both the demand and supply side, and science and technology will be an essential part of the solution. After briefly describing the energy problem, the remainder of the talk will describe areas of research that may lead to transforming technologies.BioSteven Chu is Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Professor of Physics, Molecular
    and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Previously, he was at Stanford and Bell Laboratories. His research includes tests of fundamental physics, the development of methods to laser cool and trap atoms, polymer physics, and single molecule biology. He is become active in the energy problem and is co-chairing an InterAcademy Council (IAC) study "Transitioning to Sustainable
    Energy". Chu has numerous awards, including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academia Sinica, and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Korean Academy of Science and Engineering. At Stanford, he helped start Bio-X, a multi-disciplinary initiative linking the physical and biological sciences with engineering and medicine. He serves on the Boards of the Hewlett Foundation, the University of Rochester, NVIDIA and the Scientific Board of the Moore Foundation. He has served on a number of other committees such as the Augustine Committee that produced the report "Rising Above the Gathering Storm", the Advisory
    Committee to the Directors of the NIH and the National Nuclear Security Agency, the Executive
    Committee of the NAS Board on Physics and Astronomy. Professor Chu received A.B. and B.S. degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of Rochester, a Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley, and eight honorary degrees

    Location: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center (GER) - 124 (Auditorium)

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Ericka Lieberknecht

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