What’s New at Energy
The IYC Gala will serve as the primary fundraising vehicle for AIChE's energy initiative, a focal point at the heart of the International Year of Chemistry.Alternative transportation fuels from coal and biomass have the potential to lower greenhouse emissions and petroleum fuel use. The book ‘Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass’ provides a roadmap to energy independence for policy makers, investors, leaders in industry, transportation sector, and others with a concern for the environment, economy, and energy security.AIChE and ACS releases Policy statement on Framework for a 21st Century United States Energy Strategy which highlights and explains the need for objective decision-making in a complex energy landscape.AIChE’s Energy Initiative and Institute for Sustainability are developing an energy system metrics project to provide technical, sustainability and societal perspectives on energy system choices for bioethanol.Energy Spotlight
Covanta Energy, the world's largest owner and operator of Energy from Waste (EfW), is now offering a plant tour on Friday, June 8, 2012. Registration and tour information can be found here. Space is limited to the first 30 respondants so sign up now!
Energy education resources are now available. These modules, provided by various academic institutions, were designed to provide learning experience to undergraduate students interested in topics of energy technology and process design. For those interested in sustainability-related modules, AIChE’s Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF) also offers course modules and reading materials at www.aiche.org/IFS/education.aspx.
Check out the latest CEI newsletter to learn more about energy initiatives and upcoming conference opportunities.
Check out the link above for the latest news from the AAES member societies.
This webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 2:00-3:30pm ET. Dr. Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, Kenny Anderson, and Nathan Sanfilippo will present an update as to what happened, the current status at Fukushima Daiichi, and an overview of the NRC report. It will also explore lessons learned, potential implications, and paths forward for the nuclear industry in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere internationally.
Summit Media Group’s Greener Package and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE’s) Institute for Sustainability are combining forces to produce a new, one-day event focused on cutting-edge issues in waste-to-energy (WTE). The Exchange, scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2011, will include presentations from industry and academic experts on the potential impact of WTE processes.
Mark your calendars to attend the year’s leading conference that brings industry, university and government leaders together to address the challenge of sustaining the energy supply. The 2011 International Congress on Energy: Sustaining Supplies will be held in Minneapolis, MN on October 16-21, 2011.
The AIChE’s Sustainable Engineering Forum and Energy Initiative Board announce a competition to promote energy education in K-12 schools. The program will pair teams of AIChE student chapters and an area K-12 school to work together to develop a hands-on learning activity that addresses curricular needs using energy concepts. $2,500 prizes will be awarded.
The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has approved the formation of a Center for Energy Initiatives. One of the Center’s first activities will be conducting the First International Congress on Energy: Sustaining Supplies in conjunction with AIChE’s Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, this November 7-12.The Center grew out of the work of AIChE’s Energy Advisory Board, which was formed in 2005, and has already undertaken a number of research and education projects. It has coordinated a project on carbon management for a group of leading engineering societies, made awards for K-12 energy education projects, and developed a "Speakers Academy" of energy experts.