To:       Juniors, Seniors and MEng Students Interested in Energy Issues

From:   Professors Paulette Clancy, David Hammer and Andrew Hunter

Date:   January 20, 2014

Subject: The Energy Engineering Seminar Series, Spring Semester, 2014

Fridays at 12:20 – 1:10 PM — 165 Olin Hall

(ChemE 5880, ECE 5880 or MAE 5469)

Organizational Meeting and first seminar January 24, 2014:

   “Making Sustainable Energy Choices when Everything Matters”

Professor Jeff Tester, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

            David Croll Chair, Sustainable Energy Systems

Are you interested in energy-related topics, such as when (if ever) we might run out of fossil fuel, whether fuel cells are nearing economic viability, how we might be producing electricity 50 years from now, and what some of the environmental consequences of energy use are? Then consider spending one lunch hour per week during Spring 2014 listening to talks on these and other energy-related subjects at the Energy Engineering Seminar Series.

Students wishing to attend most or all of the weekly Energy Seminars are encouraged to register for ChemE 5880, ECE 5880 or MAE 5469, 1 credit, S/U (or letter grade).  You will be asked to attend 9 (or 13) seminars and turn in 9 (or 13) 1-page summaries of the seminars to receive a grade of S (or A).

Seminar speakers will be Cornell faculty members from several departments as well as engineers and executives from government and industry. The time is Friday from 12:20 PM to 1:10 PM, and the room is 165 Olin Hall.

Students from any department in Engineering or the Physical Sciences should find these talks understandable.

The first meeting of the course, an organizational session with an introductory seminar, will be Friday January 24, 2014, 12:20-1:10 PM in 165 Olin Hall. The seminar topic is, “Making Sustainable Energy Choices when Everything Matters,“ and the speaker will be Professor Jefferson Tester of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.