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Energy and Sustainability Challenges
21 Apr 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Peter B. Littlewood
This talk will take a physicist's perspective on some of the energy and sustainability challenges faced by the planet. I will stress the need for thinking using robust principles to guide the investigation. These include: to realise that global sum rules are much more reliable than...
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Francisco Jr. Franco
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Yuan Yang
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[Illinois] Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles Supported on Graphene for Energy Conversion and Heterogeneous Catalysis
17 Dec 2013 | | Contributor(s):: M. Samy El Shall
Graphene has attracted great interest for a fundamental understanding of its unique structural and electronic properties and also for important potential applications in nanoelectronics and devices. The combination of highest mobility, thermal, chemical, and mechanical stability with the high...
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[Illinois] American Vacuum Society (AVS) Prairie Chapter Symposium 2012
04 Jun 2013 | | Contributor(s):: NanoBio Node
The focus for the 2012 AVS Prairie Chapter meeting is Materials for Energy.
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Dolan Fransico Byrne
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Vacuum Nanosystemsfor Energy Conversion
01 Feb 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Roger T. Howe
Micro and nano-fabricated sensors (e.g., accelerometers and gyroscopes) and actuators (e.g., light valve chips for projection and cell-phone displays) have become commonplace in recent years. Some of these devices must operate in a hermetically sealed, lowpressure ambient, a need that motivated...
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ECE 595E Numerical Simulations for Energy Applications
17 Jan 2013 | | Contributor(s):: Peter Bermel
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Nano Solutions to Our Impending Energy Crisis
17 Nov 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Ali Shakouri
In this talk we review some of the advances in nanoscale energy conversion devices and discuss about the challenges and opportunities to provide a clean energy infrastructure. Couple of examples from solar and thermoelectric materials, devices and systems will be given and the scale of the...
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Opportunities of Lasers for Scalable Manufacturing of Solar Energy Devices
21 Aug 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Gary Cheng
Production costs, module conversion efficiencies, and adoption in commercial rooftops continue to be the most critical issues for solar energy technology.The industry continuously seeks technologies that offer scalable and high speed solar device production to replace costly conventional...
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Baratunde Cola
Baratunde A. Cola is an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.E (2002) and M.S. (2004) from...
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Dynmical Models for Thermopower
19 Apr 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Giulio Casati
Dynamical nonlinear systems provide a new approach to the old problem of increasing the efficiency of thermoelectric machines. Here we discuss stylized models of classical dynamics, including non interacting complex molecules in an ergodic billiard, a disordered hardpoint gas and systems with...
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Competing Policy Choices at the Intersection of Energy and Climate Change – An Engineer’s Role
03 Feb 2012 | | Contributor(s):: Suresh V. Garimella
I will explore the tension between the seemingly contradictory but equally critical needs of energy security and climate change mitigation, and discuss the potential of renewable sources. I will highlight the role of engineers and scientists in informing this confusing policy landscape.
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Energy Biofuels: An Even Better Alternative to Oil
10 Oct 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Maureen McCann
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Maureen McCann
Professor, Biological Sciences;Director, Discovery Park's Energy Center at Purdue
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Aluminum-Rich Bulk Alloys: an Energy Storage Material for Splitting Water to Make Hydrogen Gas on Demand
The two major barriers to realizing a viable large-scale hydrogen economy are hydrogen storage and economically viable “green” hydrogen production. The current two preferred methods of hydrogen...
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PfFP Lecture 39: Future of Nuclear Energy in the US - Debate
17 May 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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PfFP Lecture 12: Chain Reactions, Nuclear Reactors and Atomic Bombs II
14 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall
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Gustavo Duarte
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PfFP Lecture 13: Chain Reactions, Nuclear Reactors and Atomic Bombs III
10 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jerry M. Woodall