Louisiana tech university building energy systems for tomorrow November 5, 2009

NAE “America’s Energy Future” (2008) Oil Gas Coal Nuclear BioFuels Solar, Wind, Hydro Energy Efficiency

Quote from Charles Darwin A thing that will assume enormous importance quite soon is

the exhaustion of our fuel resources. Coal and oil have been accumulating in the earth for over five hundred million years, and, at the present rates of demand for mechanical power, the estimates are that oil will be all gone in about a century, and coal probably in a good deal less than five hundred years. For the present purpose, it does not matter if these are under-estimates; they could be doubled or trebled and still not affect the argument. Mechanical power comes from our reserves of energy, and we are squandering our energy capital quite recklessly. It will very soon be all gone, and in the long run we shall have to live from to year on our earnings.

Quote from Charles Darwin A thing that will assume enormous importance quite soon is the

exhaustion of our fuel resources. Coal and oil have been accumulating in the earth for over five hundred million years, and, at the present rates of demand for mechanical power, the estimates are that oil will be all gone in about a century, and coal probably in a good deal less than five hundred years. For the present purpose, it does not matter if these are under-estimates; they could be doubled or trebled and still not affect the argument. Mechanical power comes from our reserves of energy, and we are squandering our energy capital quite recklessly. It will very soon be all gone, and in the long run we shall have to live from to year on our earnings.

The Next Million Years (1953), Charles Galton Darwin

Observations from Council on Foreign Relations (2006) Rising consumption of oil (driven by rising

incomes and population growth) in the face of limited supplies will continue to put upward pressure on prices.

U.S. dependence on foreign oil is not going to end in the foreseeable future.

Continued U.S. reliance on imported oil has immense international consequences

NAE “America’s Energy Future” (2008) Oil – Victor Jackson, BP Amoco (10-14-09) Gas – Kevin McCotter, Chesapeake

Tim Petrus, XTO (9-23-09) Coal – several speakers Nuclear – Charles Turk, Entergy Nuclear

- Dan Shapiro, Shaw Capital Investments BioFuels – Mike McDaniel, LSU CES Solar, Wind, Hydro, Smart Grid Technologies - Hilton

Nicholson, Sixnet Energy Efficiency – Kim Mitchell, Community Renewal

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Micro/Nano Biomedical Trenchless Technology Applied Physics Computing and Cyberspace STEM Education and Outreach

Carbon capture Nuclear industry Renewable fuels Energy harvesting Energy efficiency

DOE Support, $2.8M, 30 distinct projects COES Convocation – March 25

B.S. Biomedical Engineering Chemistry Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology Computer Science Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology Industrial Engineering Mathematics and Statistics Mechanical Engineering Nanosystems Engineering Physics

M.S. Engineering (all) Engineering and Technology Management Microsystems Engineering Molecular Systems and Nanotechnology Computer Science Applied Physics Mathematics

Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering Engineering Computational Analysis and Modeling

University and Community Leaders

Industry Speakers

University Speakers

Planning Committee Dr. Scott Forrest, Director, Technology Transfer Center Dr. Paul Hale, Director, Industrial Relations Ms. Kathy Wyatt, Director, Technology Business

Development Center Dr. Rich Kordal, Director, Intellectual Property and

Commercialization Dr. Jim Palmer, Director, Chemical and Industrial

Engineering Ms. Catherine Fraser, Director of Development

Mr. Jack Sharp, Director, Biomedical Research Foundation

Support Committee Dr. Scott Forrest, Director, Technology Transfer

Center Ms. June Edwards, Assistant, Technology

Transfer Center Ms. Catherine Fraser, Director of Development Mr. Estevan Garcia, Media Specialist Ms. Lindsey Prince, Assistant for Director of

Development