University of Notre Dame
ER-T2-8: Themed Semester or Year

The Sustainable Energy Initiative (SEI) through the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (cSEND) conducted a series energy related seminars for the greater Notre Dame community. Recent topics are/were as follows: - Energy Seminar: Nanostructured Functional Materials by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization - Energy Seminar: The Materials Science Center at NREL: Multiscale Materials Design for the Nation’s Clean Energy Future - 8:00 p.m., Stinson-Remick Atrium: Undergraduate Energy Research Expo Purpose: To match undergraduate students interested in energy related research with faculty who have openings. - 7:00 p.m., 129 DeBartolo Hall: "Energy for You, Me, and 7 Billion Other People" (Randy Ellingson, The University of Toledo) - Time, Location: "Nanowires Photonics & Single Cell Endoscopy" (Piedong Yang, University of California-Berkeley) - Time, Location: "Artificial Photosynthesis: Challenges & Opportunities" (Piedong Yang, University of California-Berkeley) - 5:00 p.m., 141 DeBartolo Hall: "The Future of Fuels and Alternative Feedstocks – Recognizing Hype vs. Practical Limitations" (William Banholzer, The Dow Chemical Company) - 3:30 p.m., 141 DeBartolo Hall: "The Challenge of Taking a New Idea into a Commercial Business" (William Banholzer, The Dow Chemical Company) - 7:00 p.m., TBD: "Title TBD" (Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute in Kansas)