CAER News Archive: July 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
The American Energy Security Study develops a comprehensive plan for the United States to establish energy security and independence through production of alternative oil and liquid transportation fuels from its vast domestic resources, including coal, biomass, and oil shale. The plan also emphasizes the need for improved domestic enhanced oil recovery programs using carbon dioxide injection and storage, increased voluntary transportation fuel efficiency, and sensible energy conservation. The study, a national initiative led by the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB), also strives to bring better awareness of these issues to the American people, industry, the financial community, the media, governors, and legislators and political leadership at the national, state and local levels.
- Executive Summary - pdf format.
The respected journal FUEL (publisher, Elsevier Press) has devoted an entire issue to papers that were presented at the 2005 World of Coal Ash Conference in Lexington, Kentucky. The conference is co-hosted by the University of Kentucky CAER and the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA). The publishing company has been a very strong supportor of the series of ash meetings that have taken place since the 1990s. For more information on the issue, go to the publisher's web site: http://www.elsevier.com.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The CAER is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Meier, University of Kentucky Professor of Chemistry, will be a visiting scientist at the lab for one year. Mark has worked closely with our Carbon Materials Group for several years and this on-site sabbatical provides a greater opportunity to collaborate on a daily basis. His main research interests are in the chemistry of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes.He has been a member of the university’s faculty since 1990. Previous to that, Mark received a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, which was followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin.
We welcome the opportunity to work with Mark and his students.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Director Ari Geertsema announced on June 26th that he plans to take a position in Denver, CO as SVP Technology of a venture capital backed start-up company. The company will build decentralized biomass-to-ethanol facilities using gasification. He will continue to serve as Director until September. Rodney Andrews, Associate Director of the Carbon Group, will be the Acting Director while a search is conducted for a successor.
Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
