The Center for Applied Energy Research each year sponsors seminars dealing with science topics to provide access to current topics of both academic and research interests. The July 2000/June 2001 contact for these seminars was Yongqing Zhang. The July 1999/June 2000 contact for these seminars was Sunnny Chen.
| NAME | LOCATION | DATE of SEMINAR |
| Dr. Winston Ho | Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky | December 14, 2000 |
| Mr. Warzinski | National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) | October 27, 2000 |
| Dr. Anthony N. Stranges | Department of History, Texas A & M University | October 26, 2000 |
| Melody Bi | Chemistry Department, University of Florida | August 2, 2000 |
| Dr. Kathryn J. Wahl | Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC | January 6, 2000 |
| Dr. Harold Kung | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | February 22, 2000 |