The Center for Applied Energy Research each year sponsors seminars dealing with science topics to provide access to informational, current topics of both academic and research interests.
The 2008 contact is Marybeth McAlister.
| NAME | LOCATION | TIME |
| Alex Azevedo Bicudo | Petrobras Energy Company, Brazil | June 11, 2008 |
| Alexandre de Figueiredo Costa | Petrobras Energy Company, Brazil | June 11, 2008 |
| Gary Jacobs | University of KY, CAER | May 28, 2008 |
| Kevin Henke, Bob Jewell and Shelly Hopps | The Rietveld Method in Powder X-ray Diffraction | November 20, 2008 |
| Qi Yang | A Carbon-13 NMR Study of Carbon dioxide Absorption and Desorption with Aqueous Amine Solutions | November 24, 2008 |
| Bob McCabe | Ford Research and Advanced Engineering | December 10, 2008 |
List updated by Eva Brown.