Clean Technologies
Call for Papers for The 8th Int'l Workshop on Micro & Nanotechnology for Power Generation & Energy Conversion Applications
Submitted by admin on July 1, 2008 - 11:55am.http://www.nrel.gov/employment/job_openings.html
Submitted by admin on June 26, 2008 - 2:47pm.The research activities of this group are aimed at developing high-efficiency sensitized solid-state and liquid-junction nanostructured solar cells based on mesoporous photosystems. Sensitizers include quantum-scaled semiconductors and molecular dyes. The position involves research in designing, fabricating, and characterizing sensitized porous nanocrystalline semiconductor thin films and the associated solar cells and investigating possible factors limiting solar cell efficiency and stability. This research is part of integrated program involving both applied and basic research (e.g., J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110, 12485; Nano Lett. 7, 69 (2007); Nano Lett. 7, 3739 (2007)). In addition to the applied work, the researcher is expected to contribute to parallel research aimed at establishing a basic understanding of charge transport and interfacial phenomena governing the cell performance.
MONDIALOGO ENGINEERING AWARD
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 6:05pm.MONDIALOGO ENGINEERING AWARD
Largest worldwide contest for student engineers calls for participants
· Contest of Daimler and UNESCO promotes ideas for fight against poverty and climate change
· €300,000 in prize money as seed funding for project proposals
· Registration phase runs until31 October 2008
Stuttgart/Paris – Daimler and UNESCO invite student engineers from universities around the world to apply for the largest international engineering competition - the Mondialogo Engineering Award.Registration is open until 31 October2008 atwww.mondialogo.org. The award carries prize money totalling € 300,000. It is intended that these awards be used as seed funding to help develop and initiate the proposed projects.
In the Mondialogo Engineering Award, student engineers from developing and developed countries are challenged to form International Project Teams to develop ideas and design project proposals for sustainable solutions to problems in developing countries.The focus is on the design of innovative technologies to reduce poverty, promote sustainable development and address other United Nations Millennium Development Goals, in such fields as environmental protection, energy, water supply and sanitation, waste management, use of natural resources, medical care, nutrition, housing, hygiene, disaster protection, mobility, communication andclimate change - a key concern of the Mondialogo Engineering Award.
International Project Teams eligible to apply for the Mondialogo Engineering Award should consist of two student groups from two higher education establishments, with one group from a developing country and the other from a developed country.The Mondialogo Internet Portalwww.mondialogo.orgacts as a contact centre for groups to meet each other, and will later function as a virtual office for inter-group communications.Teams will have time until April 2009 to develop and design their project proposals.An international jury will then assess the entries and decide on the awarding,which willbe part of a festive ceremony in later 2009. Key factors in the assessment are sustainability, technical quality, feasibility of the project proposals and the quality of the intercultural cooperation between the teams. Through the competition Daimler and UNESCO aim to promote international cooperation, intercultural dialogue and the exchange of knowledge among student engineers, universities and higher education establishments.
The Mondialogo Engineering Award is part of the Mondialogo project initiated and launched by Daimler and UNESCO in 2003. The Mondialogo Initiative also consists of the Mondialogo School Contest and the multilingual Mondialogo Internet Portal. The aim of the Mondialogo project is to encourage cooperation and dialogue between people from different countries and cultures, working together across continents on a joint project activity.This cooperation is intended to develop understanding, tolerance and friendship between people with different cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds.
Contact:
Daimler AG UNESCO
Susann Rohr Sue Williams
Phone: + 49 (0)711/17-40622 Phone:+33 (0)1 45 68 17 06
Fax: + 49 (0)711/17-24847 Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 56 59
susann.rohr@daimler.com s.williams@unesco.org
Mondialogo
André Paris
Phone:+49 (0)69/74 34 88 309
Fax: +49 (0)69/74 34 88 809
presse@mondialogo.org
Environmental Capital Group Environmental Analyst
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 5:48pm.Transition to a Bioeconomy: Risk, Infrastructure & Industry Evolution
This is the second in a series of four conferences sponsored by Farm Foundation and USDA to inventory current knowledge, highlight lessons learned to date, identify future possibilities and determine what we need to know for the future. These conferences and the products produced from them will provide government, industry, academic and community leaders with objective information and analysis they can use to make more informed decisions related to the bioeconomy in the next decade.
Obama Green Talk Is Gold to Silicon Valley
Submitted by admin on June 18, 2008 - 11:20am.
