About the Event

When: Saturday, 26 April, from 11:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m.

Where: 100 Thomas Building (located at the corner of Pollock and Shortlidge Roads on the University Park campus)

This panel discussion is an encore performance of the 2008 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, which were sponsored jointly by Penn State's Eberly College of Science and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and took place during the first three months of the year. The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Scinece are an annual series organized by the Eberly College of Science and designed for the enjoyment and education of the residents of the Central Pennsylvania area.

Panel of Experts to Discuss Strategies for Our Energy Future on 26 April

A panel discussion involving six energy and environment experts from Penn State will take place on 26 April 2008 at 11:00 a.m. in 100 Thomas Building on the Penn State University Park Campus. The discussion will focus broadly on system-wide questions about global energy issues and environmental impacts, and on integrated solutions involving multiple energy sources. The panelists are researchers whose work focuses on global warming, solar energy, biofuels, nuclear power, coal, and fuel cells.

The event is an encore performance by the speakers in the 2008 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, which took place earlier this year. The panelists include Richard Alley, Evan Pugh professor of geosciences; Jack Brenizer, chair of nuclear engineering and professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering; Matthew Mench, associate professor of mechanical engineering; Tom Richard, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering and director of the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment; Harold Schobert, professor of fuel science; and John Golbeck, professor of biochemistry and biophysics and professor of chemistry.

The discussion will be moderated by Henry C. Foley, dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Early questions from audience members will be collected until Wednesday 23 April 2008 on the Web at http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/QuestionSubmissionForm.htm
Questions that address the broad focus of the event are encouraged.

The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science are an annual series of public lectures organized by the Eberly College of Science. The 2008 lectures were co-sponsored with the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Financial support for the 2008 edition of the Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science and the additional panel discussion is provided by the Penn State Eberly College of Science and by a gift from the Chevron Corporation.

For more information or access assistance, call 814-863-0901 or e-mail science@psu.edu.

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