Rutgers Energy Insitute (REI) Director Paul Falkowski gave a presentation recently at the Positive Economy Forum in Le Havre, France titled "Climate Change: Change our Lifestyles or Change the Planet?"
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2015 Solicitation 2. Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Tuesday December 15, 2015.
*Update for the 2015 Solicitation 2: The SCGSR program is now open to graduate students with Permanent Resident status, in addition to U.S. Citizens, who meet all other eligibility requirements. Detailed information about the program, including eligibility requirements and access to the online application system, can be found at: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/.
Applications are now being accepted for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Challenge Program, an innovative new program designed to give undergraduates an early start on the scientific process and solving real world science problems. The program is a 10-week summer internship that awards winning candidates a competitive weekly stipend, furnished housing, and travel assistance to and from ORNL. Participants will be able to conduct hands-on research under the direction of a scientist or engineer at ORNL.
Eligible applicants must be an undergraduate junior or senior in good standing at a regionally accredited U.S. college or university. Participants are selected based on their ability to derive a solution to a research Challenge Question. The two challenges are “Simulation and Design of Artificial Model Magnets Challenge” and “The ORNL Distributed Energy Research Challenge.”
For an in-depth technical description of each Challenge project, and to learn how to apply, visit the ORNL Challenge Program website at www.orau.org/ornlchallenge. The application window closes at 11:59 p.m. on January 15, 2016. For any questions about this program, please contact Nicie Murphy, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (865) 241-6958.
Climate Change Risk Analysis
Professors Bob Kopp and Enrique Curchitser will be teaching a 3-credit course titled “Climate Change Risk Analysis” during the Spring 2016 semester. This course will cover the science, economics and public policy of climate change risks. It will be held on Thursdays from 1:10pm-4:10pm in Civic Square Building 168, Rutgers Downtown New Brunswick campus. Natural/social science and engineering students may register for 16:460:571:01 (SAS) or 16:107:571:01 (SEBS). Policy and planning students should register for Seminar in Urban Planning under 34:970:663:01.
Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) Associate Director, Bob Kopp, speaks at NY Times Food for Tomorrow conference, October 20-21, 2015.
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