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College of Science from June 26-28

"Energy and the Environment"

 

Tentative Schedule of Events

Thursday, June 26, 2008

• 4:00 – 8:30 pm                       
  Registration
  Holtzman Alumni Center
  Registration Desk, 1st Floor, Grand Hall Lobby
• 7:30 – 8:30 pm 
  Watermelon Social
  Holtzman Alumni Center Terrace
  Rain Location: 2nd Floor Gallery, Holtzman Alumni Center 

Friday, June 27, 2008

• 7:30 – 8:30 am
  Breakfast
  The Inn at Virginia Tech
  Preston’s Restaurant, 1872 Room

"Introduction and Overview"
Verl R. Emrick, III
Research Faculty Member
Project Director, Military Lands and Field Ecology Division, Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech

• 8:45 am
  Travel to Academic Programming sessions
  Meet at the Plaza Fountain
  Holtzman Alumni Center
• 9:00 – 10:45 am
  “Biomass, Energy Use and Ecological Consequences”
  (includes field trip to Duck Pond)
  Chemistry/Physics Building, Room 402

Verl R. Emrick, III
Research Faculty Member
Project Director, Military Lands and Field Ecology Division, Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech

• 10:45 am
  Break
  4th Floor, Chemistry/Physics Building
• 11:00 – 11:45 am
  “Energy Conversions and Solar Energy”
  Chemistry/Physics Building, Room 401

Karen J. Brewer, Ph.D. & Research Group
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Group Members:
Shamindri Arachchige, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Jared Brown, M.S., Graduate Student
David Zigler, B.S., Graduate Student
Samantha Hopkins, B.S., Graduate Student
Travis White, B.S., Graduate Student
Aaron J. Prussin, II, Undergraduate Student

• 11:50 am – 12:40 pm
  “A Particle Physicist's Adventures in Nuclear Power”
  Chemistry/Physics Building, Room 402

Jonathan M. Link, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

• 12:45 pm
  Travel to D2 for lunch
• 1:00 pm
  Lunch with Program
  D2 Dining Facility, Flex Room East
  “Tragedy of Commons” game

Sheryl B. Ball, Ph.D.
Associate Department Head, Department of Economics

• 2:30 pm
  Free Time (on your own)
• 6:00 – 7: 30 pm
  Picnic
  In conjunction with the Summer Arts Festival 2008, featuring the Key West Band (Island Music). Schultz Dining Hall Lawn
  Rain Location: Old Dominion Ballroom, 2nd Floor Balcony, Squires Student Center

Saturday, June 28, 2008

• 7:30 – 8:30 am
  Breakfast
  The Inn at Virginia Tech – Preston’s Restaurant, 1872 Room
• 8:45 am
  Travel to Academic Programming sessions
  Meet at the Plaza Fountain
  Holtzman Alumni Center
• 9:00 – 9:45 am
  “Coal and Climate Change: How energy usage and sources influence global climate”
  Chemistry/Physics Building, Room 402

Jacob O. Sewall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences

• 10:00 – 10:45 am
  “Sustainability: Ways of motivating environmentally responsible behavior”
  Chemistry/Physics Building, Room 402

Kurt A. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Psychology

• 11:00 am
  Break
  Chemistry/Physics Building, 1st Floor Lobby
• 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
  “Chemistry’s Magic Show and Solar Bags”
  Chemistry/Physics Building, Room 140

Karen J. Brewer, Ph.D. & Research Group
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Research Group Members:
Shamindri Arachchige, Ph.D., Research Scientist
Jared Brown, M.S., Graduate Student
David Zigler, B.S., Graduate Student
Samantha Hopkins, B.S., Graduate Student
Travis White, B.S., Graduate Student
Aaron J. Prussin, II, Undergraduate Student

• 12:45 pm
  Travel to D2 for lunch
• 1:00 pm
  Lunch with Program
  D2 Dining Facility, Flex Room East

“Admissions Session”
Jerry W. Via, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, College of Science

• 2:00 pm
  Free Time (on your own)

• 7:00 pm
  Reception and Dinner
  Life Sciences Building I, Washington Street, Virginia Tech Campus
  “A Student’s Perspective on Virginia Tech’s Energy Savings Initiative”
  Angella O’Hara De Soto
  Environmental Policy and Planning Major, Virginia Tech 2009;
  Sustainability Planning Intern, Virginia Tech Committee on Energy and Sustainability; Central Planner and Sustainability Committee Chair, Virginia Power Shift 2008; GREEN Team Coordinator and Education Assistant, Virginia Tech Recycling