Hydrogen and the Materials of a Sustainable Energy Future–NEW
’96
National Educators’ Workshop (NEW): Update
’96 will be the 11th annual workshop/conference aimed at improving
the teaching of material science, engineering, and technology by updating
educators and providing laboratory experiments on emerging technology for
teaching fundamental and newly evolving materials concepts. The conference
will take place 27-30 October 1996, and will be hosted by Los Alamos National
Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.A. The NEW:Update series has provided
nearly 900 materials educators from high school and college with the latest
developments in materials while offering them strategies for improved teaching.
Sponsors of the conference include: U.S. Department
of Energy, NASA, Norfolk State University’s Schools of Technology and
Science, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Materials
Science and Engineering Laboratories.
NEW:Update ’96 will offer the opportunity
for educators to have direct communication with scientists in laboratory
settings, develop mentor relationships with laboratory staff, and bring
leading edge materials/technologies into the classroom to upgrade educational
curriculum.
A special component of this year’s conference
will be Hydrogen and the Materials of a Sustainable Energy Future.
The development of safe, practical, and economically competitive hydrogen
technologies and systems to meet transitional and large-scale energy needs
offers high pay-offs due to improvements in end-use efficiency and emissions
and has long been envisioned as the desired energy pathway of the future.
Lack of public education and understanding about
hydrogen is a major barrier for initial implementation of hydrogen energy
technologies and is an important prerequisite for acceptance of hydrogen
outside the scientific/technical research communities. A goal of this special
theme will be to provide educators with up-to-date information about hydrogen
production, storage, and utilization and related materials.
The following is a tentative schedule for Hydrogen
and the Materials of a Sustainable Energy Future.
Plenary
- Hydrogen–The Fuel of the Future. James MacKenzie, World
Resources Institute
Experiments/Demonstrations
NEW participants will be shown activities that
can be duplicated in the classroom.
- A Modeling Code for Evaluation of Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles. Salvadore
Aceves-Saborio, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Transport Through Metals. Rob
Dye, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Electrolytic Production of Hydrogen Utilizing Photovoltaic Cells. Mark
Daugherty, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mini-Workshops
State-of-the-art technology being done in a
major research facility will be presented by Los Alamos National Laboratory
staff.
- Materials for Hydride-Based Batteries. Ricardo Schwartz
- Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Utility and Transportation Applications. Shimshon
Gottesfeld
- Engineering Materials for Hydrogen Separation. Rob Dye
Scholarships Available
Competitive scholarships will be available for
a small number of participants who will be attending the hydrogen theme
activities. Candidates must mail/fax: (1) letter of interest, (2) résumé,
and (3) letter of recommendation to the organizing committee by 15 September
1996.
For registration information, contact:
Jim Jacobs
NEW:Update ’96
School of Technology
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA 23504, U.S.A.
Telephone: +1.804.683.8109
Fax: +1.804.683.8215
eMail: marciaz@lanl.gov
Watch for their Web site and how to participate
via the Internet.
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