2008 Events
December 3, 2008 - 8:00 p.m.
Trash to Class: A Green Fashion
Show
LaFortune Ballroom
Students and members of the Notre Dame community will learn about how to conserve resources and why more sustainable habits are important (and in vogue), while male and female models demonstrate eco-friendly outfits made from recycled fabrics. Select items will be on silent auction after the show.
Admission: $5 (Tickets on sale at the LaFortune Box Office)
Proceeds will benefit the Majora Carter Fund: Sustainable South Bronx
December 1, 2008
"What an Engineer Has Learned About Oil Trading"
Dr. Jeffrey C. Kantor
8:00 p.m., 136 DeBartolo Hall
View presentation slides here
November 21, 2008
Graduate Research Symposium
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
McKenna Hall (2nd Floor)
The Graduate Research Symposium will showcase the exemplary work of Notre Dame graduate students to the University community. Participants will interact with graduate students and learn about the innovative work they complete during their tenure at Notre Dame. Research will be displayed from all divisions of The Graduate School with a special division dedicated to the topic of this year's Notre Dame Forum on Sustainable Energy. All are welcome. For more information, visit www.gsu.nd.edu/?q=symposium
November 6, 13, 20, 2008
UND Downtown Lunch and Learn Eco Film Series
12:05 p.m., Notre Dame Downtown Crossroads Gallery
The University of Notre Dame’s Downtown Lunch and Learn Eco Film Series will kick off Thursday (Nov. 6) at the Notre Dame Downtown Crossroads Gallery, 217 S. Michigan St., South Bend, with the film “Six Degrees Could Change the World.” The screening begins at 12:05 p.m. and is free and open to the public. “Six Degrees Could Change the World” challenges its viewers to rethink the potential disaster of global warming. Alec Baldwin narrates the 90-minute film that was produced by National Geographic. MPA Architects, Notre Dame’s Office of Community Relations, and WVPE 88.1 are sponsoring the November series which includes three films. The remaining Eco Film screenings are “Human Footprint,” a look at how much a single life affects the planet on Nov. 13, and “The 11th Hour,” a film about the permanent footprint that all humans leave on the planet on Nov. 20. All screenings are scheduled to take place in the Crossroads Gallery at 12:05 p.m.
November 5, 2008
"Natural Resources and Human Rights Toward a Declaration of Stewardship Responsibility," Daniel R. Lynch, MacLean Professor of Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College
4:30 p.m., 126 DeBartolo Hall
Read more about this presentation and other sponsored programs by the Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
October 8, 2008
Sen. Richard Lugar toured the Notre Dame Energy Center and spoke with students and faculty about their energy-related research at Notre Dame. Senator Lugar then made a campus-wide presentation at 3:00 pm in Washington Hall on "Energy Security and U.S. Foreign Policy." During the presentation, he presented GreeND, a University of Notre Dame student organization, with the Energy Patriot Award, which honors a student, professional, scholar or member of the business community who has demonstrated leadership and initiative in taking concerete action to improve America's energy security. For more information, see 10/2/08 and 10/16/08 news announcements.
October 1, 2008 
September 17 - 23, 2008
2nd Annual
Sponsored by the Notre Dame Energy Center and its Student Advisory Board
View the schedule, watch the Quad Display video, learn about some of the results, a
nd then relax and take the energy quiz!
PRICE REDUCTION SALE!
ENERGY WEEK T-SHIRTS ARE NOW ONLY $5!
Sizes S, M, L, XL are still available. See Barb at 165A Fitzpatrick Hall.
(front and back design) 
September 24, 2008
The 2008 Notre Dame Forum, Charting a Sustainable Energy Future, 3:00 pm, Joyce Center Arena.
July 7, 2008
May 30, 2008
Alumni Reunion Weekend Energy-related Seminars
Solar Energy—Beyond the Hype
Prashant V. Kamat, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
9:00 to 10:00 a.m., DeBartolo Hall, Room 131
The increasing energy demand is forcing us to seek environmentally clean alternative energy resources. Major breakthroughs in developing economically viable solar devices are necessary to sustain the lifestyle of 6.5 billion people worldwide. Are we ready for the change? Sponsored by the College of Engineering.
Green: The Verb Sustainability on Campus
George Oser, PhD ‘58
10:15 to 11:15 a.m., DeBartolo Hall, Room 131
Explore the current and future of sustainability on campus. Estimating the campus carbon footprint now and setting a goal for 2020. Weaving into a whole cloth efforts by the administration, faculty, students and alums to increase sustainability through behaviors, technology and cost control using information from peer universities.
Is There Really an Energy Crisis?
Edward J. Maginn, Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
3:00 to 4:00 p.m., McKenna Hall/CCE, Auditorium
Are we running out of energy? Where does our energy come from? What does the future hold? These and other energy-related topics will be explored.
April 11, 2008
The inaugural ND ENERGY CENTER DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES was presented by Kenneth J. Ostrowski, a Director in McKinsey's Atlanta Office, leader of McKinsey’s North America Electric Power and Natural Gas (EPNG) Practice, and co-leader of the Global EPNG Practice.
March 14, 2008
Cook Power Plant Tour
Members of the ND Energy Center Student Advisory Board toured the Cook Nuclear Power Plant.
2008 News
Air Force research office honors two young engineering faculty. The University of Notre Dame’s Vikas Tomar, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, and Huili (Grace) Xing, assistant professor of electrical engineering, are two of the 39 engineers and scientists selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFSOR) as part of the 2008 Young Investigator Program (YIP).
November 26, 2008
On the road to an efficient electric car. The day may come when we pull into our garages in easily rechargeable electric cars. But the hype surrounding the release of GM’s electric Volt notwithstanding, University of Notre Dame engineering professor Paul McGinn’scurrent project list is proof that the road to that point has many intriguingtwists, and more turns than just the ride home from the dealer showroom.
November 21, 2008
Second Annual Energy Week to focus on sustainability. The University of Notre Dame will observe its second annual Energy Week Sept. 17 to 24 (Wednesday to Wednesday) with the theme “Be Enlightened,” in conjunction with “Sustainable Energy: A Notre Dame Forum,” to be held on campus Sept. 24.
September 15, 2008
Seed fund projects focus on clean energy. In support of its mission to pursue the development of abundant and inexpensive energy sources that do not harm the environment, the University of Notre Dame’s Energy Center has announced that three projects pursuing novel concepts in clean energy will be supported through the center’s new Seed Fund program.
July 30, 2008
Notre Dame to host energy policy conference. The University of Notre Dame and the Notre Dame Energy Center will host engineers, scientists and state and national leaders responsible for formulating and implementing energy policy July 7 (Monday) at a conference in McKenna Hall.
June 30, 2008
Joan Brennecke named Stieglitz lecturer. Brennecke joins the list of lecturers that includes 13 Nobel Laureates and more than 35 members of the national Academy of Sciences. She is the first chemical engineer to be honored.
May 28, 2008
Greenhouses and "green" computing.
April 22, 2008
Energy Center receives funding from UNPEPP to provide energy related consulting services to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore this coming summer.
March 13, 2008