This preliminary program is subject to change.

Plenary Session: 2nd Annual World Congress On Sustainable Engineering


Description:
This plenary session for the first World Congress on Sustainable Engineering is designed to set the stage for the exciting programming of sessions pertaining to all aspects of sustainability and how this important concept affects the chemical engineering profession as well as most other walks of life in today’s world. The session will consist of presentations from invited speakers who will discuss their views on sustainable engineering. A spectrum of speakers from academia, industry, and government will present overarching, high-level technical, and visionary talks that will prepare the audience for discussions that will occur in more detail during subsequent sessions throughout the week.

Sponsor:
Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering
Co-Sponsor(s):
Environmental Division (09), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Topical G: Innovations of Green Process Engineering for Sustainable Energy and Environment (TG)


Chair:
David N. Thompson
Idaho National Laboratory
Biological Systems Department
P.O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203
Email: David.Thompson@inl.gov

Co-chairs:
Jeffrey R. Seay
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
4810 Alben Barkley Drive
Paducah, KY 42002
Email: jseay@engr.uky.edu

Alessandra Carreon
Environ Corp.
Email: acarreon@environcorp.com

Bandaru V. Ramarao
Professor
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Department of Bioprocess Engineering
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
Email: bvramara@esf.edu


Papers:
44a
Rio+20 and Beyond
Beth Beloff, Golder Associates Inc.
44c
The R&D of Cellulosic Ethanol in China
Xinshu Zhuang, Guangzhou institute of energy conversion,Chinese Academy of Sciences