Workshop Program

Note: This workshop has already taken place. Presentations and outcomes are linked from the program below.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

5:00-6:00 Opening reception; icebreaker activity: Energy concept sketch (Microsoft Word 117kB Jun8 09) based on Steve Semken's activity, Power Source
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-8:30 Opening plenary talks, followed by discussion

Energy Research in the Geosciences (PowerPoint 4.1MB Jun2 09)
Nicholas Woodward, Geosciences Research Program, US Department of Energy

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Annual Energy Review by the Energy Information Administration

Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies, S. Pacala and R. Socolow Science 13 August 2004:Vol. 305. no. 5686, pp. 968 – 972

DePaolo, D. and Orr, F., 2007, Basic Research Needs for Geosciences Workshop, Office of Basic Energy Sciences; http://science.energy.gov/bes/efrc/research/bes-reports/

http://science.energy.gov/

http://science.energy.gov/bes/news-and-resources/reports/

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/

http://www.eere.energy.gov/

http://www.eia.doe.gov/

http://energy.gov/carbon-capture-sequestration

Energy and Energy Policy in the Geoscience Classroom (Acrobat (PDF) 2.4MB Jun15 09)
Jimm Myers, University of Wyoming

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[link http://web.archive.org/web/20131223025221/http://tmf.gg.uwyo.edu/index.htm 'The Magma Foundry']

References:

DePaolo, D. and Orr, F., 2007, http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/files/GEO_rpt.pdf Basic Research Needs for Geosciences Workshop, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, 287 pp.

Grand Challenges for Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2008

Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences, National Research Council, 2001

Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs, National Research Council, 2005

Creating a Disaster Resilient America: Grand Challenges in Science and Technology, National Research Council, 2005

Monday, May 18

8:30-9:00 Opening remarks
9:00-10:30 Panel: Energy and Energy Policy in the Geoscience Classroom
This session will feature three speakers who will share their approaches for teaching about energy and policy. Discussion will follow each presentation.

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:00 Small groups: What is the role of energy in our courses?

11:00-11:10 Individual reflection - complete worksheet (Microsoft Word 29kB May15 09)
11:10-11:40 Round table discussions - each group will make a bulleted list and upload it.
11:40-12:00 Report out and whole group discussion Discussion outcome (PowerPoint 1.4MB Jun9 09) One PowerPoint slide from each discussion group.

12:00-1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 Overview presentations on science and policy

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-6:00 Parallel sessions
Participants will select one topic to attend during session I, and another topic to attend during session II. Each session will include one presentation about science, one presentation about the pedagogy of that topic, followed by group brainstorming for ways in which this topic can be integrated into the classroom. Word doc version of the brainstorming worksheet (Microsoft Word 54kB May15 09)

3:15 - 4:30 - Session I - select one to attend

Traditional Energy

Sustainable and Fossil Energy: Options and Consequences, Joel Blum, Geological Sciences and Ecology/Evolutionary Biology , University of Michigan
Energy Resources, Allen Kihm, Department of Geosciences, Minot State University
Energy and the Poor - Black Carbon in Developing Nations, Anne Hall, Environmental Studies, Emory University
Natural Gas and the Marcellus Shale, Sid Halsor, Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Wilkes University

Alternative Energy

Biofuels: Our Energy Future?, Mark Lyford, University of Wyoming