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Community College Approaches to Renewable Energy

Community College Approaches to Renewable Energy. Hilton hotel Anaheim, ca March 29, 2011. Welcome. Welcome from Wyn Jennings, NSF Overview of Symposium, Theme and Format Description of Presenters Panel One Panel Two. Why Community Colleges?.

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Community College Approaches to Renewable Energy

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  1. Community College Approaches to Renewable Energy Hilton hotel Anaheim, ca March 29, 2011

  2. Welcome • Welcome from Wyn Jennings, NSF • Overview of Symposium, Theme and Format • Description of Presenters • Panel One • Panel Two

  3. Why Community Colleges? • Community colleges serve almost half of the undergraduate students in the United States, providing open access to postsecondary education, preparing students for transfer to 4-year institutions, providing workforce development and skills training • Source: AACC

  4. Why Community Colleges? • Community college students constitute the following percentages of undergraduates (fall 2008)All U.S. undergraduates: 44%First-time freshmen: 43%Native American: 55%Asian/Pacific Islander: 45%Black: 44%Hispanic: 52% Source: AACC

  5. Presenters: Panel One • Kathleen Alfano, The benefits of partnership in developing renewable energy programs • Dave Boden, Development and implementation of a curriculum for geothermal plant operators • Michele Gilbert, Bio-Rad Biofuel Enzyme Kit: Teaching enzyme kinetics using cellulosic ethanol production • Adam Green, The challenge and opportunity to integrate sustainability in the community college

  6. Presenters: Panel Two • Mel Cossette, Edmonds Community College – Materials Selection and ISO 14001 • David Lindy, Rio Hondo College – Solar Power Technologies • Peter Crabtree, Laney College – Getting Started with Energy Efficiency • ElmarSchmid, Mira Costa Community College – Biofuels production and analysis from Microalgae

  7. Kathleen Alfano, Ph.D. • College of the Canyons • Director, NSF ATE CREATE Renewable Energy Center • Member, NAS Committee on Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries • Ph.D. UCLA • Chemist, prev., Dean of Professional Programs, prev. co-lead ATE, NSF Program Director • 15 year Director of the CREATE: California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education

  8. David Boden, Ph.D. • Truckee Meadows Community College • Professor of Geosciences • Department Chair – Physical Science • PhD from Stanford • 15 Years Industry Experience

  9. Michele Gilbert, Ph.D. • B.S. in Chemical Engineering– Rice University • PhD in Bioengineering – University of Washington • Post Doc – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories • Lab Manager – UC Berkley • Bio-Rad Laboratories

  10. Adam Green, Ph.D. • Santa Barbara City College • Assistant Professor – Biology • B.S. in Wildlife Biology & B.S. in Chemistry – UC Davis • Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology - University of Wisconsin • Coordinator – Environmental Studies • Founder & Director – Center for Sustainability

  11. Mel Cossette • 20 Years Experience in Manufacturing Education • M.S. Education, Curriculum and Instruction • ABET Program Evaluator • SME and ASM member • Community, College and National Advisory Committee Member • Executive Director & PI for MatEd

  12. David Lindy • Rio Hondo College • Instructor of Electrical and Alternative Energy in the Advanced Transportation Technology Department • Solar PV

  13. Peter Crabtree • Principal Investigator for NSF project – Educating Technicians for Building Automation and Sustainability • Dean of Instruction – Career Technical Education – Laney College • Ph.D. Candidate – UC Riverside • Lifetime Environmental Activist

  14. Elmar Schmid, Ph.D. • VP & CSO, Sustainable Green Technologies Inc. • Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA • Associate Professor – Biotechnology • Ph.D. in Biological Chemistry – University of Konstanz • 11 + years Higher Education Teaching Experience

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