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SUMMARY:Energy Education and Research in the Context of Sustainability
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Jefferson Tester\, Director of the Cornell Energy Instit
 ute\, Cornell University\nCornell University has placed a major emphasis o
 n sustainability based on three connected themes: energy\, environment\, a
 nd economic development – often referred to as the 3E’s. The Atkinson 
 Center for Sustainable Future and the Sustainable Campus initiatives are c
 ore university wide programs aimed at promoting sustainability among facul
 ty and students. The work of the Atkinson Center is focused on sustainabil
 ity science research connecting faculty across disciplinary and department
 al lines to tackle major challenges within the 3 E’s while the Sustainab
 le Campus initiative works to deploy sustainability on campus including a 
 major effort to reduce Cornell’s carbon footprint under President David 
 Skorton’s Climate Action Plan. The Colleges in turn are developing educa
 tion programs and creating research centers that complement these overarch
 ing efforts.\nCornell’s approach to sustainability was largely driven by
  widespread support from the students and faculty and a committed faciliti
 es staff that recognized the impacts that human were having on the earth a
 nd wanted to make a difference by working on problems where its diverse sk
 ills and capacities could be directed to solutions with a positive outcome
 . Clearly this resonates with Cornell’s outreach mission as the land gra
 nt for the State of New York.\nEngaging the next generation talented young
  engineers and scientists to develop energy sustainable technologies is a 
 core value within Cornell’s sustainability efforts. An important step ha
 s been providing relevant and robust education and research programs that 
 promote sustainability literacy emphasizing the multidisciplinary elements
  of discovering\, evaluating and deploying new energy options. In the pres
 entation I will provide context and describe a number of energy education 
 and research programs and centers that have been started in Cornell’s Co
 llege of Engineering. These will include the Energy Institute itself and i
 ts multi-investigator research programs in wind\, biofuels and bioenergy\,
  and solar energy. In addition\, I will describe a new NSF-supported multi
 disciplinary graduate education\, research and training program in Earth E
 nergy that connects geologic sciences to conventional engineering by empha
 sizing fundamental and applications of subsurface science and engineering 
 involving three energy topics\, unconventional gas\, geothermal energy\, a
 nd carbon capture and sequestration.
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