Energy and Nanotechnology: Strategy for the Future
PowerPoint Presentations
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Outlining the Possibilities: Nano-Energy Initiative
Dr. Richard Smalley
Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1996); Director, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, University Professor, Gene & Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry, and Professor of Physics, Rice University

National Science Initiative
Richard Russell
Associate Director for Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President of the United States

Strategic Energy Policy
William White (no PowerPoint presentation available)
President and CEO, The Wedge Group

State of the Nation's Energy Policies
Carl Michael Smith (no PowerPoint presentation available)
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
U.S. Deparetment of Energy

Creating Science and Technology Initiatives: A History of the National Nanotechnology Initiative
Thomas A. Kalil
Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology
University of California at Berkeley

Technology and Economic Development
Dr. Steven Currall
William & Stephanie Sick Professor of Entrepreneurship
Associate Professor of Management, Psychology, and Statistics
Founding Director, Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship

The Challenge of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources
Matt Simmons
Chairman, Simmons & Co.

The Geopolitics of Oil
Fareed Mohamedi
Chief Economist, PFC Energy

The Transportation Challenge
Jeremy Rifkin (no PowerPoint presentation available)
Author, The Hydrogen Economy
President, The Foundation on Economic Trends

Global Warming and Fuel Choices  
Dr. Martin Hoffert
Professor of Physics, New York University

National Nanotechnology Initiative on Energy:
Our Mission
Dr. Wade Adams 
Director of Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Rice University

Oil and Natural Gas Panel Discussion
Dr. Wolfgang Schollnberger
Technology Vice President, BP

Dr. Roger Anderson
Doherty Senior Scholar, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University

Natural Gas Technologies
Melanie Kenderdine
Vice President, Washington Operations
Gas Technology Institute

Geothermal
Dr. Yoram Shoham
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Vice President External Technology Relations, Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc.

Methane Hydrates
Dr. Walter Chapman
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Rice University

Dr. Gerald R. Dickens
Associate Professor, Earth Science
Rice University

Coal
William E. Fernald
Portfolio Manager, Office of Coal Fuels & Industrial Systems
U.S. Department of Energy

Carbon Sequestration
Dr. Julio Friedmann
Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Geology
University of Maryland

Earth Solar and Other Renewables
Dr. Nathan S. Lewis
George L. Argyros Chair and Professor of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology

Space Solar
Dr. John Mankins
Manager, Advanced Space Concepts, NASA

Dr. David Criswell
Director, Institute for Space Systems Operations, University of Houston

Fission
Dr. Ernie Moniz
Professor of Physics, MIT

Fusion
Dr. Robert Goldston
Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Electrical Systems
Dr. Terry Michalske
Director, The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies
Sandia National Laboratories             

Dr. Timothy S. Fisher
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

Electrical Grids
Dr. John Stringer
Director, Materials and Chemistry Department, EPRI

Dr. Peter Hartley
Chairman, Department of Economics, Rice University

Fuel Cells
Dr. Kenneth R. Stroh
Program Manager, Hydrogen, Fuel Cell, and Transportation Programs
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Hydrogen Storage 
Dr. Jim Wang
Program Manager, Analytical Materials Science Department
Sandia National Laboratoires

Introduction
Dr. Neal Lane (no PowerPoint presentation available)
Senior Fellow, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
University Professor, Rice University

Thinking Out of the Box on Energy Solutions
Dean Kamen (no PowerPoint presentation available)
Chairman, Segway LLC
President, DEKA Research and Development