Past Events

Lecture

Plan A+ - How geoengineering using stratospheric aerosols could play a role in climate policy

Day: Sunday
Date: June 16, 2024, 13:00
Location:
Dr. Peter Irvine
Assistant Professor, University College London, Earth Sciences

Lecture

The role of commercial biocontrol in sustainable agriculture: Current status and future trends

Day: Sunday
Date: May 05, 2024, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Shimon Steinberg
Chief Scientific Officer, BioBee Sde Eliyahu Ltd

Lecture

Science Literacy for All: Implications for Sustainability Education

Day: Sunday
Date: March 31, 2024, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. David Fortus
Department of Science Teaching -WIS

Lecture

Using artificial intelligence to help cows go green

Day: Sunday
Date: February 04, 2024, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Yaniv Altshuler
MIT Media Lab

Lecture

CANCELED: Using artificial intelligence to help cows go green

Day: Sunday
Date: October 22, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Yaniv Altshuler
MIT Media Lab

Lecture

Environmental performance using lifecycle assessment (LCA) for decision making - examples from NZ and AU

Day: Wednesday
Date: September 27, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Noa Meron
Team lead LCA, thinkstep-anz

Lecture

Using artificial intelligence to help cows go green

Day: Sunday
Date: July 23, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Yaniv Altshuler
MIT Media Lab

Lecture

Advanced oxidation process for the enabling of a circular plastic economy

Day: Sunday
Date: July 02, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Noam Steinman
Lead Chemist, Plastic Back

Lecture

Campus as a Living Laboratory for Sustainability: Energy, Food, and Trash

Day: Sunday
Date: May 07, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Catherine Middlecamp
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA

Lecture

Model Farm for Sustainable Agriculture in Newe Ya’ar Research Center – Challenges and Opportunities

Day: Sunday
Date: April 23, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Hanan Eizenberg
Newe Ya'ar Research Center (ARO) Volcani Institute, Israel

Lecture

Innovation & Public Policy to Solve Climate Change

Day: Sunday
Date: March 19, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Mr. Ram Amar
CEO of Rewind.earth

Lecture

The Israeli Climate Tech Ecosystem

Day: Sunday
Date: January 15, 2023, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Mr. Uriel Klar
Director of PLANETech

Lecture

Estimating Climate Change Mitigation Potential Through Dryland Forestation Actions

Day: Sunday
Date: December 18, 2022, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Shani Rohatyn-Blitz, PhD
Coordinator for Research and Foreign Relations Forestry Division, KKL-JNF Israel

Lecture

Supervision of fishing and nature conservation at sea

Day: Sunday
Date: October 30, 2022, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Mr. Guy Lavian
Head of marine rangers team, Central district, Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Lecture

How members of the public can engage in effective political action for the climate

Day: Sunday
Date: September 04, 2022, 18:00
Location:
Dr. Seth Wynes
Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Lecture

FreezeM - making insect farming simple, sustainable, and scalable

Day: Sunday
Date: July 03, 2022, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Auditorium
Dr. Yuval Gilad
Co-Founder & CEO FreezeM

Lecture

Energy Storage with Rechargeable Batteries: Challenges from the Materials Science Perspective

Day: Sunday
Date: June 19, 2022, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Auditorium
Dr. Michal Leskes
Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

Conservation outside protected areas: Designing multifunctional landscapes for the mutual benefit of people and biodiversity

Day: Sunday
Date: May 29, 2022, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Assaf Shwartz
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Lecture

Plant Death in the Anthropocene

Day: Monday
Date: May 16, 2022, 15:00
Location:
Dr. William M. Hammond
Assistant Professor of Plant Ecophysiology, Agronomy Department, University of Florida, USA

Lecture

Growing structural proteins into advanced materials for food security

Day: Monday
Date: May 02, 2022, 15:00
Location:
Prof. Benedetto Marelli
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Lecture

Poachers, Mammals and Birds The Endless Story

Day: Sunday
Date: April 03, 2022, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Auditorium
Prof. Gila Kahila Bar-Gal
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Lecture

A geologic perspective on anthropogenic climate change

Day: Sunday
Date: March 20, 2022, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Itay Halevy
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

Environmental challenges and opportunities in the Red Sea - the last coral reef standing?

Day: Sunday
Date: February 06, 2022, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Maoz Fine
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Interuniversity Insititute for Marine Science, Eilat

Lecture

Synthesis of sustainable fuels and chemicals from waste, water and air

Day: Sunday
Date: November 21, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Erwin Reisner
University of Cambridge Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK

Lecture

Our Changing Atmosphere: Carbon, Consequences, and Capture

Day: Monday
Date: July 26, 2021, 18:00
Location:
Prof. Jeffrey A. Reimer
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California Berkeley, California, USA

Lecture

SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative seminar series

Day: Wednesday
Date: July 07, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Alice Larkin
Head of the School of Engineering and a researcher in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester, UK

Lecture

An unintended worldwide experiment: Impact of COVID-19 on the global chemical composition of the atmosphere

Day: Monday
Date: June 07, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Dr. Guy Pierre Brasseur
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Lecture

Cooperative Carbon Capture in Metal–Organic Frameworks

Day: Monday
Date: May 03, 2021, 18:00
Location:
Prof. Jeffrey R. Long
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,University of California, Berkeley, USA

Lecture

Wind turbines: are we replacing one environmental problem with another?”

Day: Sunday
Date: April 11, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Dr. Yehoshua Shkedy
Chief Scientist, Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Lecture

Ecosystem ecology to inform global biodiversity restoration

Day: Tuesday
Date: March 16, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Thomas Crowther
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Lecture

What’s beyond my water bill? The environmental impacts of the drinking water system in Israel - Implications for adopting life cycle thinking

Day: Sunday
Date: February 14, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Dr. Vered Blass
The Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Head of Innovations in Industrial Ecology Lab, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Lecture

Exploring the potential of Angiosperm resurrection plants for food security in Africa

Day: Sunday
Date: January 24, 2021, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Jill M. Farrant
Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, Uni. of Cape Town, South African Dept. of Science and Innovation & National Research Foundation South African Research Chair in Systems Biology Studies on Plant Desiccation Tolerance for Food Security. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Lecture

DROPLETS OF LIFE -Harvesting Water from Desert Air

Day: Monday
Date: December 07, 2020, 18:00
Location:
Prof. Omar M. Yaghi
James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA Co-Director: Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at Berkeley, USA, California Research Alliance by BASF

Lecture

The impact of oil spills on the reptiles in the Avrona reserve, Southern Arava valley

Day: Sunday
Date: November 22, 2020, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Amos Bouskila
Dept. of Life Sciences & Mitrani Dept. for Desert Ecology at the Blaustein Inst. for Desert Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Lecture

Canceled: From an atomic-resolution mill to new engineering solutions for the climate crisis

Day: Sunday
Date: March 29, 2020, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Ye Tao
Rowland Fellow (PI) at the Rowland Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Lecture

Canceled: Innovation and Sustainable Development

Day: Sunday
Date: March 22, 2020, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. David Zilberman
Wolf Prize Laureate Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California Berkeley, USA

Lecture

Gas Discoveries in Israel

Day: Sunday
Date: March 08, 2020, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Adi Wolfson
Green Processes Center Sami Shamoon College of Engineering Beer Sheva

Lecture

Energy Saving/Producing Wastewater Treatment Processes in the Context of Circular Economy

Day: Sunday
Date: February 09, 2020, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Isam Sabbah
Head of the Prof. Ephraim Katzir Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Braude College & Senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Research, the Galilee Society

Lecture

Shade maps for prioritizing municipal microclimatic action in hot climates

Day: Sunday
Date: January 19, 2020, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Or Aleksandrowicz
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Lecture

Assessment of Potential Energy (mgh) Storage Opportunities

Day: Sunday
Date: January 12, 2020, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Alexander H. Slocum
Walter M. May and A. Hazel May Professor of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA

Lecture

Science-based policy and knowledge gaps regarding Israel's Marine Environment

Day: Sunday
Date: December 15, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Dror Zurel
Marine Monitoring and Research Coordinator Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection Marine and Coastal Protection Division

Lecture

Science-based policy and knowledge gaps regarding Israel's Marine Environment

Day: Sunday
Date: December 15, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Dror Zurel
Marine Monitoring and Research Coordinator Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection Marine and Coastal Protection Division

Lecture

The Green Revolution and the 20th Century Decline in Infant Mortality: Evidence from 600,000 births

Day: Sunday
Date: November 24, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Ram Fishman
Dept. Of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University

Lecture

Folding and cutting for clean energy – Origami and kirigami approaches to improving solar cells

Day: Sunday
Date: June 16, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Max Shtein
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan Weston Family Visiting Professor, Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

Molecular electronic materials for solar energy conversion: understanding structure-function relationships

Day: Sunday
Date: June 02, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Prof. Jenny Nelson
Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London, UK

Lecture

Biomass Deconstruction and Conversion by Thermophiles: Towards Low Cost Production of cellulosic Biofuels and Biochemicals

Day: Sunday
Date: May 19, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Dr. Yannick J. Bomble
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA

Lecture

The technology-resources-sustainability nexus: Rare earth metals and emerging ‘green’ technologies

Day: Sunday
Date: May 05, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Tomer Fishman
School of Sustainability IDC Herzliya, Israel

Lecture

Hydrogen Economy: From a Dream to Reality

Day: Sunday
Date: April 07, 2019, 13:00
Location:
Prof. Lior Elbaz
Department of Chemistry Israel National Research Center for Electrochemical Propulsion Bar-Ilan University

Lecture

River Restoration – Regulatory point of view

Day: Wednesday
Date: February 13, 2019, 13:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences Room 690
Alon Zask
Senior Deputy Director General for Natural Resources Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection

Lecture

Waste to Energy Infrastructure – Will it happen in Israel?

Day: Sunday
Date: January 06, 2019, 13:00
Location:
Tamar Raviv
Head of the Biodiversity and Open Spaces Division The Ministry of Environmental Protection

Lecture

Economic Implications of Irrigation-Water Salinity

Day: Sunday
Date: December 16, 2018, 13:00
Location:
Dr. Iddo Kan
Department of Environmental Economics and Management and The Center for Agricultural Economics Research, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Lecture

High-Tech in the Water sector - Big data approaches to increase efficiency in water networks

Day: Sunday
Date: November 11, 2018, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Amir Peleg, Founder & CEO TaKaDu Ltd.

קול קורא לקבלת מלגה ללימודי בתר-דוקטורט בתחומים החיוניים לפיתוח משק האנרגיה ומשאבי הטבע בישראל

Day: Sunday
Date: June 17, 2018
Location:
קול קורא 26/2018 מטעם משרד האנרגיה באמצעות יחידת המדענית הראשית לקבלת מלגה ללימודי בתר-דוקטורט בתחומים החיוניים לפיתוח משק האנרגיה ומשאבי הטבע בישראל במוסדות מחקר מובילים בחו"ל. פרטי הקול קורא מופיעים בקישור להלן: https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/publications/Call_for_bids/tender_26_18 תאריך אחרון להגשה: 17.06.2018

Lecture

A Nation-Wide Analysis of Tree Mortality Under Climate Change: Forest Loss in Israel 1948-2017

Day: Sunday
Date: June 10, 2018, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Tamir Klein
Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, WIS

Lecture

The Israeli Electricity Market at a crossroads and its implications for renewable energies

Day: Sunday
Date: April 29, 2018, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Ms. Nurit Gal
VP, the Israeli Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA)

Lecture

Towards an Interregional approach to sustainability in a globalizing interconnected world

Day: Sunday
Date: February 18, 2018, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Meidad Kissinger
Dept. of Geography and Environmental Development Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Lecture

Israel's Renewable Energy Scheme: current status, opportunities and challenges

Day: Sunday
Date: January 14, 2018, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Mr. Honi Kabalo
Head of Renewable Energy Section in the Israeli Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA)

Lecture

Looking for the right approach of renewable energy utilization

Day: Sunday
Date: December 24, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Jacob Karni,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

Global Political and Economic Trends Affecting Energy Trade, Consumption and Production

Day: Sunday
Date: July 09, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Brenda Shaffer
Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University and Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council, Washington, DC.

Lecture

Photosynthesis efficiency: Biology beyond stress

Day: Sunday
Date: May 21, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Avihai Danon
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

A cheap, carbon-nitrogen compound initiates efficient water splitting to H2 and O2 by visible light

Day: Sunday
Date: April 23, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Yeshayahu (Shay) Lifshitz
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and FUNSOM, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Lecture

Electrons extraction from photosynthetic systems for hydrogen fuel production in Bio-Photo-Electrochemical Cells

Day: Sunday
Date: March 19, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dan Kallmann
PhD candidate at the Grand Technion Energy Program , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

Lecture

Offshore marine biorefineries: a new source of food, chemical and fuels

Day: Sunday
Date: February 26, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Alexander Golberg
Head of Environmental Bioengineering Laboratory, Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University

Lecture

Is the future fossil? Legal, social and political aspects of the production of unconventional fossil fuels

Day: Sunday
Date: January 29, 2017, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Orr Karassin
Public Policy Program, Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel, Raanana

Lecture

Energy storage through creation of hydrogen from water by electromagnetic waves

Day: Sunday
Date: November 20, 2016, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Sonya Davidson
President & CEO, H2 Energy Now.com

Lecture

The Simple Physics Behind Energy Use

Day: Sunday
Date: May 29, 2016, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Peter Rez
Department of Physics, Arizona State University, USA

Lecture

Dedicated biomass crops in Israel - new opportunities for biofuel production under semiarid conditions

Day: Sunday
Date: April 17, 2016, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Yiftach Vaknin Keinan
The Institute of Plant Sciences, Department of Natural Resources, The Volcani Center, ARO, Bet-Dagan

Lecture

Israel's Climate Change Mitigation Plan

Day: Sunday
Date: March 13, 2016, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Gil Proaktor
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Senior Coordinator of Climate Change Mitigation

Lecture

The wind energy potential in Israel evaluated by the new IMS wind Atlas

Day: Sunday
Date: February 21, 2016, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Mr. Avner Furshpan
Director of Climatology, Israel Meteorological Service(IMS)

Lecture

Renewable Energy: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Future

Day: Sunday
Date: January 17, 2016, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Itai Sened
Department of Public Policy, Chair, Tel Aviv University

Lecture

Waste to energy technologies in Israel and the world

Day: Sunday
Date: December 20, 2015, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Mr. Yohanan Burstyn
Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection

Lecture

Cost Benefit Analysis of Energy Use and Conservation: An Economic Perspective

Day: Sunday
Date: November 22, 2015, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Nir Becker
Dean, Faculty of Social and Humanities Sciences, Tel-Hai College, Upper Galilee

Lecture

Energy and Sustainability. Analyzing the options for a sustainable energy future[abstract]
4 presentations in the framework of the FGS course on: Energy and Sustainability. Analyzing the options for a sustainable energy future

Day: Monday
Date: July 06, 2015, 14:00
Location: Perlman Chemical Sciences Building Room 404
Ayelet Klein, Chemical Physics Dept. Lior Rubanenko, Earth and Planetary Sciences Dept. Alon Shepon, Plant and Environmental Sciences Dept. Yehonathan Ben-Zvi, Structural Biology Dept.

Lecture

AERI Alternative Sustainable Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series[abstract]
In 1816 Robert Stirling patented a device he hoped would sweep aside the then-dominant “atmospheric” steam engine. Instead of a messy process of using steam to make a vacuum beneath a piston, thus causing atmospheric pressure to drive the piston down, Stirling’s version uses the heating and cooling of gas sealed inside the engine to do the piston-driving. When incorporating the regenerator, or a heat 'economizer', this cycle was also be shown to be very efficient. In fact, since his early invention the now coined 'Stirling cycle' has been shown in theory to be the single Thermodynamic cycle capable of matching the efficiency of that of a Carnot cycle. Over the centuries, while engineers have loved the idea for its elegance, the practical realization of the Stirling engine into an effective power platform has shown to be complex and difficult to the point of almost impossible. This talk will discuss some of the recent breakthroughs in Stirling cycle thermodynamics, mechanics and control as well as its practical implementation into today's energy mix.

Day: Sunday
Date: May 31, 2015, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Isaac Garaway PhD
Chief Technology Officer, Qnergy

Lecture

AERI Alternative Sustainable Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series [abstract]
Three major goals for 2020 were set by the Israeli government in recent years: 10% renewable energy in the electricity fuel mix; 20% improvement in energy efficiency; and 20% greenhouse gasses emission reduction. Current reports show that in all three goals milestones had not been reached, and without clear regulation and allocated budgets, major progress cannot be expected. Our research defines a combined sustainability index used for evaluating common technologies in the Israeli electricity production market, and energy efficiency measures in the main consumption sectors. The goal is to enable a holistic decision making process, taking into account economic, technological, environmental, social and political considerations. Using multi-criteria analyses of both the production and consumption indices, we find that outdoor lighting in the municipal sector is expected to be the preferable energy efficiency measure in all expected scenarios of electricity production fuel mix.

Day: Sunday
Date: April 19, 2015, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Tal Goldrath
Environmental Management, University of Haifa

Lecture

"Pump" - the movie - Mr. Yossie Hollander - Alternative sustainable Energy Research Initiative (AERI) Seminar Series[abstract]
PUMP is an eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America’s oil addiction. The movie explains how we can end it and finally win choice at the pump. *The movie lasts 84 min Host: Prof. Ron Milo

Day: Sunday
Date: January 25, 2015, 12:30
Location: Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium
Mr. Yossie Hollander
Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist

Lecture

Optimizing Photosynthesis to Create Hydrogen Power-AERI-Alternative Sustainable Energy Research Initiative-Seminar Series

Day: Sunday
Date: January 11, 2015, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Iftach Yacoby
Head, Laboratory for renewable energy studies Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

Lecture

Alternative Sustainable Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series: Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation Plan for the State of Israel: Strategies, Incentives and Reporting

Day: Sunday
Date: December 14, 2014, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Ofira Ayalon
Director - Natural Resource and Environmental Research Center, University of Haifa, Head of Environment Cluster Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion

Lecture

Cellulose: a fascinating material with a promising future[abstract]
Research in cellulose is exploding exponentially, as researchers look for renewable resources to replace chemicals and materials derived from fossil fuels. Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer on earth and can be modified to make a large number of useful products, several of which will be discussed. Cellulose can be made into superabsorbent papers and gels, by introducing the appropriate amount of charge groups, usually carboxyl groups. Carboxylated fibers swell and can take up water more than hundred times their weight. They can be modified into an aqueous dope, from which one can spin textile fibers. The morphology of swollen fibers depends on the way the charges are introduced and reveals the underlying structure of the cell wall. By increasing the charge above 3 meq/g, the fibers break apart in nanocellulose and dissolved carboxylated cellulose (DCC). The nancellulose consist of cellulose nanofibers (CNF) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNC). The larger the charge, the larger the fraction of CNC. This CNC is different from conventional CNC, made by acid hydrolysis of cellulose fibers: it has DCC chains protruding from each end, which entangle when making films, resulting in transparent films much stronger than made from conventional CNC. They also have different cytotoxic properties: the higher the charge, the more they affect the metabolism of certain cells. The DCC end chains of CNC can by removed by hydrolysis, resulting in CNC with negatively charged ends. These particles can be crosslinked to make much longer chains, resembling CNF. Carboxyl groups in cellulose can be readily transformed in other functional groups, e.g. by a bioconjugation reaction. CNC films can be made superhydrophobic and paper can be made functional, making it hydrophobic, fluorescent or introducing sensors that can detect pathogens.

Day: Thursday
Date: September 04, 2014, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Theo van de Ven
Sir William Mcdonald Chair in Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Lecture

AERI Alternative Sustainable Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series[abstract]
Abstract: Solar cell science and technology is changing. New efficiency records have been set. Alta Devices has reached 28.8% efficiency in a thin film single-junction cell at 1-sun, and 30.8% efficiency in a thin-film dual junction cell at 1-sun. Counter-intuitively, efficient external fluorescence is a necessity for approaching the ultimate limits. A great Solar Cell also needs to be a great Light Emitting Diode. Why would a solar cell, intended to absorb light, benefit from emitting light? Although it is tempting to equate light emission with loss, paradoxically, light emission actually improves the open-circuit voltage, and the efficiency. The single-crystal thin film technology that achieved these high efficiencies, is created by epitaxial liftoff, and can be produced at cost well below the other less efficient thin film solar technologies. The path is now open to a 30% efficient photovoltaic technology that can be produced at low cost.

Day: Sunday
Date: March 23, 2014, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Eli Yablonovitch
University of California, Berkeley, USA

Lecture

Solar-Thermal Power Generation - A Reality Check

Day: Sunday
Date: December 29, 2013, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Jacob Karni
Director of the Center for Energy Research, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science

Conference

Solar Energy Student Conference Photovoltaic Materials & Optics 2013, 18-20 December

Day: Wednesday
Date: December 18, 2013
Location:
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Weissman auditorium/Botnar auditorium

Conference

All Oxide Photovoltaics - Theory and Experiment : 16-18 December, 2013

Day: Monday
Date: December 16, 2013
Location: Mishkenot Sha’ananim International Cultural & Conference Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Mishkenot Sha’ananim International Cultural & Conference Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Lecture

The unique value of immensely concentrated sunlight in photovoltaics, antenna harvesting, and the synthesis of singular nanomaterials[abstract]
Basic thermodynamics informs us that concentrating solar radiation creates the potential for both higher solar power conversion efficiency, and achieving the ultra-high threshold temperatures and flux densities that are crucial for some novel solar utilization strategies. Three examples constituting distinct solar conversion paradigms will be explored in this presentation. The first paradigm is ultra-efficient solar electricity generation stemming from the confluence of progress in multi-junction photovoltaic technologies and advanced solar concentrator design. The evolution from the initial optical and solid-state inventions to megawatt-scale commercial concentrator photovoltaic power plants will be reviewed. Several generations of new optics that approach the thermodynamic limit to concentration and optical tolerance, and have been tailored to the exigencies of the latest generations of concentrator solar cells, will be presented. The second paradigm is the tantalizing prospect of using solar rectifying antennas for solar power conversion. Although direct sunlight is commonly viewed as incoherent – therefore ostensibly not suitable for antenna collection – all radiation exhibits spatial coherence on a sufficiently small scale. The theory and experimental confirmation of basic performance bounds based on the partial coherence of broadband solar radiation will be reviewed. The ramifications for using optical concentrators that can effectively replace orders of magnitude of antenna and rectifier elements will be discussed. In addition, a basic upper bound on the ability to rectify (AC to DC) the inordinately high-frequency broadband signals from solar antennae will be evaluated. The third distinct solar paradigm is creating valued materials at the service of human technology, rather than using solar to generate heat, electricity or fuels (in collaboration with Reshef Tenne and his group at the WIS). It requires novel optical concentrators, and understanding the unique nature of solar reactor conditions (ultra-high temperatures with strong flux gradients and expansive ultra-hot annealing regions). Successful case studies subsume: cage-like nanostructures of Cs2O; high-yield syntheses for fullerene-like and nanotube MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2; nanowires and nanospheres of SiO2 generated for the first time from pure quartz; nanorods of pure Si; and SiC nanowires. Some of the MoS2 nanostructures achieve fundamentally minimum sizes predicted by molecular structural theory, as well as unique hybrid nanostructures.

Day: Wednesday
Date: November 20, 2013, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Jeffrey M. Gordon
Department of Solar Energy & Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus

Lecture

Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy

Day: Sunday
Date: November 17, 2013, 13:00
Location: Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium
Prof. G. K. Surya Prakash
Professor and George A. and Judith A. Olah, Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Director, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles, USA

Lecture

2009 - ??; Anni mirabiles of Photovoltaic Solar Cell Science and Technology[abstract]
We'll look at the unprecedented discovery, understanding & technology developments in photovoltaics over the past few years and will try to put these in an alternative sustainable energy perspective.

Day: Sunday
Date: November 10, 2013, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. David Cahen
The Rowland and Sylvia Schaefer Chair in Energy Research, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

AERI Seminar-"The Bold Future of Alternative Energy"

Day: Tuesday
Date: October 22, 2013, 13:00
Location: Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research Botnar Auditorium
Prof. Jay D. Keasling
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Faculty, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Lecture

"The Israel Alternative Fuels Initiative - Mission and Goals"

Day: Sunday
Date: May 05, 2013, 13:15
Location: Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium
Dr. Anat Bonshtien
Alternative Fuels Administration, Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/PrimeMinistersOffice/DivisionsAndAuthorities/OilFree/Pages/IsraelOilFreeInitiative.aspx

Lecture

"Light-Induced Water Splitting and Hydrogen Production in Nature: Blueprints for the Design of Chemical Catalysts"

Day: Sunday
Date: February 24, 2013, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lubitz
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany http://www.mpg.de/339774/chemische_energiekonversion_wissM

Lecture

"Cooling, dehumidification and air conditioning powered by solar and low-grade heat"

Day: Sunday
Date: February 17, 2013, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Gershon Grossman
Sherman-Gilbert Chair in Energy Head - Energy Forum, the Samuel Neaman Institute, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa http://meeng.technion.ac.il/Gershon_Grossman.htm

Lecture

"New materials enabling alternative energy technologies"[abstract]
The shortage of natural resources of energy carriers and scarce elements requires a more efficient use of resources by improving energy technologies. Therefore we develop and investigate advanced materials for energy and environment related applications. Perovskite-type oxides and oxynitrides as well as Heusler compounds are synthesized by tailored scalable synthesis methods and used to replace less efficient, more noxious and/or more expensive conventional materials. Their desired function is demonstrated from the atomic and nanoscale up to the demonstrator, from lab scale to the application. The fundamental understanding of structure-composition- property relations of materials in solid state energy conversion devices is mandatory to achieve solutions for alternative energy conversion technologies.

Day: Sunday
Date: February 10, 2013, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff
Head Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis, Empa, Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Science & Technology and at University of Bern www.empa.ch/abt131

Lecture

"Energy Generation through Nuclear Fusion"

Day: Sunday
Date: January 27, 2013, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Nathaniel J. Fisch
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA

Lecture

Methanol Fuel as Low Cost Alternative for Emission Reduction in Gas Turbines and Utility Boilers[abstract]
Over the past years there has been a dramatic increase in the regulatory requirements for low emissions from both new and existing utility boilers and gas turbines. Traditional methods of reducing NOx emissions, such as: modification of the firing system (to control the fuel and air mixing and reducing flame temperatures); and/or post combustion treatment of the flue gas to remove NOx; are very expensive. Hence, before the implementation of the expensive measures for the emission reduction, it is necessary to evaluate all low cost alternatives. Fuel properties have a major influence on NOx formation during combustion. One of the attractive alternative fuels for combustion in the utility boilers and stationary gas turbines may be methanol. Existing experience has shown that with minor system modifications, methanol is easily fired and is fully feasible as an alternative fuel. Using methanol has become an important solution for emissions compliance due to their unique constituents and combustion characteristics. Methanol may be referred to as enviro fuel. The considerable advantages of methanol fuel relative to heavy fuel and light fuel oil, methanol can achieve an improved efficiency and lower NOx emissions, due to the lower flame temperature and nitrogen content. Since methanol contains no sulfur and ash, there are no SO2 and very low particulates emissions. The clean burning characteristics of methanol are expected to lead to clean pressure parts, turbine blades and lower maintenance than with fuel oil. Hence, firing methanol alone or as blends with fuel oil is deemed environmentally attractive. Gas Turbine performance on methanol is improved over other fuels due to higher mass flow and lower combustion temperatures resulting from methanol operations. The present paper discusses the boiler and gas turbine testing in various operation modes during methanol and fuel oil firing. The measurements were accompanied by computer simulations of the combustion process. Here, we present results of the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) for specific 140 MWe units consisting of two tangential fired pressurized boilers by Combustion Engineering Inc by using the co-firing of methanol with heavy fuel oil and FT4C TWIN PAC 50 MWe GT provide by Pratt & Whitney by using the methanol firing that show the control of NOx, SO2 and particulate emissions The experiments performed for gas turbine tested different GT loads during methanol and LFO firing. The results presented here clearly show that with minor low cost fuel system retrofit methanol firing leads to significant NOx, SO2 and particulates emission reduction. NOx emissions were reduced more than 75% and are equal 75 mg/dNm3 at 15%O2. . It is less then required standard even with water injection operation mode (the standard 86 mg/dNm3 at 15%O2 SO2 emissions were reduced from 50 mg/dNm3 at 15%O2 with LFO to zero with methanol firing. Particulate emissions vary from 1.3 to 1.6 mg/dNm3 at 15% O2 with methanol firing, while with LFO this parameter was 13-37 mg/dNm3 at 15% O2. The experiments performed for the boiler tested different methanol fractions of the total boiler heat capacity (from 33% to 50% heat), at different boiler loads. The results presented here show that NOx emissions were reduced more than 20% and meet the commonly accepted NOx emissions 270-330 mg/dNm3 at 3%O2. SO2 emissions were reduced from 670 mg/dNm3 at 3%O2 with HFO to 430 mg/dNm3 at 3%O2 with methanol co-firing. Particulate emissions vary from 25 to 37 mg/dNm3 at 3% O2 with methanol co-firing, while with HFO this parameter was 40-90 mg/dNm3 at 3% We believe that the conclusions of the present work are general and can be applied to other boilers and gas turbines as well.

Day: Sunday
Date: January 13, 2013, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Boris Chudnovsky
Senior Specialist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Israel Electric Corporation, Haifa

Lecture

What will it take for algae to overturn Malthus' predictions on fuel and food security?

Day: Sunday
Date: December 23, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Jonathan Gressel
The Department of Plant Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

"Solar thermochemical H2O and CO2 splitting utilizing a reticulated porous ceria redox system"

Day: Monday
Date: November 26, 2012, 10:00
Location: Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building for Biomedical Research Botnar Auditorium
Prof. Aldo Steinfeld
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and Solar Technology Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland http://www.pre.ethz.ch/staff/?id=steinfeld

Lecture

CANCELLED "Metabolic Pathway Manipulation in Phototrophic Microorganisms:from water oxidation to starch, lipids or hydrogen"

Day: Sunday
Date: November 25, 2012, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Matthew C. Posewitz
Department of Chemistry & Geochemistry Colorado School of Mines, USA http://chemistry.mines.edu/faculty/mposewitz/mposewitz.html

Lecture

"Perspective on Electrical Storage Devices"

Day: Sunday
Date: July 01, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Yair Ein-Eli
Department of Materials Engineering Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa

Lecture

"Nuclear: An alternative energy?"

Day: Monday
Date: June 04, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Guy Makov
Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Lecture

"Heat storage for solar thermal power plants"

Day: Sunday
Date: May 20, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Abraham Kribus
School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University

Lecture

"A Geologic Context to Anthropogenic Climate Change"

Day: Sunday
Date: April 29, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Itay Halevy
Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, The Weizmann Institute of Science, http://www.weizmann.ac.il/eserpages/Halevy/

Lecture

"A World Without Trees - a synopsis on the current status of our global lungs and carbon sink"

Day: Sunday
Date: February 12, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Richard Hardiman
Fellow of Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Lecture

"Energy Efficiency in Transportation: a Key Element of the World's Energy Future"

Day: Monday
Date: January 09, 2012, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Fred Schlachter
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California, USA And American Physical Society

Lecture

"A Solar Hydrogen-Producing Bio-Nanodevice that Outperforms Natural Photosynthesis"

Day: Sunday
Date: December 18, 2011, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. John Golbeck
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, USA

Lecture

"From Concept to Product - Solar Thermal Development at Weizmann"

Day: Sunday
Date: October 30, 2011, 13:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Jacob Karni
Director of the Center for Energy Research, Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science

Lecture

LECTURE CANCELLED:"China's climate change mitigation policies and positions"

Day: Tuesday
Date: May 24, 2011, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Ying Chen
Senior Researcher, Deputy Director of Research Centre for Sustainable Development (RCSD), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

Lecture

"Next Generation Climate and Biomass Research: From molecular Biology to Earth System Models and Back”[abstract]
Abstract: Understanding the impacts of climate change is one of the great challenges we are facing today. A warmer climate will impact both terrestrial and ocean ecosystems in ways we do not fully understand. We need to understand the tightly coupled biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nitrogen, water, etc.) and the important drivers of those cycles that occur at all scales of biogeochemical organization. Terrestrial ecosystems that have been identified to be particularly important include tropical forests, boreal forests, peatlands, and arctic permafrost. These ecosystems contain large quantities of carbon that if released to the atmosphere as CO2 or CH4 could provide significant positive feedback to the climate system and exacerbate global warming. Current climate models predict a significant increase in thawing depths and durations of thawing, turning permafrost land into wetlands or thermokarsts where microorganisms can mineralize complex organic matter and release CO2 and CH4 as well as N2O and other GHG. Two next-generation ecosystem experiments are being planned for deployment that will shed light on these important processes. An experiment to expose a boreal forest – peat bog ecosystem in Grand Rapids, MN, USA to both warmer temperatures and elevated CO2 concentrations is under development using an innovative combination of belowground and aboveground warming technology while also enriching the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere around the forest. A second experiment is being considered for implementation in the permafrost in Alaska, USA. These experiments offer unique opportunities for microbiologists to collaborate with plant biologists, ecologists, and geologists. The scientific opportunities to explore biogeochemical cycles at multiple scales with modern biological, chemical, and physical methods is unprecedented and will challenge us to develop new informatics tools to integrate these new data that span disciplines and scales. With these integrative studies we may begin to open up the proverbial black box and quantify important interfacial and molecular biogeochemical processes.

Day: Tuesday
Date: April 05, 2011, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Martin Keller
Associate Laboratory Director Energy and Environmental Sciences Directorate Founding Director of the DOE BioEnergy Science Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, Tennessee USA

Lecture

"Microalgae, from high value products to bio‑fuel"

Day: Sunday
Date: March 13, 2011, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Ami Ben‑Amotz
Chief Scientific Adviser Seambiotic

Lecture

"Moving Toward a Clean Energy Future"

Day: Wednesday
Date: February 23, 2011, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Dan E. Arvizu
Director National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Golden CO, USA http://www.nrel.gov/director/ http://www.nrel.gov/director/biography.html

Lecture

"A road map off oil"

Day: Tuesday
Date: February 01, 2011, 12:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Yossie Hollander
PhD honoris causa of the Weizmann Institute of Science Chairman of “Our Energy Policy Foundation” Irvine, CA, USA

Lecture

"Developing renewable energy technologies in Israel"

Day: Sunday
Date: January 09, 2011, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Mr. Yehuda Bronicki
Chairman of the Board of Directors Chief Technology Officer Ormat Technologies Inc.

Lecture

Science and Technology Advances for China's Sustainable Energy System Transformation

Day: Tuesday
Date: December 14, 2010, 12:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Xiliang Zhang
Institute of energy, environment and economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Lecture

Solar-powered cooling, dehumidification and air conditioning

Day: Sunday
Date: November 21, 2010, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Gershon Grossman
Head, Energy Engineering Res. Center Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion

conference

Light-Driven Bioprocesses- from Basics to Applications

Day: Monday
Date: October 11, 2010, 09:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall

Lecture

Bioinspired Catalysts from Earth Abundant Elements for Solar Driven Water

Day: Sunday
Date: October 10, 2010, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Charles Dismukes
Dept. Chemistry and Chemical BIology Rutgers University USA

Lecture

Biological Catalysts from Earth Abundant Elements for Solar Driven Water Splitting

Day: Sunday
Date: October 10, 2010, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Charles Dismukes
Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Rutgers Univ.

Lecture

Design of New Catalytic Reactions for Sustainable Chemistry

Day: Sunday
Date: July 11, 2010, 13:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. David Milstein
Department of Organic Chemistry WIS

Lecture

Nuclear Energy (the lecture will be given in Hebrew)

Day: Sunday
Date: June 20, 2010, 13:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Mr. Gideon Frank
Israel Atomic Energy Committee

Lecture

Anthropogenic Greenhouse Warming - Really?

Day: Monday
Date: June 07, 2010, 13:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Nir Shaviv
Racah Inst. of Physics Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem

Lecture

Rethinking carbon fixation

Day: Sunday
Date: May 09, 2010, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Ron Milo
Plant Sciences Dept. WIS

Lecture

Transgenically domesticated algae: The newest nail in Malthus's coffin - but for biofuels?

Day: Sunday
Date: March 14, 2010, 13:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Jonathan Gressel
Plant Sciences Dept. WIS

Lecture

China's energy dilemma

Day: Sunday
Date: November 29, 2009, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Richard Hardiman
HUJ

Lecture

China's energy dilemma

Day: Sunday
Date: July 19, 2009, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Richard Hardiman
Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Lecture

Large scale energy storage system - technologies and applications

Day: Sunday
Date: June 28, 2009, 13:15
Location: Wolfson Building for Biological Research Auditorium
Dr. Arnon Blum
Enstorage

Lecture

Harnessing solar energy for the production of clean fuels

Day: Monday
Date: May 18, 2009, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Dr. H.J.M. de Groot
Leiden Institute of Chemistry Leiden, NL

Lecture

Photovoltaic research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Day: Sunday
Date: May 10, 2009, 13:30
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. David Ginley
NREL

Lecture

Wind Energy 2008 - A Fast Growing Renewable Energy Technology

Day: Sunday
Date: April 19, 2009, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Aviv Rosen
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Lecture

Bioengineering of cellulosomes: Future conversion biomass to bioenergy

Day: Sunday
Date: March 22, 2009, 12:45
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Ed Bayer
Dept. of Biological Chemistry WIS

Lecture

Building a solar future

Day: Sunday
Date: February 22, 2009, 13:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Ken Zweibel
Director, Inst. for Analysis of Solar Energy, George Washington Univ.

Lecture

Organic Photovoltaic Cells on Fibers[abstract]
Covering less than 2% of the dry land in the United States with only moderately efficient solar cells can produce enough electricity to satisfy the national demand for energy. Unfortunately, despite the 30-40% annual growth of the photovoltaic (PV) industry, the sum total area of solar cells produced and installed to date is orders of magnitude smaller. Furthermore, current manufacturing methods do not scale up sufficiently quickly to fulfill the demand in the next 10-20 years. In this talk, I will discuss the properties of conjugated organic-based compounds, organic PV device architectures, and device physics that potentially enable scalable solar energy harvesting. Specifically, I will describe how Van Der Waals-bonded molecular organic compounds are deposited as thin films onto non-planar substrates, including fibers, and how this novel PV cell form factor can be further engineered to increase the power conversion efficiency. Of note are device architectures that eschew the transparent, conducting, but costly and brittle indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes.

Day: Thursday
Date: June 12, 2008, 11:00
Location: Perlman Chemical Sciences Building Shlomo Alexander Science Lounge
Prof. Max Shtein
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

Lecture

Investigations of High-Energy-Density Plasmas at the WIS

Day: Sunday
Date: May 25, 2008, 13:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Itzhak Maron
Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute

Lecture

Energy research - truth, lies and priorities

Day: Sunday
Date: May 18, 2008, 12:45
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Mr. Yossie Hollander
entrepreneur and philanthropist

Lecture

"Energy sources based on nuclear reactions"

Day: Sunday
Date: March 30, 2008, 12:45
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Prof. Amnon Fisher
Dept of Physics Technion Haifa

Lecture

Sunday 30.12.2007 - Luncheon talk: 'What should we learn fromphotosynthesis about solar energy conversion?'

Day: Sunday
Date: December 30, 2007, 12:45
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Dr. Dror Noy, Plant Sciences Department