Diversifying bio-petro fuel sources for future energy sustainability and its challenges

Diversifying the Biological Sciences: Past Efforts and Future Challenges

I am honored to receive the E. E. Just Award for 2010. In my invited essay, I have opted to discuss the state of diversity in the biological sciences with some recommendations for moving forward toward a more positive and inclusive academy. The need to develop cohorts of minority scientists as support groups and to serve as role models within our institutions is stressed, along with the need to...

Bio-Fuel Cells – Energy Harvesting Nano Particles

“The Future of Geothermal Energy” and Its Challenges

The widely renowned M.I.T. study “The Future of Geothermal Energy” (2006) determined recoverable EGS resources > 200,000 EJ alone for the USA, corresponding to 2,000 times the annual primary energy demand. To universally and globally utilize these immense resources exciting R&D problems need to be tackled: 1) Development of a technology to produce electricity and/or heat from a basically ubiqui...

Municipal Sewage Sludge to Biodiesel as a Promising Renewable Fuel for the Future of Energy

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Fuel Cells, Fuels and Future Energy

The possible use of alcohols as direct fuels for fuel cells conjures up images of instantly recharging cellphones and digital cameras from hip flasks, and of alcohol-based electricity generation plants for remote villages, and perhaps, more efficient use of alcohols as motor fuels. The reality of such images is assessed and some recent developments in fuel cells are outlined. Perspectives on th...