44 Plenary Session: 2nd Annual World Congress On Sustainable Engineering

Monday, October 29, 2012: 8:30 AM
407 (Convention Center )
Description:
This plenary session for the first World Congress on Sustainable Engineering is designed to set the stage for the exciting programming of sessions pertaining to all aspects of sustainability and how this important concept affects the chemical engineering profession as well as most other walks of life in today’s world. The session will consist of presentations from invited speakers who will discuss their views on sustainable engineering. A spectrum of speakers from academia, industry, and government will present overarching, high-level technical, and visionary talks that will prepare the audience for discussions that will occur in more detail during subsequent sessions throughout the week.

Sponsor:
Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering
Co-Sponsor(s):
Environmental Division (09), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Topical G: Innovations of Green Process Engineering for Sustainable Energy and Environment (TG)

Chair:
David N. Thompson
Email: David.Thompson@inl.gov

Co-chairs:
Jeffrey R. Seay
Email: jseay@engr.uky.edu

Alessandra Carreon
Email: acarreon@environcorp.com

Bandaru V. Ramarao
Email: bvramara@esf.edu


8:30 AM
(44a) Rio+20 and Beyond
Beth Beloff

9:00 AM
(44b) Conceptual Net Energy Output for Biofuel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass Through Biorefining: A Review
J.Y. Zhu

9:30 AM
(44c) The R&D of Cellulosic Ethanol in China
Xinshu Zhuang
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