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The 12th European Career Fair at MIT |
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bridges vol. 15, September, 2007 / Noteworthy Information
For the second year in a row, occupying a niche at the annual European Career Fair (ECF) held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, there will be a space dedicated solely to the pursuit of science and technology careers in Europe. The European Commission and the organizers of the European Career Fair have paired up again to produce this event. The fair aids the EU in achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy, which aims to increase the EU's economic competitiveness and full employment target goals.
In 1997 a group of members from the MIT European Club who, as the fair's Web site says, were students pursuing education in the US but looking toward home as commencement grew near, initiated the ECF. The Fair claims to be the largest of its kind in North America, organized entirely by students and chaired by two German postdoctorates Katrin Arnold, of Harvard Medical School and Sven Loebrich of MIT.
The European Club, MIT Informational Sciences and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), and the European Commission are the supporting organizations for the event. But if these organizations weren't enough, the fair has a solid list of endorsers such as former European Commission President Romano Prodi and German Ambassador to the US Wolfgang Ischinger.
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Announcement of the new 2007-2008 Jefferson Science Fellows |
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bridges vol. 15, September 2007 / Noteworthy Information
On July 23, 2007, the State Department introduced the eight Jefferson Science Fellows for the year 2007-2008:
- Janaki Alavalapati, a Research Foundation professor and an associate professor of forest resource economics and policy with the School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC) at the University of Florida. His current research deals with the economics and policy of biodiversity and sustainable forestry, environmental services, protected areas management, wildland urban interface, invasive species, biomass and bioenergy, and agroforestry.
- Ross B. Corotis, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. With a background in structural mechanics and stochastic vibrations, Dr. Corotis' primary research interests are in the application of probabilistic concepts to civil engineering problems.
- Elsa Garmire, a professor of engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Her research interests are non-linear optics; integrated optics and semiconductor photonic devices; lasers, electro-optics, and fiber optics.
- Purusottam Jena, professor of physics at the Virginia Commonwealth University, whose research focus ranges from atomic and molecular physics to solid-state and chemical physics.
- Marvin Paule, a professor of biochemistry and former chairman of Colorado State University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. His recent research work has investigated the growth regulation of ribosomal RNA expression in normal and cancerous cells.
- Jerry Peterson, a professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research in the area of basic experimental nuclear physics uses accelerator facilities around the world.
- Syed Rizvi, a professor of food process engineering and international professor of food science at Cornell University, focuses on experimental and theoretical aspects of bioseparation processes, supercritical fluid extrusion, delivery systems for bioactive materials and nutrients, and physical and engineering properties of biomaterials.
- John Yeh, a professor and chair of the Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo. Yeh's research areas are reproductive aging of the ovary, molecular biology of ovarian corpus luteum regression (the corpus luteum produces hormones that prepare the uterine lining for implantation by the fertilized egg), and biomarkers of the damage that chemotherapy inflicts on ovaries.
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Green Building – Austrian Journey to the Greenbuild Expo in Chicago, November 6–10, 2007 |
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bridges vol. 15, Sept 2007 / Noteworthy Information
A ranch near Crawford, Texas: Designed by architecture professor David Heyman from the University of Texas at Austin, this house incorporates every "green" feature currently available.
Geothermal heat pumps draw groundwater that heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels and requires only one-quarter the electricity of a conventional construction. A 25,000 gallon underground cistern stores rainwater and purified wastewater. The collected water then irrigates the surrounding land.
The owner of the property is – President George W. Bush. Surely, energy efficiency is becoming a hot topic in the US.
Booming green technology
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→ Back to the future – “Zukunftsreise GRÜNES BAUEN USA”
The Austrian Trade Commission in Chicago and the US Commercial Service in Vienna are organizing a trip to Chicago from Nov. 6 to Nov. 10. An Austrian delegation will leave Vienna to explore market opportunities at the Greenbuild expo, discover “green” Chicago, and meet experts in the field.
The trip is co-financed by the The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor (BMWA) in the framework of the initiative “go international.”
For further information or if interested in meeting with the Austrian delegation, please contact Daniela Koll from the Austrian Trade Commission.
Daniela Koll
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The demand for more energy-efficient houses is on the increase. Companies like Hall Quality Homes and Thistlewood Timber Frame Homes lead the movement: They are building more and more “green” houses.
The National Association of Home Builders is pushing this trend. A recent study suggests that by 2010 every second new construction will deploy green technologies. Compared to the present 2 percent share, this will be a whopping increase.
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Austrian Energy Research Boosts Market Success in Renewable Energy Technologies |
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bridges vol. 15, September 2007 / Noteworthy Information
A recent report issued by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology underlines Austria's strong position in renewable energy technologies.
ENERGIE DER ZUKUNFT -
Energy of the Future
The R&D initiative "ENERGIE DER ZUKUNFT" ("Energy of the Future") took off in June 2007. For 2007, it provides €20 million funding for ambitious projects in the area of industrial energy research. Energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, and intelligent energy systems are the core of the program that fosters the innovative power of small and middle-sized companies in the environmental and energy sector.
More information can be found at:
http://www.energiederzukunft.at/
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In 2006, every third solar panel sold in Europe was made in Austria - an example of how technology transfer based on effective research funding in the field of sustainable energy is now paying off.
The report "Renewable Energy in Austria - market overview for 2006" shows strong increases in the sales figures of technologies related to sustainable energy - photovoltaics, solar heating, and heat pumps.
Solar thermal collectors have become an export hit: sales rose by 68 percent compared to 2005. Furthermore, there was a sizeable increase of 40 percent for heat pumps. Sales of photovoltaic equipment shot up by 102 percent - despite cut subventions under the new eco-power law and a corresponding decrease in the home market. Now 97 percent of the photovoltaic equipment is destined for export.
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