Welcome to the

PNACP 2008 Meeting


Energy

Big Bend Community College

  April 11 & 12, 2008




Friday, April 11, 2008


8:00 - 8:15
Registration

8:30 - 8:40
Welcome
Kelly Casey, Yakima Valley Community College
Jim Hamm, Big Bend Community College
8:40 - 9:00
Energy in the 21st Century
Greg Muder
Pat Keefe
9:00 - 10:00
REC - The Journey from Silicon to Electricity
Shawn Bowen, REC
10:10 - 10:20
BREAK

10:20 - 10:40
Debating Science Policy in the Thermodynamics
Shannon Mayer
University of Portland
10:40 - 11:40
Changing the Energy Equation with Smart and more Efficient Technologies
Graham Parker
PNNL
11:40 - 12:00
PNACP Survey Results -- PowerPoint survey and Excel spreadsheet
David Terrell
12:00 - 1:30
LUNCH

1:30 - 2:30
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Southern Idaho Basalts: Assessment of Mineralization Reactions
Bob Smith
University of Idaho
2:30 - 2:50
Why are Active Stars Mainly Main-sequence?
Robert Ruotsalainen
Eastern Washington University
2:50 - 3:05
BREAK

3:05 - 4:05
Biodiesel Homebrewing, or how to drive 200,000 miles on 31 gallons of diesel
John Ousterhout
General Dynamics
4:05 - 4:25
Geology and Physics
Steve Hoffmaster
Gonzaga University
4:25 - 4:45
Nanowire-Nanoparticle Gas Sensors or Some neat stuff you can do with nanomaterials
Chris Berven
University of Idaho

Banquet

7:00
TBA
Mike McCormack
US Congressman (retired)

Saturday, April 12, 2008

8:30 - 9:30
TBA
Kevin Nordt
Grant County PUD
9:30 - 9:45
BREAK

9:45 - 10:45
Building Speed: From Nanomaterials to NASCAR
Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
University of Nebraska
10:45 - 11:00
BREAK

11:00 - 12:00
LEDs -- The future of Lighting?
Jeff McCullough
12:00
Business Meeting and Elections



To view or download a file of abstracts, click here.



Directions

All meetings will be held in the ATEC building on the Big Bend CC campus.   For directions,  click here.


Accommodations

Shilo Inn -- Moses Lake
1819 E. Kittleson
Moses Lake, WA 98837-9719

(509) 765 - 9317
(800) 222 - 2244

Mention PNACP when making reservations.  Should be $69 per night.  Rooms have been set aside for April 10, 11, and 12.

Directions to Shilo Inn

Exit 179 from I-90




Please contact me if you have any comments/concerns about the meeting.

Kelly Casey
Executive Officer, PNACP
(509) 574-4855








AJG 5/06/08