I-CARES Lectures

Anthropology
Wednesday, September 30
4:00 p.m.
McMillan Hall 149
Dr Linda Whiteford, Professor of Anthropology, University of South Florida
"Volcano Lessons: Constructed/Unconstructed Disasters and their Human/Ecological Responses."


Computer Science and Engineering
Friday, October 30
11:00-12:00
Whitaker Auditorium
Jay Keasling, Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
"Sythetic Biology for Synthetic Chemistry: From Bugs to Drugs and Fuels"


Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Wednesday, September 2
4:00 p.m.
Danforth University Center, Room 276
Dr. Kelly Bishop, Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington University
"Estimating the Economic Costs of Pollution."

Friday, September 11,
11:00 a.m.
Lopata Hall, Room 101
Dr. Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame
"Solar Cells by Design. Harvesting Light Energy with Nanostructure Assemblies."

Friday, September 25, 2009
11:00 a.m.
Lopata Hall, Room 101
Dr. Kenneth F. Reardon, Professor & Associate Department Head, Department
of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Colorado State University
"Microalgal Biofuels – Big Potential, Big Challenges."

Friday, November 6
11:00 a.m.
Lopata Hall, Room 101
Dr. Michael Wong, Rice University


Economics
Wednesday, September 16
12:00
Weidenbaum Center, Seigle Hall 107
Peter Grossman, Butler University
"Benefits of Bad (Energy) Crisis Policies"

Monday, October 12
4:00 p.m.
Seigle Hall, Room 348
Ken Hendricks, Professor in American Economic Principles, University of Texas
"Competition or Collusion in Recent Offshore Oil and Gas Bidding"

I-CARES Director, Himadri Pakrasi: Wilson Hall 308, phone 935-6853, pakrasi@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis | Campus Box 1137 | Wilson Hall | p:(314) 935-9541 | f:(314) 935-8818