Document Type

Newsletter

Publication Date

7-26-2012

Publication Title

Nevada News Flash

Publisher

Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization (NIREC)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

4

Abstract

Young Professionals in Energy–Nevada recently gathered for an up-to-the-day report on renewable energy at UNLV’s LEED-certified Science and Engineering Building given by Associate Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research Tom Piechota—just hours after President Obama appeared on campus in support of higher education.

Piechota, who also heads UNLV’s Urban Sustainability Initiative (and is this author’s boss in that capacity), covered all the overlapping curriculum and research going on. Of about 400 total research projects university-wide, 142 involve clean energy, water or environmental science – some at the nexus of all three. Department of Energy remains the biggest source of funding, along with the National Science Foundation, related industries and the Department of Defense.

Keywords

Clean energy industries; Environmental sciences – Study and teaching; Nevada; Professional associations; Renewable energy sources; Young Professionals in Energy

Disciplines

Business | Oil, Gas, and Energy | Sustainability

Language

English

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