2007 AIP Industrial Physics Forum final presentations

(all presentations are in pdf format unless otherwise noted)

Automotive Energy - Sunday PM Session - IPF1

Frontiers, Opportunities and Challenges for a Hydrogen Economy - John Turner / NREL
General Motors' Perspective on New Transportation Technologies - Jonas Bereisa, Jr. / General Motors
Technology, Economics, and Policy of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells - Millie Dresselhaus / MIT
The (Re) Electrification of the Automobile - Mike Tamor / Ford Motor Company

Energy Efficiency - Monday AM Session - IPF2

Current Status of Solid State Lighting - Shuji Nakamura / UC Santa Barbara
The Physics of Terrestrial Concentrator Solar Cells with Over 40% Efficiency - Richard King / Spectrolab Inc.
Thermoelectrics & Waste Heat Recovery - Lon Bell / BSST
Solar Photovoltaics: At the Tipping Point - Larry Kazmerski / NREL
Govt. Roles in Energy R&D - Melanie Kenderdine / GTI

Nuclear Energy - Monday PM Session - IPF3

Status of Fusion Power - Richard Hawryluk / Princeton Plasma Physics Labs
The Role of High Temperature Gas Reactors in the Future Development of
Nuclear Power - E. Michael Campbell / General Atomics
Sustainable Nuclear Energy Production and Nuclear Waste Management - Mark Peters / Argonne Natl. Labs
Nuclear Energy Policy - David Hill / Idaho Natl. Labs

Energy for Low-Carbon Impact - Tuesday AM Session - IPF4

Carbon Sequestration to Mitigate Climate Change - A Geological Perspective - Robert Burruss / USGS
The Prospects for Low-Cost Photovoltaic Electricity - David Carlson / BP Solar
Science & Technology Barriers to Economic Ethanol Biorefineries - Mike Himmel / NREL
Offshore Sustainable Electricity Supply Systems: The POSEIDON Vision - David de Jager / Ecofys Netherlands BV
Constraining carbon to confront climate change - Rosina Bierbaum / U Michigan

Frontiers in Physics - Tuesday PM Session - IPF5

Circuits with Light at the Nanoscale - Nader Engheta / U Pennsylvania
Nanopores & Systems Biology - John Kasianowicz / NIST
Near Earth Objects (Powerpoint, 18Mb) - Bill Bottke / Southwest Research Institute
Fine Structure Constant - Gerald Gabrielse / Harvard University