{"70772":{"#nid":"70772","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u0022Challenges in America\u0027s Energy Future\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Strategic Energy Institute, in conjunction with the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, is proud to host a lecture by Sindey Guitierrez, Director Nuclear Energy and Global Security, Sandia National Labs.  The lecture will take place on Thursday, March 12 at 3:00 p.m. in MRDC Lecture Room 4211.  The title of his talk will be \u0022Challenges in America\u0027s Energy Future - the Role of Universities and National Laboratories\u0022.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOur nation must become clear in defining outcomes that balance national security, environment and economic prosperity goals.  These goals must lead to eliminating the strategic value of imported oil, must modernize and secure our energy production, distribution and transmission infrastructures, must transition our nation to a carbon-efficient economy and must accelerate innovation and technology insertion to meet the national need.  The challenges we face are complex but not insurmountable.  Universities and national laboratories, as incubators of innovation, have the unique opportunity to be major players in forging America\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Strategic Energy Institute, in conjunction with the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, is proud to host a lecture by Sindey Guitierrez, Director Nuclear Energy and Global Security, Sandia National Labs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"What is the role of universities and national laboratories?"}],"uid":"1","created_gmt":"2009-03-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:15","author":"Jupiter","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-03-12T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2009-03-12T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-03-12T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-03-12 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-03-12 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-03-12 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"167571","name":"Sandia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESuzy Briggs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESEI\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:suzy.briggs@sustain.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Suzy Briggs\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5210\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}