News & Upcoming Events
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2022 Seventeenth Annual Dialog on Sustainability Virtual Event
Topic: 'Sustainable Infrastructure,'
Saturday, July 16, 2022
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Phytotechnology with Biomass Production:
Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sites
by Larry E. Erickson and Valentina Pidlisnyuk,
published in June 2021 by CRC Press.
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Articles
Growing Climate Solutions Act (link is external)
Partnerships help improve water quality in Kansas (link is external)
Videos
- 2015 International Year of Soils - Watch the video (link is external)
- The Ogallala Road by Julene Blair - Watch the video (link is external)
- The Waters of Kansas - Watch the video (link is external)
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Energy & Evironmental Impacts Seminar 2006
January 4-6, 2006
Rathbone 1052, Kansas State University
This special seminar focuses on energy, the environment, and sustainability for conventional and renewable energy technologies (including wind, solar, biomass, and hydrogen). Experts present on technical, policy, economic, and other aspects of these energy technologies; and facilitators lead discussions with participants to discuss ways to realistically move toward sustainability, with respect to energy options, in Kansas and the United States. The program also includes presentations on green engineering, life cycle analysis, and other relevant approaches to work toward sustainability.
Seminar Resources/Materials
It is highly recommended that you right-click and download the files listed below to a local drive before viewing them. A broadband Internet connection is advised, as some of these files are quite large.
You may download presentation materials individually by selecting the links within the agenda below. If you would like to download all of the materials using a single, compressed file, please see one of the following links:
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Download all materials, including presentation slides in PowerPoint (PPT) files in zip format (87.7 MB)
- Download all materials, including presentation slides in Portable Document (PDF) files in zip format (26.5 MB)
Wednesday, January 4
General and Conventional Energy Resources
8:10 am - Introduction & Objectives – Larry Erickson, KSU
8:15 am - General Energy Overview – Richard Nelson, KSU and Tim Carr, Kansas Geological Society
8:35 am - Kick-off Speech: Natural Capitalism – Lena Hansen, Rocky Mountain Institute
9:20 am - Break
9:35 am - Coal – Sam Scupham, Black & Veatch
10:05 am - Nuclear Energy – Larry Drbal, Black & Veatch
10:35 am - Petroleum & Natural Gas – Tim Carr, Kansas Geological Survey
11:05 am - Petroleum: Winning the Oil Endgame – Lena Hansen, Rocky Mountain Institute
11:45 am - Morning Wrap-up and Introduction of Afternoon's Topics - Richard Nelson, KSU
11:50 am - Morning Adjournment and Lunch on Your Own
Renewable Energy
1:00 pm - Solar Energy – Daniel Higgins, KSU
1:30 pm - Wind Energy in Kansas – Rob Freeman, Tradewind Energy
2:00 pm - Wind Energy in Oklahoma Perspective – Mark Meo, University of Oklahoma
2:30 pm - Break
2:45 pm - Biomass, Bioenergy, & Biofuels – Mark Schrock, KSU
3:15 pm - Energy Policy - Kansas and Beyond – Bruce Snead, KSU
4:00 pm - Facilitated Discussion of Day One topics – Terrie McCants and Richard Nelson, KSU
5:00 pm - Adjourn
Thursday, January 5
Sustainability
8:15 am - Hydrogen Economy – Keith Hohn, KSU
8:45 am - Solar and Electric Power in Transportation – Ruth Miller, KSU
9:15 am - Green Engineering – Jennifer Anthony, KSU
9:45 am - Break
10:00 am - Life Cycle Assessments of Wind Energy and Other Renewables – Greg Norris, KSU
10:30 am - Life Cycle Analysis of Bio-based Liquid Fuels – John Sheehan, NREL (did not present)
11:15 am - Integrated Energy Systems – Tim Carr, Kansas Geological Society
11:50 am - Morning Adjournment and Lunch on Your Own
1:00 pm - Sustainability of Natural Resources – Ray Pierotti, University of Kansas
1:30 pm - Sustainability and Policy: Past, Present, and Outlook – Richard Sumpter, US EPA Region VII
- Presentation Slides - PPT (138 KB), PDF (288 KB)
- Sustainability Article - PDF (166 KB)
- Suggested Readings - PDF (11 KB)
2:00 pm - Renewable Portfolio Standard/Renewable Fuels Standard RPS/RFS) – Richard Nelson, KSU
2:30 pm - Break
2:45 pm - Facilitated Discussion of Day Two Topics – Dan Kahl and Bruce Snead, KSU
4:30 pm - Adjourn to View Posters and KSU Solar Car
Friday, January 6
Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Buildings
8:15 am - Global Climate Change – Richard B. Hayter, KSU
8:45 am - Carbon Dioxide: Generation and Storage – Jennifer Anthony, KSU
9:15 am - "Real World" Green Building Design – Bob Berkibile, BNIM Inc. KC
9:45 am - Efficient Homes – Gene Meyer and Doug Walter, Kansas Building Science Institute
10:15 am - Break
10:30 am - Facilitated Discussion – David Procter and Larry Erickson, KSU
11:45 am - Workshop Adjournment
Posters
- US EPA Region VII Offices: An Example of a Green Building – Chet McLaughlin, KSU
- Sol-gel Derived Cu-Al2O3 Adsorbent for Selective Adsorption of Thiophene from the Hydrocarbon Liquid – Xiangxin Yang, Larry Erickson, Keith L. Hohn, Jeevanandam Pethaiyan, Kenneth J. Klabunde, KSU
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A Sustainable Environment - The Home Office – Terrie Boguski, Greg Norris, KSU
- A Sustainable Environment - The Home Office - PDF (173 KB)
- Biogas Generation and Environmental Management of Animal Waste – Sigifredo Castro, Larry Erickson, Alok Bhandari, Larry Davis, KSU; Dean Thomson, DT Search and Designs
- Integrated Biomass Energy Systems Analysis – Sigifredo Castro, Larry Erickson, Peter Pfromm, Alok Bhandari, Gina Becker, KSU
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Kansas Bioscience Program – Ron Madl
- Kansas Bioscience Industry Resource Inventory - PDF (126 KB)
- NanoActive® Materials - Environmental Applications for Sulfur and Mercury Removal from Natural and Synthesis Gas – Janis K. Voo, Slawek Winecki, Justin Millette, NanoScale Materials, Inc.
- Solar Car Display and Poster
Other Resources & Materials
- Sustainability Reading List - PDF (36 KB) – Earl Beaver, AIChE