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Technical
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History and Economics Provide Better Renewable
Energy Strategies |
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DATE/TIME
Thursday, June 25, 2009 (4:30pm to 6:00pm) |
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PLACE
AMD Fort Collins Campus (Fort
Collins, CO)
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DIRECTIONS
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From I-25, take Harmony Road Exit (Exit 265) westbound, and enter AMD
campus on right immediately following Harmony/Ziegler intersection.
AMD is located on the NW corner of Harmony Road and Ziegler Road.
Proceed to 3rd floor for escort to seminar auditorium. Non-AMD
employees: please arrive at 4:15pm for security sign-in and escort. |
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COST
Free. As always, food &
drinks will be provided. |
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RSVP
Send e-mail to Tin Tin Wee at
tintin.wee@amd.com. |
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ABSTRACT |
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Humanity’s
first energy source, beyond muscle power, was wood. History furnishes
numerous examples of wood-using societies which perished when their
forests were gone. These failed societies provide grim lessons for us
today as we face a pending energy transition from fossil fuels. We will
study the successful transition from wood to coal in 17th century
England. From this example we will see that it was necessary to have an
alternative energy source and the applicable technologies, but these
alone were still insufficient. Economics dictated the final
transition. If humanity chooses the wrong transition strategies, then
the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources will be too slow
to prevent an ecological catastrophe. |
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PRESENTATION SLIDES
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REFERENCE |
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DR. DON MORRIS (Retired from Agilent Technologies, Fort Collins, CO)
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Don Morris received the BSEE degree from
the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, in 1967, and the MSEE
and PhDEE degrees from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, in
1968 and 1970 respectively. He joined the Hewlett-Packard Company in
1970, which later spun off into Agilent Technologies. Throughout his
career, Dr. Morris was primarily engaged in R&D but held assignments in
manufacturing, quality, and general management. Among his assignments
included starting an R&D lab in a newly formed division, opening and
starting a design center in Singapore, and having had direct reports and
responsibilities in Singapore, as a remote manager, for a period of
twelve years. His final assignment was managing a design center in
Singapore for three years. Dr. Morris retired from Agilent in 2003.
His professional activities since then have ranged from consulting to
serving on various civic functions. He continues an active
participation in the IEEE and enjoys an active hobby of flying as a
private pilot. |
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