Upcoming Webinar: Renewable Ocean Energy: Voices from the Field and the Lab (March 23rd)
Renewable Ocean Energy: Voices from the Field and the Lab
A webinar for STEM educators
Tuesday March 23rd
4:15-5:45PM EST via Zoom
Register for this webinar here
During this 90-minute webinar, attendees will hear from researchers and engineers working to advance renewable ocean energy and prepare students for relevant careers. Attendees will gain insight into the ocean’s potential to power our demand for clean energy, learn about technologies being investigated to harness energy from ocean currents and waves, and discover the environmental implications being explored by researchers.
This webinar will include presentations by and Q&A with the following NC-based researchers:
Powering NC's Blue Economy
George G. Bonner, P.E.
Director, NC Renewable Ocean Energy Program, Coastal Studies Institute
A holistic environmental impact assessment approach for North Carolina's marine energy program
Lindsay Dubbs, PhD
Research Associate Professor and Director, Outer Banks Field Site, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Associate, Coastal Studies Institute
Associate Director, NC Renewable Ocean Energy Program, Coastal Studies Institute
Promoting Marine Energy Through Education and Research
Michael Atkinson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, NC A&T State University
Affiliate Faculty, Coastal Studies Institute
Affiliate Faculty, Center of Excellence in Product Design and Advanced Manufacturing
The Wild Wild Western Boundary Current: Exploring the Viability of Gulf Stream Energy off Cape Hatteras
Mike Muglia, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Coastal Studies, East Carolina University
Assistant Scientist, Coastal Studies Institute
Assistant Director for Science & Research, NC Renewable Ocean Energy Program
This webinar is sponsored by the North Carolina Energy Literacy Fellows Program, a teacher professional development program made possible with funding provided by the Duke Energy Foundation to the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment’s Center for Public Engagement with Science.
Dana Brown Haine, MS (she, her, hers)
K-12 Science Education Manager | Center for Public Engagement with Science
UNC Institute for the Environment
CB#1105, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
UNC Institute for the Environment
