ASME STUDENT NIGHT 2007

Hosted by the University of Rochester

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

6:30 – 8:30 pm

University of Rochester

Salon D Meliora Restaurant

Buffet Style Dinner

Guest Speaker: Dr. Riccardo Betti

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Fusion Science Center, University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics 

The Quest for Controlled Thermonuclear Energy

 
Thermonuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun and the stars. In a fusion reaction, two nuclei of hydrogen isotopes "fuse" together to form a heavier nucleus. During this process, some of the hydrogen mass is converted into energy according to the Einstein's relation E=mc^2. Since hydrogen isotopes such as Deuterium can be easily extracted in large quantities from the ocean water, thermonuclear fuel is virtually inexhaustible. In this talk, I will describe the progress made both in the US and the world towards the quest for fusion energy.

You may read more at Dr.  Betti;s ME department website, the Fusion Science Ceter of Extreme States of Matter and Fast Ignition website, or his Laboratory for Laster Energetics website.

Directions:
University Operator Phone: 585 275 2121
The Salon D. Meliora Restaurant is on the University of Rochester River Campus in the Fredrick Douglass Building.  Here is a larger area map.  You may  find directions here to 500 Joseph C. Wilson Blvd.  Parking is free in all lots after 4:00 p.m.  The closest lot to the Meliora Restaurant is the Library lot north of the Rush Rhees Library and north-east of the Fredrick Douglass Building.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased through PayPal, by mailing a check,  or at the UR ME Dept. Office, Hopeman 235.

DEADLINE for registration is February 3rd, 2007

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