Federal Event: DOE Research Priorities and Programs, RSVP by 11/13

Federal Event: Department of Energy (DOE) Research Priorities and Programs Featuring Dr. Steve Koonin, Undersecretary for Science, DOE

Where: Benjamin Banneker Room, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
When: November 18, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

*Please RSVP TO vpr@umd.edu by November 13, 2009. Space is Limited. If you have questions, please contact Anne Geronimo at geronimo@umd.edu orX54178

As DOE Undersecretary for Science, Koonin serves as the secretary’s advisor on science policy as well as on the scientific aspects of all DOE activities, from basic research to nuclear energy to the environmental clean-up of Cold War legacy sites to defense programs. He is responsible for planning, coordinating and overseeing the Energy Department’s research and development programs, including the Office of Science, and its 17 national laboratories, as well as the department’s scientific and engineering educational activities. The DOE is the third largest federal sponsor of basic research in the United States, the primary supporter of physical sciences in the nation, and of researchers at more than 300 colleges and universities nationwide.