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Chemistry Launches NSF funded "Center for Fueling the Future"
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Greg Watson, Prof. S. Thayumanavan, UMass President Wilson, Chancellor Cole, NSM Dean Langford
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The center's kick-off event was held November 27th at the Lincoln Campus Center. Congressman John W. Olver, UMass President Jack M. Wilson, Interim UMass Amherst Chancellor Thomas W. Cole Jr., Dr. Katharine Covert from the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., Greg Watson, Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Technology at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, and Professor S. Thayumanavan all spoke of the importance of future energy solutions. Scientists from Massachusetts Center for Renewable Energy Science and Technology(MassCREST) are working together towards clean energy through chemistry. The Center focuses on the chemistry of proton conduction via site-to-site jumps on well-defined scaffolds, which is important to the design of better membranes for fuel cells. ... more
Pictured on the home page: Congressman John Olver, Dr. Katharine Covert (NSF), Professor S. Thayumanavan
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