Making News, Part III, December 2009

A reminder about the Black Engineer of the Year Awards, Stem Global Competitiveness Conference to be held in Baltimore in February 2010.

It was announced yesterday that the keynote speaker for the 5th Annual Stars & Stripes Dinner, Feb. 19th, at the Conference, will be Gen. Norton A. Schwartz. Read article

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The National Science Foundation is funding a new “first-of-its-kind microscope that could ultimately help scientists develop better solar cells for converting sunlight to electricity.”

The grant will go to South Dakota State University to “build a new photoactivated scanning probe microscopy tool.”
Read the full news release from SDSU

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A California-based company has developed a new way to use and store the sun’s energy. SolarReserve is awaiting approval to begin building a new solar power plant in Nevada.

The plant will use new “technology that uses salt to store the sun’s energy.” The goal is to eventually have the plant supply green energy to power 75,000 Nevada homes.
Read the news article

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