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State Energy Secretary addresses Intelligent Energy Choices Oct. 29, 2009

Intelligent Energy Choices for Kentucky's Future:
Developing Our Energy Resources in a Carbon-Constrained World

Dr. Len Peters,
Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary for the Commonwealth of Kentucky

October 29,2009 4:00 PM
W.T. Young Library Auditorium
Refreshments in the adjoining gallery of the W.T. Young Library Auditorium at 3:15 PM

Dr. Len Peters is an internationally renowned chemical engineer and a prolific author and lecturer. He served for the last five years at the Battelle Memorial Institute, a leading nonprofit applied science and technology development company, where he worked as senior vice president and director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, managing a staff of 4,200 and coordinating research priorities. Dr. Peters has been recognized with honors such as the National Science Award Foundation and the Oak Ridge Associated Universities' Outstanding Leadership Award, and currently serves as the Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Alumni Weekend Lecture of the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Rast-Holbrook Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the College of Arts &Sciences

For more information, contact Mike Lynch at (859) 323-0561 or mike.lynch@uky.edu