Kurt W. Kolasinski
Department of Chemistry, West Chester University
Sustainability: Energy & Global Chemistry
The human population is now so large that its impact on the environment no longer causes simply local changes. It is forcing global changes. The human impact on global climate is but one aspect – albeit an immensely important one – of the challenges facing civilization going forward. A central theme at WCU is civility: how can people can get along better. An extension of this is sustainability: how can people get along with the planet better. How can society be constructed to utilize the three Es (environment, energy and economy) to their maximum potential in perpetuity?
Bio:
Kurt W. Kolasinski, BA, University of Pittsburgh, PhD, Stanford University, CChem MRSC: Assistant Professor of Chemistry since August 2006.
Editor, Surface Science Section, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
Research Interests: the study of dynamical processes at the surfaces of metals and semiconductors with a special emphasis on structure formation and laser-surface interactions.
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