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SUMMARY:Sustainable Energy - an industry view on the obstacles and opportu
 nities - Professor Ellen Williams ( BP Chief Scientist\,  formerly Directo
 r of University of Maryland Material Research Science and Engineering Cent
 re)
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CONTACT:Dr Dick Fenner
DESCRIPTION:\nOver the course of her scientific career\, physics Professor
  Ellen D. Williams has investigated the atomic-scale interactions on the s
 urfaces of materials. Her research group in experimental surface science a
 t the  University of Maryland explores fundamental issues in statistical m
 echanics and their practical applications in the growing field of nanotech
 nology. Her work may help guide and usher in an era of more stable nanodev
 ices. \n\nProfessor Williams believes that electronics eventually will be 
 ubiquitous. But\, she says\, “we must continue to create technology that
  lowers our ecological and environmental footprint. We'll have a better li
 fe\, but not if we trash the Earth while we're doing it. Dealing with thes
 e issues is absolutely the direction science has to take.” \n\nIn 2005\,
  she was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences\; two years 
 earlier\, she was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
  Sciences. She currently is taking leave of absence from her University to
  serve as Chief Scientist for BP. \n\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR0
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