Second annual SUNRISE lecture is Friday The UND community is invited to attend the second annual SUNRISE lecture at noon Friday, Feb. 29, in 138 Abbott Hall. The Sustainable Energy Research Initiative is pleased to sponsor Jennifer Wilcox from the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University. Her presentation is titled "Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Coal-Based Energy Generation." Dr. Wilcox received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Wellesley College in 1998, a master’s degree in physical chemistry and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona in 2004. She joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute as an assistant professor in 2004 and has recently relocated to the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University. She has received the NSF Career award for her work in trace element speciation in combustion flue gases and has received the Army Young Investigator award for her work in hydrogen separation with Pd-based membranes. -- Wayne Seames, Director, SUNRISE, wayneseames@mail.und.edu, 7-2958