Engineering seminar series begins with update on sustainable energy research The School of Engineering and Mines graduate seminar series begins at noon Friday, Sept. 15, in 218 Harrington Hall. Wayne Seames will review the research being performed by members of the UND/NDSU Sustainable Energy Research Initiative (SUNRISE). SUNRISE consists of faculty and students from UND Chemistry, UND Chemical Engineering, NDSU Plant Sciences, and NDSU Chemistry. Research is focused in three topic areas: sustainable use of coal, fuels and chemicals from crop oils, and technologies for the wind and hydrogen economies. The University community is invited to attend. -- Wayne Seames, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, wayneseames@mail.und.edu, 7-2958