Boston University Energy Club
The Boston University Energy Club is a graduate student organization founded in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 2007, at Boston University. The stated aim of the BU Energy Club is to be a broad-based multi-disciplinary group consisting of Graduates, Undergrads, Alumni, and Professors that serves as a link between scientists & engineers and entrepreneurs & business-persons at Boston University and other schools and universities in the greater Boston area.
Status
On October 15th, 2007 the BU Energy Club received notice from the Student Activities Office that the BU Energy Club had "completed all the necessary steps to become fully recognized and has been approved." More information AbOUT the club can be found on its web page.
Membership
The club will be open to all Boston University Graduate and Undergraduate students, BU Alumni and Professors. An official member of this organization is one who has attended at least one meeting during a semester. As of 11/1/07, the BU Energy Club is 130 members strong--with representation from undergrads, grads, professors, administration officials, alumni, and friends of Boston University.
Events
A Calendar of Energy Events and Energy Lectures at Boston University, the greater Boston area, and New England, is posted on the club's BU Energy Club Yahoo Group and can also be accessed through the official BU Energy Club web page.
Major Events of the BU Energy Club, thus far, include:
- Andrew Stern from Citizens for Alternative Renewable Energy and Hull Wind - 9/19/07
- A Tour of the Hull Wind 1 Wind Turbine in Hull, MA - 9/21/07
- Dr. Robert Kaufmann, Director of CEES, Director of Graduate Studies at CEES and Professor Dept. of Geography and Environment; "Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gas Emissions" CEES at Boston University- 10/10/07
- Peter Haas, Founder of Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group AIDG- 10/16/07
- Dr. Cutler Cleveland, Professor, Department Of Geography and Environment and Center for Energy and Environmental Studies; "BU Energy Audit Findings and Discussion" CEES at Boston University- 10/24/2007