Visit by Secretary of Energy, Dr. Stephen Chu

On Friday, 9 October 2009, the Secretary of Energy, Dr. Stephen Chu, visited the SUNY-ESF campus to look at the development of the "green" technology going on across campus.  In particular, he visited Walters Hall to tour the biorefinery plant where students and researchers are working to turn wood chips, a renewable resource, into biofuel, plastics, and paper.  This work is part of the research program in the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering at SUNY-ESF (www.esf.edu/pbe). 

More information about the visit and the announcements made at the press conference can be found at http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/energy_secretary_steven_chu_in.html from the Syracuse Post-Standard and http://www.esf.edu/communications/view.asp?newsID=280 from the SUNY-ESF website.

Dr. Chu touring the biorefinery plant in Walters Hall.

Dr. Chu, President Neil Murphy, and Rep. Dan Maffei reviewing research posters in Walters Hall.

Press conference in Bray Hall.

---Photos courtesy of Winnie Tsui.