A particle physicist from Indiana will be speaking at the University of
Regina on the physics of sustainable energies. Dr. Alex Dzierba is
working on ways the U.S. Navy can identify and address inefficiencies in
energy consumption, and how the Navy can move to alternative and
renewable sources of energy. He will be speaking at the University of
Regina in room 119 of the Research and Innovation Centre on Thursday,
March 4, at 7:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. After the
lecture, refreshments will be provided and there will be an opportunity
to meet and talk to Dr. Dzierba.

“In looking at strategies to use energy more efficiently and to
develop alternative sources of energy, it is essential to quantify how
we use energy. The basic laws of physics constrain what we realistically
can and cannot do,” says Dzierba.

Dzierba earned his PhD in experimental particle physics from the
University of Notre Dame. He taught physics and did research at Indiana
University in Bloomington for 35 years, until his retirement in 2008. He
has been involved in major research projects involving particle physics,
including a two-year appointment as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at
Jefferson Lab in Newport News, Virginia. He was the founding project
leader for the GlueX project at Jefferson Lab, which will test theories
about how matter binds together.

The U of R Physics Department is part of this international research
project. Dr. George Lolos is deputy spokesman of the experiment and Dr.
Zisis Papandreou is a member of the Collaboration Board. Last year, it
was announced there will be a combined investment of $1.8 million for
the Regina portion of the project, which will cover equipment and
salaries of researchers and students for a three-year period. About
$600,000 came from the Natural Sciences and Energy Research Council of
Canada (NSERC), the federal funding agency for university-based research
and student training. The other $1.2 million came from the U.S.
Department of Energy.

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