Hyperon Radiative Decay

The radiative decay widths of the low-lying strange baryons are calculated both within the relativistic quark bag model and the nonrelativistic potential model. These widths are found to depend sensitively upon the quark-model dynamics through multiplet mixing and q4¯q admixtures. The comparison between our calculated results and the very limited experimental data is discussed.Engineering and Applied Science

U.S. Competitiveness Amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast [Keynote Address]

Presented at the 2014 Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum: U.S. Competitiveness Amid a Changing Natural Gas Landscape: A View from the Southeast, April 16, 2014, in the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center.As the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz is tasked with implementing critical Department of Energy missions in support of President Barack Obama’s goals of growing the economy, enhancing security, and protecting the environment. This encompasses advancing the president’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, maintaining the nuclear deterrent and reducing the nuclear danger, promoting American leadership in science and clean energy technology innovation, cleaning up the legacy of the Cold War, and strengthening management and performance. Prior to his appointment, Moniz was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was a faculty member since 1973. At MIT, he headed the Department of Physics and the Bates Linear Accelerator Center. Most recently, he served as the founding director of the MIT Energy Initiative and of the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment and was a leader of multidisciplinary technology and policy studies on the future of nuclear power, coal, nuclear fuel cycles, natural gas, and solar energy in a low-carbon world. From 1997 until January 2001, Moniz served as under secretary of the Department of Energy. He was responsible for overseeing the department’s science and energy programs, leading a comprehensive review of nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, and serving as the secretary’s special negotiator for the disposition of Russian nuclear materials. From 1995 to 1997, he served as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President. In addition to his work at MIT, the White House and the Department of Energy, Moniz has served on a number of boards of directors and commissions involving science, energy, and security. These include President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, the Department of Defense’s Threat Reduction Advisory Committee, and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Moniz is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Humboldt Foundation, and the American Physical Society. Moniz received a bachelor of science degree, summa cum laude, in physics from Boston College; a doctorate in theoretical physics from Stanford University; and honorary degrees from the University of Athens, the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Michigan State University, and Universidad Pontificia Comillas.Runtime: 59:28 minutesErnest Moniz delivers the keynote address of the Sam Nunn Bank of American Policy Forum 2014. The Policy Forum raises public awareness and highlight prospects for American, regional, and Georgia Tech leadership to seize opportunities and meet the challenges presented by the natural gas boom

Stimulating Energy Technology Innovation

The innovation system has interrelated components of invention, translation, adoption, and diffusion. Energy technology innovation has lagged that in other domains, and there is a compelling public interest in picking up the pace through appropriate government action. Government and universities are creating new approaches in the invention and translation stages. The Department of Energy (DOE) has implemented novel programs such as ARPA-E. Research universities have moved closer to the marketplace through more diversified industry collaboration models, such as convening research-sponsoring companies both horizontally in a sector and vertically across the innovation chain. Much more needs to be done to expand public-private partnerships and to define a broadly accepted government role in the adoption and diffusion stages. An administration-wide Quadrennial Energy Review process, informed by technical analysis and social science research, offers the best opportunity in this regard

Law Day 2017: Ernest J. Moniz ’66

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest J. Moniz ’66, H’16 discussed his work on policies related to climate change and nuclear security during his speech at Law Day 2017, emphasizing the importance of frank, open dialogue when addressing these issues. He also lauded his fellow honorees for the important work they have done to serve others at the community level

VIDEO: Science for Security: The Role of the Department of Energy in Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation

VIDEO (1:02:52): 9:00 a.m. Welcome: William Boyd, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Energy Innovation Initiative, University of Colorado Law School Introduction of Speaker: Phil Weiser, Dean, University of Colorado Law School Speaker: Dr. Ernest Moniz, United States Secretary of Energy As United States Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz is tasked with implementing critical Department of Energy missions in support of President Obama\u27s goals of growing the economy, enhancing security and protecting the environment. This encompasses advancing the President\u27s all-of-the-above energy strategy, maintaining the nuclear deterrent and reducing the nuclear danger, promoting American leadership in science and clean energy technology innovation, cleaning up the legacy of the cold war, and strengthening management and performance