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2009 Annual Conference Speaker Basil Barna |
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Basil Barna
Wilderness Systems and Technologies
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Concurrent Session III
REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
Session B - Connecting
the DOTs: A Transportation Cooperative for Greater Yellowstone
Wednesday,
May 20 – 9:00-10:30 a.m. |
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Basil
Barna is a
physicist whose 31 years of work in energy and transportation research
has spanned such diverse topics as the Space Shuttle, nuclear reactors,
light rail transit, hydrogen powered vehicles, and energy efficient
urban development in China. In 2001 he founded Wilderness
Systems
and Technologies to focus on the interface between technology and the
natural environment.
Basil has long supported the Yellowstone Business Partnership as a
volunteer and advisor. In 2008 he coordinated the project
team
for the Regional Transportation System Concept of Operations Project.
During his 25 year career with the Department of Energy’s
National Laboratory system, he has served as the Vice Chairman of the
Next Generation Vehicle Coordinating Committee, Chairman of the Joint
Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force (JANNAF) Space Systems NDE Panel, the Idaho
Governor's Task Force on Intermodal Transportation, and leader of the
Idaho National Laboratory's Transportation Industry Group.
Currently he is Board President of the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy
Coalition and the Teton Area Advisory Forum. He also serves
as a
consultant on sustainable practices in the construction and
transportation industries. The major emphasis of his work is the
development of energy efficient, sustainable systems that fit the
social realities of today's complex world. |
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