Will water be the fuel of the future?

In his book "Mysterious Island", Jules Verne had a prophetic vision when he stated that water would be the carbon of the future. Can we power our cars with water? Just as the submarine or a journey to the moon, is this another one of Verne's true prophesies?

Humanity must solve a major problem in the next decade, how are we going to power cars? What about airplanes? And boats? Fossil fuels run out and pose several environmental problems. On the other hand, electric fuels have many drawbacks…. What will be the solution? During this talk we will try to analyze, from an entertaining and informal yet rigorous and scientific point of view, the advances and future perspectives on the possibility of using water as fuel.

November 15th, 7 p.m.

The speaker: Olga Guerrero Pérez (Madrid, 1974) is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the UMA. Graduated (1997) and Doctor (2004) from the Autonomous University of Madrid, with Extraordinary Doctorate Award.

Her research area focuses on the development of catalytic processes and functional nanomaterials, specially oriented to the development of energy production processes, environmental protection, and biomedical applications, having participated in more than twenty national and international research projects, and being the author of a hundred publications in high impact magazines.

In addition to her passion for science, she is very invested in teaching and scientific dissemination, having studied the Master's Degree at the UNED on Scientific Journalism and Science Communication, directed several Erasmus + and Erasmus Mundus projects, and collaborates frequently in activities such as Beers for Science and the European Researchers' Night. In addition, she usually gives talks to elementary and high school students with the aim of encouraging them to study science-technology careers.

Back to the Future screening

After the conference, the film Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985) will be screened. 

8 pm