UFC Lunch: “Going Green and Getting Clean: Fuel Cells and the Future”

University Friends Circle (UFC) meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Branding Iron Restaurant, 640 W. 16th St., Merced.

Engineering Professor Abel Chuang will introduce UFC members and their guests to the latest in fuel cell technology and its practical applications for a greener world. Chuang has experience in private industry with General Motors’ fuel cell research laboratory and in academia at Pennsylvania State University and UC Merced.

Admission is $20 for members and $25 for guests. For information on joining the UFC or to RSVP, email ufc@ucmerced.edu. Reservation deadline is noon Thursday, Oct. 27.

UFC encourages people from UC Merced and surrounding communities to join the organization. Its mission is to inspire and maintain strong relationships between the UC Merced community and the communities of the San Joaquin Valley through activities that promote social and intellectual interaction, programs of service and fundraising initiatives that support UC Merced scholarships.