Students taking part in the You be the Polar Scientist Spring Seminar Series gathered in the Information Technology Center Video Conference Room on March 21, 2007. Student took part in an interactive seminar with Dr. Seppo A. Korpela of The Ohio State University who's seminar was entitled "Peak Oil."

Dr. Korpela is a professor of mechanical engineering whose interests focus on worldwide oil depletion and natural gas depletion in North America. He serves on the editorial boards of two journals and on the advisory board of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, USA.