我是朱莉娅 My name is Julia Stevens.
25岁 I'm 25 years old.
我读研三 I'm a 3rd year graduate student
准备读博 going for my PhD at Notre Dame.
从我开车起 The price of fuel since I started driving
燃油价格就从不到一美元一加仑 has gone from less than a dollar a gallon to
涨到3.5美元一加仑 3 dollars and 50 cents a gallon.
每个人 Everybody's feeling it and
航空业都感到这一点 the airline industry is feeling it as well.
去飞机场 You go to the airport and
你能意识到那里的飞机 you realize the number of aircraft that are there
用多少油 and the amount of fuel they use,
这对资源 become conscious of the impact this
燃料使用 has on our consumable resources
造成哪些影响 and fuel usage in this country and in the world.
朱莉娅的科研包括 Julia's research involves making turbines
如何使涡轮效率更高 in jet engines run more efficiently.
涡轮效率提高 Improvement in the efficiency of the turbine has
将大大提升发动机的 a significant improvement of
效率 the overall efficiency of the jet engine.
每年要用掉200亿燃料 20 billion gallons of fuel was used a year.
效率提高1%就能 A one percent increase in efficiency
节省10%燃料 would save 10% of that.
如果一年节省20亿加仑燃料 So if you could save 2 billion gallons of fuel a year,
就能造福地球 that's a huge savings for the planet.
通过实验室 Through the work being done at
研究 the Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research,
诺特丹致力于 The University of Notre Dame is intent on
满足提高涡轮效率 meeting industry needs for improving
的工业需求 the performance of new and existing turbine engines.
15多家大型企业 No fewer than 15 major corporations,
包括波音洛克希德马丁霍尼韦尔 including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Honeywell
通用 and GE have committed funds toward the project.
很难以置信 It's incredible to be a part of
诺特丹的研究生可以有机会参与到这个项目来 the graduate program here at Notre Dame.
它提供了 They provide opportunities for us to
解决问题的机会 work on problems that are facing our future.
很高兴成为这里的 It's a great blessing to be a part of
一分子 an institution that supports these things.
诺特丹问道 The University of Notre Dame asks,
你为何而战 "What would you fight for?"
保护资源 Fighting to protect our resources.
我们是战斗的爱尔兰人 We are 'The Fighting Irish'.