School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Invited Speakers, Seminars, and Events
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Recent Submissions
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Programming Shape
(2018-04-16)Thin sheets are easier to bend than stretch. This simple observation leads to the constrained freedom underlying the shape shifting abilities of sheets that can accommodate globally periodic wrinkles, localized defect-like ... -
Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment: A Vision to Enable Decentralized Water Treatment and Address Growing Challenges of the Water Energy Nexus
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-03-28)Through control over material size, morphology and chemical structure, nanotechnology offers novel materials that are nearly “all surface” and that can be more reactive per atom than bulk materials. Such engineered ... -
Characterization of cementitious materials using X-ray synchrotron radiation: What we know, what we don’t know, and what we want to know
(2017-06-27)For the last two decades, our research group has conducted research in various international synchrotron facilities, including ALS (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), APS (Argonne National Lab), BESSY (Germany), ELLETRA ... -
The Future of Online Graduate Education in 21st Century Research Universities
(2015-05-26)The nature and demand for graduate and undergraduate education is rapidly evolving. Some fields, such as Civil and Environmental Engineering, are closing in on requiring a Master’s degree or equivalent graduate coursework ... -
Personal Exposure Assessment for Transportation Modes in La Paz
(2015-04-21)Vehicle emission regulations are sparse are under enforced in low to middle income countries (LMICs), leading to exceedingly high point source pollutant concentrations in population dense urban areas. Although personal ... -
Environmental Technologies in the Developing World [Introduction]
(2015-04-21)Dr. Joe Brown introduces the student researchers who presented on water and air issues in Bolivia. The group of 10 undergraduates, two graduate student teaching assistants, and Brown worked with Universidad Mayor de San ... -
Pleasure Drives and Promenades: The Olmsted Parkway Idea as Inspiration for Today's Complete Streets
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
Building Places People Love: Integrating Water Management Systems into our Cities, Towns, and Suburbs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.: The Long View of the North American Landscape
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
Sustainable Infrastructure: The Role of Politics and Governance
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
Making Places for Thriving People
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
Urban River Parkways as Routes to Health. An Olmsted Legacy Reviving from 20th Century Coma
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
The Nature of Olmsted's Genius
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
The Frederick Law Olmsted Symposium (2014) - Welcome
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-06-02)This symposium is a celebration of the creation of the Frederick Law Olmsted Chair in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. It serves as a special opportunity to gather ... -
Waste-based Biorefineries
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-10-30)"Waste-based Biofineries" is the title of the talk that was given by Dr. Mark van Loosdrecht, a professor of environmental biotechnology at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. The talk explored the potential ...
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