Join us for presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary environment and sustainability research conducted by our 2015 Seed Grant Recipients. Topics include metals and mining, sustainable resource policy, healthy cities, and climate risk and mitigation. Presentations will run from 10-11:45am and 12:45-2:15pm, with a lunchtime poster session. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and you are welcome to attend for all or part of the day.
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Program
10:00am - Welcome and opening remarks
10:30am Presentations - 1st Half
10:30am - Digging Deep: An Integrated Approach for Assessing the Impacts of Deep Sea Mining - Thomas Peacock and Pierre Lermusiaux (Mechanical Engineering), Glenn Flierl (Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences)
10:45am - Developing Solutions for Human and Environmental Health Risks Created by Exponentially Increasing Exposures to Lanthanide Metals - John Essigmann (Biological Engineering and Chemistry), Bevin Engelward (Biological Engineering), Harold Hemond (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
11:00am - Fostering Sustainable Consumption in U.S. Cities - Eran Ben-Joseph (Urban Studies & Planning)
11:15am - Improved Management of Common Pool Resources - Dennis McLaughlin (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Parag Pathak (Economics)
11:30am Discussion and observations on first set of projects
11:45am Buffet lunch with project posters
12:45pm Presentations - 2nd Half
12:45pm - Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Tropical Peatlands: Biogeochemical Processes and Mitigation Strategies - Charles Harvey, Benjamin Kocar and Martin Polz (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Shuhei Ono & Roger Summons (Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences)
1:00pm - Opportunities for Mitigating CH4 and other Non-CO2 energy-technology-related GHG Emissions - Jessica Trancik (Engineering Systems Division), Francis O’Sullivan (MIT Energy Initiative)
1:15pm - Clearer Skies in Beijing: Collecting and Interpreting Relevant Spatio-temporal Data for Air Quality Assessment - Marta Gonzalez (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Jinhua Zhao (Urban Studies & Planning)
1:30pm - Will New Limits on Coal use in China Reduce Toxic Air Pollutants across Asia? - Valerie Karplus (Sloan) and Noelle Selin (Engineering Systems Division and Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences)
1:45pm - Discussion and observations on second set of projects
2:00 pm - Closing Remarks