Engineering Solutions for Societal Problems: The Value of Innovation
Where: Pyramid Alehouse and Brewery, 1201 1st Ave S | map
When: January 19, 2013
4:00 - Brewery Tour (RSVP required, Brewery tour full!)
5:00 - Food and Drink
6:00 - Presentations
8:00 - Networking
Questions: yeppsound@gmail.com
Tickets (includes entry plus unlimited food and drinks!)
Speakers from each participating society shared their discipline's innovation in an exciting format: 10 slides in 5 minutes, with no more than 5 words per slide!
Speakers:
AIChE: Dr. John Whitaker (Modumetal), "Modumetal: Less Material, Less Energy, More Performance"
ASHRAE: Carmen Cejudo, "Fighting Climate Change Through Design of High Performance Buildings"
EWB + IEEE: Dr. Vincent Van Acker, Lead DMS Automation Delivery Engineer at Alstom Grid, "Harvesting the Wind to Alleviate Energy Poverty in Rural Communities"
SEBA: Ricky Holm, "Green Innovative Safety Technologies: Turning Tires into Technology"
PNCWA: Candice Au-Yeung, "Not Just Flushed Down the Toilet: Phosphorus Recapture from Municipal Wastewater"
Cascadia GBC: Stacy Smedley, "SEED: Sustainable Education Every Day"
SPE: James Hanks, "Bioplastics in use: How the consumer products industry"
ASM: Shelly Arreguin, "Nuclear Energy: A Materials Challenge"
AIAA: Kimberly Hicks, “Mars Science Laboratory, Inspiring the Future!”
ASCE: Douglas Knapp, "Earth, Wind, and Fish"
...and more!
Participating Societies:
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