Happening @ Michigan

Building a Movement: Climate Action on Campus

The University of Michigan and the City of Ann Arbor must work together in the pursuit of a clean energy future. This is where we start....

Smart city logistics: Trends in sustainable deliveries

Monireh Mahmoudi

Details TBA...

Geomechanics of Sinkholes

Liangbo Hu

Sinkholes pose a major threat to environment, infrastructure, and human safety. They can develop via a cluster of inter-related processes,...

Smith Lecture: Metabolites of the Ocean Carbon Cycle

Mary Ann Moran, University of Georgia

One quarter of all photosynthesis on Earth is cycled through the pool of organic compounds dissolved in seawater. This large and...

Forum on Climate Change & Health -- What the Science Says & What We Can Do

John Balbus (NIEHS); Kim Knowlton (Natural Resources Defense Council & Columbia Univ) with Dean F. DuBois Bowman (UM School of Public Health)

The program includes: a keynote discussion (3:30-5:00 pm) in Forum Hall followed by a reception concluding the event (5:00-6:00 pm). The...

A decentralized game theoretical approach for vehicle platooning under economic concern

Xiaotong Sun

Details TBA Xiaotong Sun is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan.

Evaluating Site Seismic Parameters for Construction

Larry Jedele

Geotechnical engineers are frequently faced with addressing seismicity issues...

Effects of charging infrastructure and non-electric taxi competition on electric taxi adoption incentives in NYC

Jae Young Jung

Details TBA Jae Young Jung is a technical expert in operations research at the Ford Motor Company.

Geotechnical Seminar

Charles Roarty

Details TBA....

No Victory Without Optimism: Advancing Climate Action in 2019 and Beyond

Christiana Figueres

Architect of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement...

NERS Colloquium: Dr. John E. Kelly, American Nuclear Society

Perspectives on the future of nuclear power in the United States

Title: Perspectives on the future of nuclear power in the United States...

Can We Price Carbon?

And Can We Reduce Emissions Through Taxes or Cap and Trade?

According to the latest IPCC report, the world must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions drastically if it is to keep global warming below...

PhD Defense: Crystal Green

Automated Deformable Mapping Methods to Relate Corresponding Lesions in 3D X-ray and 3D Ultrasound Breast Images

Title: Automated Deformable Mapping Methods to Relate Corresponding Lesions in 3D X-ray and 3D Ultrasound Breast Images...

PhD Defense: Bennett Williams

Applications of Principal Component Analysis for Position-Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors

Title: Applications of Principal Component Analysis for Position-Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors...

Ford Mobility Routing Solutions

Crystal Wang

Details TBA. Crystal Wang is a Routing Product Supervisor for the Ford Motor Company.

Geophysical imaging of bedrock weathering profiles: A case study in the Nepal Himalayas

William Medwedeff and Logan Knoper

This seminar will include two shorter presentations; Mr. William Medwedeff will talk on “Geophysical imaging of bedrock weathering...

Climate & Energy Lightning Talks

Co-Hosted By: Greg Keoleian (SEAS) and Anna Stefanopoulou (Energy Institute),...

Increasing GPS localization accuracy with reinforcement learning

Ethan Zhang

Details TBA Ethan Zhang is a PhD student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.

Influence of slickwater additives on fate of residual fracturing fluids and flowback composition in shale gas reservoirs

Brian Ellis

Understanding the fate of residual hydraulic fracturing fluids and the mechanisms...

Sustainable Systems Forum

Influence of Geographic Factors on the Life Cycle Climate Change Impacts of Sustainable Energy Systems

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a valuable tool to measure the cradle-to-grave climate change impacts of sustainable energy systems that are...

NERS Colloquium: Travis Carless, RAND Corporation

Environmental Competitiveness, Passive Safety, Proliferation Considerations for Small Modular Reactors

Speaker: Travis Carless, RAND Corporation...

Michigan China Forum -- Environment Panel

China has experienced significant economic growth in the past few decades but with that has come a reputation for dangerous levels of...

Public Roundtable on Overcoming Challenges to Electric Vehicle Deployment

Hosted by the U-M Energy Institute and Ceres

Ceres and the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan are partnering to host a Public Presentation to discuss policies and...

Optimizing Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream

Lily Elefteriadou

The presentation will discuss on-going work to develop optimization algorithms,...

Agents of Change for Resilient Infrastructure

Thomas O’Rourke

The effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and subsequent programs to improve the City’s infrastructure are described in this...

Resolving the water balance of large lake systems

Drew Gronewold

Over the past decade, Dr. Gronewold has led research focused on understanding major components of the hydrologic cycle, with an emphasis on...

NERS Colloquium: Tom Mehlhorn, US Naval Research Laboratory

The Quest for Fusion: Will Modern Computing and Data Help Cut the Gordian Knot?

Eighth Annual Richard K. Osborn Lecture...

No COP-Out: The Path HoMe from the U.N. Climate Talks

Climate Blue Annual Spring Symposium

Join Climate Blue for its annual Spring Symposium in the Palmer Commons Forum Hall for a discussion of the recent international climate...

Using machine learning and internet of things to address the urban water cycle trilemma

Luis Montestruque

City’s water systems are experiencing the pressure of growing populations, shrinking budgets, climate change, and aging infrastructure....

Life-Cycle, Risk, Resilience and Sustainability of Infrastructure

Dan M. Frangopol, Ph.D.

Our knowledge to model, analyze, design, maintain, monitor, manage, predict and optimize the life-cycle performance of structures and...

CJS Noon Lecture Series | Toward the Denuclearized Future: Ruses of Safety Myth and Citizen’s Activisms since the Fukushima Disasters

Katsuya Hirano, Associate Professor of History, UCLA

Since the 3.11 Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Japanese government and the nuclear energy industries have been attempting to promote a new...

Modeling and simulation research on human interactions with advanced vehicle technologies

Heejin Jeong

Details TBA...

MiTSO Speaker Series: Workshop on VISSIM Traffic Simulation

Dr. Yiheng Feng

Curious about how traffic engineers simulate a traffic system? Analyze traffic conditions? Evaluate traffic control systems?...

EWRE Seminar

Upmanu Lall

A perspective on nonstationary climate and water risk, its predictability, simulation and on the use of financial instruments to manage such...

NERS Colloquium: Gautam Agrawal, Vision Radiology

NERS and My Accidental Entrepreneurship

Abstract: Opportunities exist in many shapes and forms and how we accept them is often molded by the people and environments around us....

Sustainable Living Experience End of Year Celebration

Mark the end of the year together with celebration! There will be food, fun and opportunities to reflect on our time together this past...

PhD Defense: Haining Zhou

Sparse Functional Expansion Based Method for Solving High-dimensional Uncertainty Quantification Problems and Its Application to the Nuclear Transient Test Reactor (TREAT)

Title: Sparse Functional Expansion Based Method for Solving High-dimensional Uncertainty Quantification Problems and Its Application to the...

Observation in Support of Analysis and Design of RC Structures

Santiago Pujol

The talk describes findings from numerical and experimental research as well as field work focused on the performance of RC structures. It...

PhD Defense: Jipu Wang

Application of the Method of Manufactured Solutions to Verify the Method of Characteristics for Reactor Analysis

Title: Application of the Method of Manufactured Solutions to Verify the Method of Characteristics for Reactor Analysis...

Water risks in agriculture supply chains: Material impacts and mitigation strategies from the food and beverage industry

Jacob London

In the face of mounting stresses on global water supplies, food and beverage companies are increasingly exposed to financial risks...

PhD Defense: Selman Mujovic

The Plasma Water Reactor: A Geometric Approach to Scale Discharges for Water Treatment

Title: The Plasma Water Reactor: A Geometric Approach to Scale Discharges for Water Treatment...

PhD Defense: Alexander Englesbe

Charge Dynamics in Femtosecond Laser Filaments

Title: Charge Dynamics in Femtosecond Laser Filaments...

PhD Defense: Xiao Wu

Tritium Control and Mitigation for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

Title: Tritium Control and Mitigation for Advanced Nuclear Reactors Chair: Prof. Xiaodong Sun

PhD Defense: Tony Shin

Fast-Neutron Multiplicity Counting Techniques for Nuclear Safeguards Applications

Title: Fast-Neutron Multiplicity Counting Techniques for Nuclear Safeguards Applications...

Ann Arbor Charging Forward Workshop

Learn about installing electric vehicle charging stations at your business

Ann Arbor businesses— including property owners and managers, retailers and office buildings, government and universities— are invited...

PhD Defense: Steven Exelby

Design, Development, and Experiments on the Recirculating Planar Crossed-Field Amplifier

Title: Design, Development, and Experiments on the Recirculating Planar Crossed-Field Amplifier...

UROP Summer Research Symposium

The Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program’s culminating event for all students participating in UROP Programs. The event celebrates...

PhD Defense: Jiawei Xia

Title: Interaction Reconstruction in Digital 3-D CdZnTe Under Various Circumstances...