Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. U-M/NAS Town Hall (May 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62945 62945-15520072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: ArtsEngine

The purpose of this town hall will be to discuss the findings and recommendations from the consensus report, The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree, released Spring 2018 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The even will also facilitate discussions about strategies for the creation, evaluation, and sustainability of courses and programs that integrate across disciplines. The report represents a culmination of a two-year study conducted by a committee of National Academies members including scientists, engineers, health professionals, humanists, artists, and industry leaders. The report argues that integrating the humanities and arts with science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine results in positive learning outcomes that will help students successfully enter the workforce, enrich their lives, and help them become active and informed citizens. Importantly, a range of positive educational outcomes resulted from these methods, including improved written and oral communication skills, teamwork skills, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and the ability to apply knowledge in real-world settings.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:36:17 -0400 2019-05-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-05-28T15:30:00-04:00 Michigan League ArtsEngine Lecture / Discussion
Michigan Lighthouse Landmark Legacy (May 29, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58994 58994-14636444@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Join us on this audio-visual excursion with William Lucas, Detroit Symphony Orchestra Trumpeter and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Michigan, to some of Michigan’s most popular lighthouses set to musical fanfares.

Prof. Lucas’ presentation will literally set the tone for OLLI’s forthcoming day trip on August 6, 2019, to Port Huron, MI, home to the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Michigan, although you don't need to be going on the trip to enjoy this delightful event..

This event does not require OLLI membership and is open to the public.

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Class / Instruction Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:49:30 -0400 2019-05-29T19:00:00-04:00 2019-05-29T20:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction Out of Town
Book club- Becoming by Michelle Obama Part I: Becoming me (Chap 1-8) (June 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63964 63964-16041377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location:
Organized By: MUSES

This summer MUSES is having a book club featuring "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. Becoming was the #1 best-selling book in 2018 totaling 3.4 million copies. Come join us as we discuss the journey of the first African American first lady of the United States.

The book club will be divided into 3 parts:

Becoming me (Chap 1-8): June 25th, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D
Becoming us (Chap 9-18): July 30th, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D
Become more (Chap 19-24): Aug 27th, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D

Food will be provided, Please RSVP here for June 25th, so we can have enough food
If you need a book or have any other question, please contact us at umichmuses@gmail.com

Best,
MUSES Committee

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Meeting Tue, 11 Jun 2019 09:09:36 -0400 2019-06-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-06-25T19:30:00-04:00 MUSES Meeting
Book Club - Becoming by Michelle Obama Part 2: Becoming us (Chap 9-18) (July 30, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64488 64488-16372918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MUSES

We will continue our book club featuring "Becoming" by Michelle Obama. Becoming was the #1 best-selling book in 2018 totaling 3.4 million copies. Come join us as we discuss the journey of the first African American first lady of the United States.

We already explored Becoming me (Chap 1-8) on June 25th.

Following, we will explore:
Becoming us (Chap 9-18): July 30th, at 6pm, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D
Become more (Chap 19-24): Aug 27th, at 6pm, Duderstadt 1120D Conf Rm D

If you would like to join us on July 30th, at 6 pm. Please, RSVP below so we can have enough food.
https://forms.gle/4HhPTKSnUPqUFdaL8

If you need a book or have any other questions, please contact us at umichmuses@gmail.com

Best,
MUSES Committee

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Meeting Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:42:40 -0400 2019-07-30T18:00:00-04:00 2019-07-30T19:30:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center MUSES Meeting Duderstadt Center
U-M Ideas Lab: Informational Webinar on Predicting Human Performance (July 31, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64096 64096-16147464@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Attend this webinar to learn more about the 2019 Biosciences Initiative U-M Ideas Lab: Predicting Human Performance.

Experts will:
- present background surrounding the Ideas Lab
- explore the topic in depth
- answer questions live from the audience

Questions may be sent ahead of time to biosciences@umich.edu.
Registration for the webinar: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/e93ed8dbfacf569acde7dc3c8da9331e
On-line attendance- please register yourself and utilize your individual link for the meeting.
In-person attendance- you may register on-line or when you arrive.

About U-M Ideas Lab:
The Biosciences Initiative U-M Ideas Lab is your chance to pursue high-risk, high-reward, creative ideas and solutions to broad biosciences challenges alongside colleagues with diverse areas of expertise. Use this interactive think tank funding opportunity to pursue innovative research while still focusing on your current program and other duties.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:01:40 -0400 2019-07-31T11:00:00-04:00 2019-07-31T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Biosciences Initiative Workshop / Seminar Ideas Lab Banner
Bicycling Safety in the Future of Mobility (September 5, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66378 66378-16734107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bicycling is an important component of future mobility for its economic, environmental, and health benefits. However, the safety issues of riding a bicycle on roadways with mixed traffic have been a major concern.

This talk covers a number of recent research projects that utilize naturalistic driving data and naturalistic cycling data to (1) examine and understand the interactions between motorists and bicyclists, and (2) support the development of automated vehicles so that they can safely interact with bicyclists on the road. The outcomes of the work could be used to support the designs of better road infrastructures, testing and benchmarking automated driving technologies, and support laws and regulations that aim to improve the safety of all road users.

Fred Feng is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at UM-Dearborn. His research interests include behavioral data analytics, human factors, cognitive ergonomics, and human-machine interaction.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 08:52:43 -0400 2019-09-05T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-05T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
PwC Recruitment Information Session (September 5, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66220 66220-16719603@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Tau Beta Pi

Recruiting students of all engineering majors pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree for full-time and internship positions. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. PwC will not be collecting resumes at this event.
From developing leaders at every level, to digital training to help you embrace the innovative technology of tomorrow, PwC provides you with support to help you develop your career and build relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and across multiple industries. We help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of the US marketplace in the areas of assurance, tax, and consulting. At PwC US, you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:02:00 -0400 2019-09-05T17:30:00-04:00 2019-09-05T18:30:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Tau Beta Pi Careers / Jobs PwC Logo
ASCE Seminar Series: Sachse Construction (September 6, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66226 66226-16719605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 6, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sachse Construction, headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, offers premium commercial construction services nationwide that deliver projects on time and within budget.

It’s a commitment that’s won the trust of clients from national retail chains to private and institutional owners since 1991. Sachse has built millions of square feet of retail, restaurant, airport, education, office, healthcare, industrial, multi-family and hospitality space throughout the United States and Canada. Clients choose Sachse to guide projects to completion nationwide, with hard work, high standards, reliability, value and the integrity to do the right thing.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:03:58 -0400 2019-09-06T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Words of Wisdom and Breakfast with Crystal Ashby (September 7, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65361 65361-16573561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 7, 2019 9:00am
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: MUSES

Crystal Ashby is a dynamic and innovative executive with a record of successes leading government and external affairs, legal and ethics and compliance organizations. She has held many executive roles during her career, including VP of BP Oil Company. For years she has helped Michigan female students with her wisdom and advice for a successful career and personal life. This is an opportunity you cannot miss.

If you would like, you can find more about Crystal at https://lab.engin.umich.edu/members/crystal-e-ashby/

Breakfast will be served!
Please, RSVP at the link below so we can provide enough food.
https://forms.gle/brHkoUmScrUt7H9h8

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Meeting Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:04:40 -0400 2019-09-07T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-07T11:00:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building MUSES Meeting
Smart Stormwater Systems Workshop (September 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66367 66367-16734097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 08:26:54 -0400 2019-09-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T16:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Storm water
Environmental Research Seminar "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings" (September 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65290 65290-16565509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The federal government, states, and utilities administer programs to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes and affordable multifamily buildings. Investments in measures to save energy, as simple as air sealing and insulation, can also yield a broad range of non-energy benefits. This presentation will present research results that show that weatherization can improve health, home conditions, and social determinants of health. The results are drawn from three separate studies that were conducted nationally, regionally (Midwest and Northeast), and in Knoxville, Tennessee. Three3, Inc. conducts research and educational programming to promote the integration of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The organization particularly focuses on fostering sustainable futures that: provide equitable benefits to low-income and disadvantaged populations (intra-generational equity); meets ethical obligations to future generations (inter-generational equity); and makes best use of the convergence of human knowledge and technology to meet sustainability goals.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:56:22 -0400 2019-09-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-10T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Workshop / Seminar 09/10/2019 Bruce Tonn "Health & Household-Related Benefits of Weatherizing Low-Income Homes & Affordable Multifamily Buildings"
Construction Seminar (September 11, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66383 66383-16734184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Branden is a Project Controls Manager at Barton Malow Company. He has an extensive background working with owners, facility operators, construction managers, and design staff in various stages of the project lifecycle, from project planning, design, construction, and closeout.

He graduated with a dual degree Master of Architecture and Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan, and with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from Ball State University.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:42:38 -0400 2019-09-11T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-11T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Asymmetric interaction on dynamics in network connectivity among agents (September 12, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66681 66681-16770196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

There is an increasing body of literature on understanding the process of evacuation, and it focuses both on people's behavior and emergency management. We need to consider aspects of interaction among people under nonotice disaster for planning with evacuation demand. This seminar examines the effect of social interaction on discrete choice during the network formation process. The primary objective is to evaluate influence on risk regarding from others in greater detail while considering how influencers and network structures affect one-to-one interactions. This talk examines an analytical framework for simultaneous evaluation of social interaction and social network formation. The framework is well suited to dynamic disaster situations because local interaction heavily influences human decision-making, and because network formation changes over time.

Junji Urata is an assistant professor in Department of Civil Engineering at University of Tokyo. His research interests include behavioral modeling, analytics of traffic demand, social interaction, dynamic programming, and high performance computing.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:30:50 -0400 2019-09-12T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-12T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
Spotlight! Team Project Showcase and Scholarship Competition 2019 (September 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64379 64379-16338339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Spotlight! Team Project Showcase and Scholarship Competition is a competitive presentation of operations and manufacturing solutions developed by Tauber Institute student teams from their 14-week team projects. At Spotlight!, students showcase their project results and compete for academic scholarships.

Spotlight! is an excellent opportunity to establish relationships with students and corporate partners, expand your university presence, and see many new ideas in operations and manufacturing.

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Presentation Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:27:21 -0400 2019-09-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Spotlight! 2019
ASCE Seminar Series: Aristeo (September 13, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66227 66227-16719607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Aristeo Construction Company has evolved into a full service general contractor offering a comprehensive suite of services across the U.S. At Aristeo, they are proud of their employees. Their reputation is directly attributed to the hard work, attention to detail, and positive attitude of their employees – from construction project managers and field engineers to interns and office staff.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:12:00 -0400 2019-09-13T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
FocusCEE Info Session (September 17, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65414 65414-16595554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is a growing engineering field that looks at society, cities, the environment, and technology.

This year, we're also launching FocusCEE, a new program that allows you to focus your engineering education in CEE by tailoring your curriculum to a particular theme. Each focus area combines a major in CEE with additional courses that often meet the requirements for a specific LSA minor.

Stop by our info session to learn more! The whole thing will be super casual, fun and we’ll have food and drinks.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:31:44 -0400 2019-09-17T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T20:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Reception / Open House FocusCEE areas: Community Policy and Planning, Smart Cities, Sustainability
Construction Seminar (September 18, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66402 66402-16734194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Ci-Jyun (Polar) is currently a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan. He is working with Prof. Vineet R. Kamat in the Laboratory for Interactive Visualization in Engineering (LIVE Robotics group). His research interests include autonomous construction robot, scene understanding, computer vision, and machine learning. Polar also holds a M.S. in Robotics from University of Michigan, and M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:50:59 -0400 2019-09-18T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-18T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Connectivity and Automation: Opportunities and Challenges for Transportation Engineering (September 19, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67279 67279-16831251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 19, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

In the last decade, the rapid development of communication technology, coupled with artificial intelligence with big data, had significantly impacted and will continue to transform people’s daily travel. This creates significant opportunities for innovation in the field of transportation engineering. Such opportunities are manifested by the availability of massive mobility service data that is not seen before and the rapid development of autonomous vehicle technologies. In this talk, Dr. Liu will discuss the future trends for transportation engineering, drawing his experience as a seasoned transportation researcher and in the last two years as a business executive in a mobility service company. He will also discuss his research work on connected vehicle based traffic signal control and the process of transferring the research results into a commercial product, which is currently being offered as software as a service on the market. It is his hope that this talk can shed some light on opportunities and challenges for future transportation research and education.

Dr. Henry Liu is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also a Research Professor at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and the Director for the Center for
Connected and Automated Transportation (USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:27:09 -0400 2019-09-19T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-19T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series: Turner Construction (September 20, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66228 66228-16719608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Turner is a North America-based, international construction services company and is a leading builder in diverse market segments. The company has earned recognition for undertaking large, complex projects, fostering innovation, embracing emerging technologies, and making a difference for their clients, employees and community.

With a staff of 10,000 employees, the company completes $12 billion of construction on 1,500 projects each year. Turner offers clients the accessibility and support of a local firm with the stability and resources of a multi-national organization.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:16:10 -0400 2019-09-20T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Construction Seminar (September 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66404 66404-16734196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Maurice Traylor is the Career Services Manager at the Engineering Career Resource Center. Catherine Lund is the Senior Career Services Manager with focus on Corporate Partner Companies at the Engineering Career Resource Center.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:54:42 -0400 2019-09-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
EER Seminar Series (Engineering Education Research) (September 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65182 65182-16547451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

TITLE: Advancing Evidence-based Biomedical Engineering Education in Real Time

Undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) programs typically consist of courses from several different academic departments combined with BME-specific courses taught by faculty trained in a variety of disciplines. While some students embrace this diversity in courses and disciplinary perspectives, many struggle with how to translate these experiences into career opportunities. BME students are often concerned that they are perceived as a “jack of all trades, masters of none.” In 2016, the BME Department sought to find new ways to integrate BME professional practice into the curriculum.

Informed by organizational change theory, we asked: 1) Is there potential for change; 2) what strategies facilitate change; and 3) how can these strategies be implemented? As a result, we developed an Instructional Design Sequence, a new approach to instruction in which students, post docs, and faculty create short modules that use evidence-based teaching practices to expose BME students to BME professional practice.

This presentation describes how the Instructional Design Sequence was conceived and demonstrates how theory can be used to inform practice. The resultant Sequence is a transferrable model for transforming engineering education, offering a mechanism for integrating new career-relevant curriculum into undergraduate curriculum, while training future educators in evidence-based instructional practices.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:53:48 -0400 2019-09-25T15:30:00-04:00 2019-09-25T16:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion EER Logo
Deep Learning for Construction Management (September 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67469 67469-16857945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Deep Learning for Construction Management: Earthmoving Productivity Analysis, Bridge Damage Prediction, and Construction Specifications Review

This presentation introduces three representative deep learning research studies that have been conducted by the Construction Innovation Laboratory at Seoul National University for the past five years: site video analysis for automated earthmoving productivity estimation, bridge damage prediction for preventive bridge maintenance, and text mining for automated construction specifications review.

Dr. Seokho Chi is an associate professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. After obtaining B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Korea University, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). Before joining Seoul National University in 2013, Dr. Chi worked at Center for Transportation Research in UT Austin, and Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 16:30:44 -0400 2019-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Bridge
Toward Reliable Design of Facility Location: Addressing the Threat of Probabilistic Disruptions (September 26, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67554 67554-16892239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Yanfeng Ouyang, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be giving a talk titled "Toward Reliable Design of Facility Location: Addressing the Threat of Probabilistic Disruptions".

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:31:16 -0400 2019-09-26T14:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
CLASP Seminar Series: Dr. Annmarie Eldering (September 26, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66308 66308-16727887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

CLASP is very pleased to welcome Dr. Annmarie Eldering of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Dr. Eldering will give a presentation titled:
"Watching the Earth Breathe from the International Space Station"

Abstract: In May 2019, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) was installed on the International Space Station (ISS). A follow-on to the still-active OCO-2 mission, OCO-3 will bring not only a new vantage point but new techniques and new technologies to NASA's carbon dioxide observations. OCO-3 is a 3-band grating spectrometer that measures sunlight reflected from Earth’s surface, and it can make extremely precise measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide, sensing changes of less than 1ppm (relative to today’s concentrations that are about 400ppm). The space station circles Earth from 52 degrees north to 52 degrees south latitudes — about the latitudes of London and Patagonia. The vast majority of Earth's cities and agricultural lands, responsible for most of our planet's carbon absorption and emissions, fall within this zone. Where OCO-2's polar orbit takes it over each location at exactly the same time of day, the space station's orbit will put OCO-3 over each location at a slightly different time on every orbit. OCO-3 will demonstrate a new technique to measure urban carbon emissions, volcanic eruptions and other local carbon sources from space. This scanning technique, enabled by the instrument's ability to swivel and point rapidly, produces a tightly woven blanket of measurements over an area of about 50 by 50 miles (80 by 80 kilometers) — about the size of the Los Angeles Basin.
Annmarie Eldering, the Project Scientist for OCO-3 will share some of the latest news and data from OCO-3, as well as the goals for the three year measurement campaign from the ISS.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:17:49 -0400 2019-09-26T15:30:00-04:00 2019-09-26T17:00:00-04:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion generic seminar image
ASCE Seminar Series: HDR (September 27, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66232 66232-16719610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

HBR specializes in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. They are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, they provide much more than that. HBR creates an unshakable foundation for progress because their multidisciplinary teams which also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:25:23 -0400 2019-09-27T12:30:00-04:00 2019-09-27T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
ASCE Seminar Series: Navy (September 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67009 67009-16796436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:15:37 -0400 2019-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-27T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
CEE 5K Walk/Run (September 28, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67549 67549-16892237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 28, 2019 9:00am
Location: Nichols Arboretum
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Join us for the Fall 2019 CEE 5K Walk/Run on September 28th at the Nichol’s Arboretum!

Who: Walkers, Runners, Family & Friends, and friendly pets welcome!
When: 9:00 a.m. on September 28th
Where: 1 Nichols Drive, Ann Arbor (Northwest Entrance near M29 Parking Lot)

Snacks and Refreshments will be served. Register online or day of. See you there!

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Exercise / Fitness Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:24:06 -0400 2019-09-28T09:00:00-04:00 2019-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 Nichols Arboretum Civil and Environmental Engineering Exercise / Fitness Running
The Clean Energy Revolution is (Finally) Here, Dan Kammen (October 1, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65484 65484-16898627@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: School for Environment and Sustainability

Dr. Daniel M. Kammen is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, with parallel appointments in the Energy and Resources Group where he serves as Chair, the Goldman School of Public Policy where he directs the Center for Environmental Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL; http://rael.berkeley.edu), and was director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center from 2007 – 2015.

He was appointed by then Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in April 2010 as the first energy fellow of the Environment and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA) initiative. He began service as the Science Envoy for U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry in 2016, but resigned over President Trump’s policies in August, 2017. He has served the State of California and US federal government in expert and advisory capacities, including time at the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Energy, the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:30:24 -0400 2019-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-01T20:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) School for Environment and Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Dan Kammen
Health, Nature & Our Built Environment: Change through Radical Collaborations (October 2, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67640 67640-16909312@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The Integrated Health Sciences Core of the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD) presents an Environmental Research Seminar featuring John Spengler, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, and Director of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Dr. Spengler has conducted research on personal monitoring, air pollution health effects, indoor air pollution, and a variety of environmental sustainability issues. Several of his investigations have focused on housing design and its effects on ventilation rates, building materials’ selection, energy consumption, and total environmental quality in homes.

Spengler chaired the committee on Harvard Sustainability Principles; and served on Harvard’s Greenhouse Gases Taskforce to develop the University’s carbon reduction goals and strategies, as well as Harvard’s Greenhouse Gases Executive Committee. He serves on the National Academies’ Health and Medicine Division “Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine”. Previously he chaired the National Academies’ NRC “Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning” committee and the IOM “Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health” committee; and he has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization on indoor air pollution, personal exposure and air pollution epidemiology. He now serves on the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Chemistry of Indoor Environments advisory committee.

In 2003, Spengler received a Heinz Award for the Environment; in 2007, the Air & Waste Management Association Lyman Ripperton Environmental Educator Award; in 2008, the Max von Pettenkofer Award for distinguished contributions in indoor air science from the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & Climate’s Academy of Fellows; and in 2015, the ASHRAE Environmental Health Award.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:47:35 -0400 2019-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Jack Spengler
OVERCOMING THE SCHEDULING CONUNDRUM (October 2, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66406 66406-16734197@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Gui started his career in 1969 and has served as contractor chief scheduler, program manager, construction manager, forensic scheduler, and expert witness. He has pioneered innovations in project management throughout his 50-year career. He holds four US patents and has numerous patents pending on his graphical path method. Dr. Gui pursued MS studies at Vanderbilt University in 1966-1967 and obtained his PhD in civil engineering from Michigan in 1972. From 1973-1989, Dr. Gui taught two graduate courses in network-based project scheduling in the College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, at Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:29:25 -0400 2019-10-02T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-02T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Drone-based Timely Humanitarian Delivery of Perishable Items (October 4, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67812 67812-16952009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 10:30am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This talk argues that drones can efficiently address problems of emergency delivery of medicine and other items to patients that are not easily accessible via disaster-impacted roads, where items may be perishable over time, may have deadlines for delivery, and may have possible substitutions from the available inventories.

Pitu Mirchandani is a professor Professor for the IE & CSE departments at Arizona State University and is also AVNET Chair for Supply Chain Networks.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:54:24 -0400 2019-10-04T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T12:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series: Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. (October 4, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66233 66233-16719611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stacy and Witbeck has gained a reputation of being an ethical and trustworthy partner on building complicated projects. They are one of the country’s largest heavy civil contractors and a top builder of light rail, commuter rail, and streetcar systems. Stacy and Witbeck are recognized throughout the construction industry for their ability to manage complex urban projects while creating a cooperative relationship with owners, stakeholders, subcontractors, and the communities in which they work.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:28:55 -0400 2019-10-04T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
2019 CEE Alumni Reception Seminar (October 4, 2019 1:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67671 67671-16915700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 1:45pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

As co-founder of Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC, a multi-family housing developer based in Northern California, Mr. Dorfman manages the company’s development and financing. Prior to founding TDP, he was a senior vice president with Irvine Apartment Communities, and directed site acquisition and development activities for the apartment REIT’s California Division. Aside from his established career in real estate development, Mr. Dorfman serves on the boards of a number of local non-profits. He is also the 2007 recipient of the College of Engineering’s Alumni Merit Award in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 08:05:01 -0400 2019-10-04T13:45:00-04:00 2019-10-04T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEE
Brown Bag: "Environmental History and Military Metabolism in the War of Independence" (October 7, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65581 65581-16619782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 12:00pm
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this Brown Bag lunch talk, Dr. David Hsiung will discuss his current research at the Clements Library as recipient of the Faith and Stephen Brown Fellowship. A U-M grad (PhD in History 1991), he is now the Charles and Shirley Knox Professor of History at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. Dr. Hsiung is working on a book tentatively titled “One If By Land: An Environmental History of the Birth of American Independence and Its Consequences.”

Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:37:24 -0400 2019-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Workshop / Seminar Seat of war in the environs of Philadelphia (1777)
Mechanics of earthquakes: extreme location, frictional instability, and fluid effects (October 7, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67679 67679-16915708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Gorguze Family Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Many seismological studies interpret earthquake sources as shear cracks and use concepts of fracture mechanics to shed light on earthquake source processes. This approach is partially justified by extreme localization of shear deformation on mature faults in the earth’s crust, with kilometers of relative plate motion sometimes accommodated by millimeter-wide shear layers filled with micrometer-sized rock particles. The presentation will discuss recent progress in using laboratory-derived shear resistance laws in the presence of pore fluids for numerical elastodynamic simulations of earthquake source processes and the associated insights, including similarities and differences with the traditional fracture mechanics interpretations

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:20:10 -0400 2019-10-07T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:00:00-04:00 Gorguze Family Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar earthquakes
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute at the University of Michigan Mass Meeting (October 7, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67673 67673-16915703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 7, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Please join the EERI for their first mass meeting of the semester on October 7th from 4:30pm - 5:30pm in 1024 FXB. They will be discussing seismic design competitions, outreach activities, leadership opportunities, and more! Food and refreshments will be provided!

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:22:01 -0400 2019-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-07T17:30:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEE
Civil and Environmental Engineering Career Fair (October 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66999 66999-16794254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

ASCE, MITSO, and the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department are hosting the Fall 2019 Civil and Environmental Engineering Career Fair.

Tuesday October 8th, 2019
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Duderstadt Basement

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:38:17 -0400 2019-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Civil and Environmental Engineering Careers / Jobs Three businesswomen
Civil and Environmental Engineering Career Fair (October 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67481 67481-16864380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Career Resource Center

Civil and Environmental Engineering Career Fair

Hosted by: American Society of Civil Engineers U-M Chapter (ASCE) & Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO)
Date: October 8, 2019
Time: 10 am - 2 pm
Location: Duderstadt Center Basement (North Campus)

This career fair is intended for students within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and is open to all interested University of Michigan students. Contact cee-cf-directors@umich.edu for more information.

The list of companies attending the Civil and Environmental Engineering Career Fair is available within Engineering Careers, by Symplicity (within your account select ‘Events’, and then ‘Career Fairs’), and also through the "Career Fair Plus" app!

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:15:29 -0400 2019-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T14:00:00-04:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Career Resource Center Careers / Jobs Duderstadt Center
“Every Sector is Public Health Sector": Building Capacity to Address Environmental Health Inequities (October 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68017 68017-16983971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Dr. Sampson will discuss three examples of capacity-building to build and translate evidence, including:
1) a youth environmental health academy in Dearborn, MI;
2) a health impact assessment for the Gordie Howe International Bridge at the Detroit-Windsor border;
3) her work with APHA to convene environmental health and justice leaders—all to advance evidence-based policies that address environmental health inequities.

Natalie Sampson is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at UM-Dearborn, where she teaches courses in environmental health, health promotion, and community organizing. Grounded primarily in Southeast Michigan, she studies transportation and land use planning, green stormwater infrastructure, vacant land reuse, and climate change planning efforts, particularly their implications for health. She applies participatory research approaches with diverse partners using a broad methodological toolkit, including photovoice, concept mapping, and health impact assessment. In 2017, Sampson received the American Public Health Association (APHA)’s Rebecca Head Award, which recognizes “an outstanding emerging leader from the environmental field working at the nexus of science, policy, and environmental justice.”

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:08:30 -0400 2019-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T12:50:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Oct 8 Natalie Sampson Seminar
Construction Seminar (October 9, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66408 66408-16734208@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Contractor claims on construction projects not only have a potential negative financial impact, they can also significantly impact the project team dynamics by shifting focus from completion of a project to defending for/against a claim. This presentation considers the impact that contracting methods, contract language, change management, and team dynamics can have on preventing claims. It also considers the events which most commonly result in claims, signs a claim may be coming, and what to do when a claim is received.

About the Speaker: Jerry Schulte serves as an Associate Director of Construction for the University of Michigan’s – Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) department. His primary role is managing the day-to-day operations of AEC’s construction group. This group is responsible for all construction on the Ann Arbor campus and for capital projects on the Dearborn and Flint campuses. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s Civil Engineering program and is a licensed professional engineer in three states.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Oct 2019 07:55:35 -0400 2019-10-09T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-09T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
The American University of Beirut: Lifting the Quality of Health Across the Middle East and North Africa Region (October 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65891 65891-16668204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies

Thursday, October 10, 2019
10:00 am - 10:45 am

Kahn Auditorium - Biomedical Science Research Building

Seminar is followed by an Open Panel Discussion
10:45 am - 11:30 am

Panelists from American University of Beirut include:
Dr. Mohamed Sayegh - Executive Vice President & Dean of Medicine
Dr. Alan Shihadeh - Dean of Engineering & Architecture
Dr. Iman Nuwayhid - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
Drs. Sami Azar & Assad Eid - Directors of the Diabetes Program

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:48:19 -0400 2019-10-10T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T11:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies Lecture / Discussion A Special Lecture by Dr. Fadlo R. Khuri, President of the American University of Beruit
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64876 64876-16483057@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Learn about 140 programs in over 50 countries, ask about U-M faculty-led programs, and figure out which program can help satisfy your major/minor requirements. CGIS has programs ranging from 3 weeks to an academic year! Meet with CGIS advisors, staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office, CGIS
Alumni, and other on-campus offices who can help you select a program that works best for you.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:41:18 -0400 2019-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival PHOTO
Itinerary Planning for Cooperative Truck Platooning (October 10, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68127 68127-17011967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A cooperative truck platoon is a set of virtually linked trucks driving with a small intra-vehicle gap enabled by connected and automated vehicle technologies. One of the primary benefits of truck platooning is energy saving. The focus of this talk is on scheduling travel itineraries of a given set of trucks to maximize platooning opportunities to save energy.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:48:48 -0400 2019-10-10T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
The Role of Structural Dynamics in Smart Cities: What ambient vibrations tell us about structures, people and the environment (October 10, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67815 67815-16952013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

As the concepts of Smart Cities, Internet-of-things, and Digital Twins continue to evolve, stakeholders are beginning to ask increasingly complex questions about infrastructure: How will the built environment and its inhabitants respond to emergencies and natural disasters?

Day-to-day (ambient) structural vibrations are an under-exploited source of information for answering these questions. Using a variety of experimental data, this talk will explore ambient vibrations at both the infrastructure scale and the human scale.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:49:10 -0400 2019-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Smart cities
2019 EER Prospective Student Open House (October 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65464 65464-16603590@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

We invite students from all institutions to attend the University of Michigan Engineering Education Research (EER) graduate student open house!

Attendees will be eligible for an application fee waiver.

(Note: Applicants to the EER program must have Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in a traditional engineering discipline.)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:11:11 -0400 2019-10-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T16:30:00-04:00 School of Education Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar EER Logo
ASCE Seminar Series: Arup (October 11, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66237 66237-16719613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Arup made its name in the twentieth century as the designer and engineer behind some of the world’s most ambitious structures. That creative strength and independence of mind continues to guide them. Today, Arup employs more than 14,000 people, in more than 34 countries – in a culture underpinned by Sir Ove Arup’s aims and values.

Arup was founded on the belief that the built environment can change people’s lives for the better. Every day, everywhere, Arup strives to meet this aim – helping clients solve their biggest challenges by harnessing our diverse skills and constantly expanding what’s technically possible.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:34:34 -0400 2019-10-11T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Construction Seminar (October 16, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66410 66410-16734209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Da Li is a Civil and Environmental PhD student at the University of Michigan. Li's research topics include indoor building energy monitoring and control.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:08:07 -0400 2019-10-16T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Safety-assured vehicle routing in dense drone traffic (October 17, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68511 68511-17094813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Drone delivery is a reality today and will become more widespread in the years to come. In this talk, I will describe several operational challenges related to drone delivery with a focus on traffic management and vehicle routing, and introduce my team’s recent effort on fulfilling the multi-billion dollar on-demand food delivery market using large fleets of drones.

Dr. Yanchao Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Wayne State University (WSU).

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:07:19 -0400 2019-10-17T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
2019 Conference on Transportation, Economics, Energy and the Environment (TE3) (October 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63613 63613-16831256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

The University of Michigan’s Conference on Transportation, Economics, Energy and the Environment (TE3) brings economists and other academic researchers together with practitioners from industry, government and the public policy community to share knowledge, exchange ideas and strengthen our collective ability to address the transportation sector's energy and environmental challenges. Now in its sixth year, the 2019 TE3 Conference will examine transportation electrification worldwide, highlighting developments in both the United States and China.

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and a rising source globally. Technology advances and falling costs for energy storage and renewable energy are now poised to create a historic opportunity to transition the sector to electrified mobility. At this year's TE3 event, conference participants will explore this exciting transition through sessions addressing consumer interest in electric vehicles (EVs), vehicle charging, the role of a cleaner electric grid, the economics of EVs and the interactions among different policies. The conference will close with a high-level panel discussion about the tensions that confront EV-related policy development in the world's leading vehicle markets.

TE3 2019 will be held on Friday, October 18 in Rackham Amphiteatre.
Learn more and register at https://energy.umich.edu/te3/.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:49:49 -0400 2019-10-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) University of Michigan Energy Institute Conference / Symposium TE3 2019: The Electrification of Transportation
ASCE Seminar Series: Jones Carter (October 18, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66240 66240-16719615@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jones Carter's vision has meaning for their employees, their clients, and their communities, and captures the essence of what their firm is and always wants to be. For 40 years, Jones Carter has assembled deep technical expertise in many practices, sharing that knowledge across each discipline and geographic region within a single, unified company.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:38:15 -0400 2019-10-18T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Prediction Error & Model Evaluation for Space-Time Downscaling: case studies in air pollution during wildfires (October 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68191 68191-17026797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

ABSTRACT:
Public Health Scientists use prediction models to downscale (i.e., interpolate) air pollution exposure where monitoring data is insufficient. This exercise aims to obtain estimates at fine resolutions, so that exposure data may reliably be related to health outcomes. In this setting, substantial research efforts have been dedicated to the development of statistical models capable of integrating heterogenous information to obtain accurate prediction: statistical downscaling models, land use regression, as well as machine learning strategies. However, when presented with the tasks of choosing between models, or averaging models, we find that our understanding of model performance in the absence of independent statistical replications remains insufficient. This lecture is motivated by several studies of air pollution (PM 2.5 and ground-level ozone) during wildfires. We review the basis for cross validation as a strategy for the estimation of the expected prediction error. As these performance measure play a crucial role in model selection and averaging we present a formal characterization of the estimands targeted by different data subsetting strategies, and explore their performance in engineered data settings. A final analysis and a warning about preference inversion is presented in relation to the a 2008 wildfire event in Northern California.

BIO:
Dr. Telesca is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of California Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington and spent two years at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include Bayesian methods in multivariate statistics, functional data analysis, statistical methods in bio- and nano-informatics. Dr. Telesca is a member of the California NanoSystems Institute, the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and principal data scientist at Lucid Circuit Inc.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:51:07 -0400 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Donatello Telesca Environmental Statistics Day Lecture
Construction Seminar (October 23, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66411 66411-16734210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

About the Speaker: Tyler Bergin has had an interesting professional route to get to Project Superintendent managing projects over $100 Million. He has had different roles from Engineer, Project Engineer, Assistant Superintendent with two different companies in two very different markets. This talk will review his unique experiences working in the professional ranks of construction engineering and management.

Company: Turner Construction 2015-Current
Role: Superintendent/ Project Superintendent
Projects: Top Golf Webster ; Houston Community College - Missouri City Campus, University of Houston - Fertitta Center Renovation; Texas Southern University, Library Learning Center; Houston ISD - Bellaire High School Rebuild

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:17:29 -0400 2019-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
EER Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67813 67813-16952010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Every instance of a design process can be represented with a design signature – a tracing of design activities over time that can be represented as a timeline. Design signatures can differ across levels of expertise of the designer(s) in significant ways. These representations have been shown to be effective for teaching undergraduate engineers about the complexities of design processes.

In this talk, I will review the research findings from an analysis of verbal protocols from 177 individuals with a wide range of expertise (from beginning undergrads through expert professionals in industry) who solved 401 separate design problems. We found that individuals with more expertise 1) use processes that demonstrate a higher level of complexity, 2) consider a broader set of information and objects during their design process, 3) spend longer solving the problem they were given, and 4) are more likely to demonstrate a cascade pattern in their tracing across design activities. I will also discuss several teaching activities that are derived from the research.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:45:24 -0400 2019-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Cindy Atman
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Graduate Certificate Info Session (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67933 67933-16969022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program

Join us for an information session about the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Graduate Certificate!

Wednesday, October 23rd, 4:00pm-5:00pm
5240 Weill Hall
There will be SNACKS!

Do you want to learn how science and technology policy is made? Are you interested in the social and ethical implications of developments like gene editing and autonomous vehicles? Are you concerned about the increased politicization of science and research funding?

In the STPP graduate certificate program, graduate students from across the University analyze the role of science and technology in the policymaking process, gain experience writing for policymakers, and explore the political and policy landscape of areas such as biotechnology, information technology, energy, and others. Graduates of the STPP certificate have gone on to a range of policy-engaged scientific roles in government, NGOs, and academia.

More information about the program is available at: http://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/graduate-certificate/

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Presentation Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:21:49 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program Presentation Information Session promotional slide
Technology-enabled structural health monitoring and control of large-scale structures (October 24, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68510 68510-17094812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Vibration-based structural health monitoring (SHM) has tremendous
potential to detect incipient failures of structures, e.g. onset of damage
and unexpected behavior during extreme climatic events, so that
corrective actions can be employed in a timely manner. This talk will present an overview of powerful SHM techniques that enable extracting hidden structural information under a variety of challenging situations towards diagnosis, prognosis and control of large-scale structures.

Ayan Sadhu is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University in Canada.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:04:16 -0400 2019-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar structure
U of M Construction Research Symposium (October 25, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68128 68128-17011968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 9:30am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Learn about the ongoing construction research projects. Many PhD students and postdocs will present their research. In addition, a couple of teams from this year's CEE 530 will present their class projects and thus, new Masters' student can see how their projects look like, which will help their preparation for the next year's CEE 530.

Last but not least, students will have a chance to meet our construction industry alliance program partners providing you with a great networking opportunity with professionals. Lunch will be served!

Time: Oct. 25 (Friday) 9:30-11:30AM
Place : Blue Lounge
Lunch will be served from 11:15AM.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:30:35 -0400 2019-10-25T09:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T11:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar construction
Transferring into Automated Driving Era: Opportunities and Challenges (October 25, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68654 68654-17130521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 10:30am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This talk provides a summary of important human factors issues associated with Automated Vehicle technology development, and potential solutions.

Shan Bao is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Department at University of Michigan-Dearborn.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:20:48 -0400 2019-10-25T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series: ECRC (October 25, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66242 66242-16719617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Engineering Career Resource Center's mission is to offer comprehensive career development services to College of Engineering students to support a successful transition from campus to career, and to assist employers with developing and maintaining successful recruiting relationships with Michigan Engineering.

ECRC are passionate about providing excellence, innovation, and integrity through their services and relationships.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:41:13 -0400 2019-10-25T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Little MUSES Mixer (October 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68082 68082-17009753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Undergraduate Science Building
Organized By: MUSES

Don't you wish you knew certain things earlier in your education? Don't you wish you knew others like you that are going through or have already gone through similar difficulties in your education? Come join us at Little MUSES Mixer where you will have the opportunity to get to know others like you and share your experiences. In this event, graduate and undergraduate students will have the opportunity to interact and network over great food and activities.

Please, RSVP on the link below so enough food is provided
https://forms.gle/yHZrVfSjn1CJSVMJ7

Best,
MUSES Committee!

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Meeting Mon, 07 Oct 2019 07:45:22 -0400 2019-10-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T20:00:00-04:00 Undergraduate Science Building MUSES Meeting
Engineering Majors/Minors Fair 2019 (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67826 67826-16958323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Engineering Advising Center

Undecided on an Engineering major? Want to learn about co-curricular opportunities? Considering a minor in Engineering or another school or college? Then this event is for you! Join us at the Majors/Minors Fair on Tuesday, October 29th, from 4 to 6 PM. Come speak with representatives from Engineering departments and programs as well as campus partners including Art & Design, Education, Entrepreneurship, LSA, and Ross. FREE PIZZA will be provided!

RSVP here!: https://forms.gle/p585qQ2LZyBVEXBU6

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Fair / Festival Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:51:34 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T18:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Engineering Advising Center Fair / Festival Picture of Civil Engineering table at Majors/Minors Fair 2018
Travel demand estimation: The cornerstone of future urban mobility services (October 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68655 68655-17130522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

There is an increased interest among both private and public urban
transportation stakeholders to develop and use urban mobility models to inform the design and the operation of their services. This talk presents computationally efficient algorithms for high-dimensional, static and dynamic, demand calibration problems. To tackle these problems, we formulate analytical metamodels with a complexity that scales linearly with network size, making them suitable for large-scale networks. We benchmark the approach versus standard calibration algorithms, and discuss Berlin and Singapore case studies. We will discuss ongoing work on real-time calibration algorithms.

Carolina Osorio is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:25:24 -0400 2019-10-29T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation
Construction Seminar (October 30, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66412 66412-16734212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Chelsea serves as Assistant Director at the University Career Center, providing strategic oversight and management for our career coaching and advising team. In addition, Chelsea coaches and counsels undergraduate and graduate students from a wide spectrum of career interests in individual counseling and advising appointments.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:14:15 -0400 2019-10-30T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-30T14:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Safe Shared Mobility Through Game Based Learning (October 31, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68885 68885-17188744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Overview of an experiment to help vulnerable road users understand their safety critical roles in shared mobility scenarios.

Dr. Aditi Misra is an assistant research scientist in UMTRI’s CMISST group.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:30:52 -0400 2019-10-31T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-31T16:00:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
From Lab to Site: Innovation in Concrete (October 31, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65602 65602-16966892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 31, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Walgreen Drama Center
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

From the climate imperatives to make the built environment carbon positive to novel material forming techniques such as 3D printing, concrete is undergoing a transformation along different fronts in the building industry. As computational design and digital fabrication technologies become mainstream in the AEC industries, scaling up to address construction level challenges, concrete holds tremendous promise for the future, not only in shaping our built environment but also in how we build, our ethos and aspirations. Yet, there are many hurdles to overcome. With traditional building processes steeped in protocols and regulations, moving R+D to the building sector requires an awareness of the different players, institutions, and contingencies that shape the contours of concrete innovation.

What approaches contribute to a smooth transfer of innovations to the building sector? Given new modes of manufacturing, what are the new codes and standards that will govern the path toward implementation? What cross-platform systems will need to be in place in order to facilitate automation and construction productivity? What are the new technologies and associated expertise that will emerge to redefine architectural practice and the building industry, especially to navigate and manage the increasingly multi-disciplinary teams?

This symposium, rather than a survey of contemporary concrete architecture, brings researchers and industry experts together from diverse disciplinary fields and areas of production – history & theory, engineering, construction technology, material science, design, and manufacturing – for a timely discussion centered on concrete as a building material with enormous potential for innovation. The symposium aims to foster and identify trajectories for advancing concrete research and align potential collaborative exchanges.

Co-organized by the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning and the University of Michigan College of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the symposium will launch with an evening keynote lecture on Thursday, October 31, followed by a full day symposium on Friday, November 1. The format consists of paired presentations centered on different topics related to concrete research, with a second keynote lecture at noon. A closing panel discussion aims to chart trajectories and methodologies for research and collaboration. Friday’s event will conclude with an exhibition opening reception downtown at the Liberty Research Annex gallery, highlighting some of the work produced by participants, including a performance by Brandon Clifford and Davide Zampini of Cemex.

The symposium is free and open to the public, and will also be available via live stream.

Keynote Lectures:
Thursday, October 31: Mark Burry, Swinburne University of Technology
Friday, November 1: Sarah Billington, Stanford University

Participants:
Lucia Allais, Princeton University
Brandon Clifford, MIT
Brian Ellis, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mike Fiske, Jacobs Space Exploration Group (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
María González Pendás, Columbia University
Vineet Kamat, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrew Kudless, CCA
Wanda Lau, Architect Magazine
Victor Li, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jerry Lynch, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jonathan Massey, University of Michigan Taubman College
Wes McGee, University of Michigan Taubman College
Forrest Meggers, Princeton University, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Shadi Nazarin, Penn State University
Tsz Yan Ng, University of Michigan Taubman College
Sarah Nichols, Rice University
Davide Zampini, Cemex
Sasa Zivkovic, Cornell AAP

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:36:05 -0400 2019-10-31T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-31T19:00:00-04:00 Walgreen Drama Center Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Concrete is a building material with enormous potential for innovation
From Lab to Site: Innovation in Concrete (November 1, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65602 65602-16966893@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 9:00am
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

From the climate imperatives to make the built environment carbon positive to novel material forming techniques such as 3D printing, concrete is undergoing a transformation along different fronts in the building industry. As computational design and digital fabrication technologies become mainstream in the AEC industries, scaling up to address construction level challenges, concrete holds tremendous promise for the future, not only in shaping our built environment but also in how we build, our ethos and aspirations. Yet, there are many hurdles to overcome. With traditional building processes steeped in protocols and regulations, moving R+D to the building sector requires an awareness of the different players, institutions, and contingencies that shape the contours of concrete innovation.

What approaches contribute to a smooth transfer of innovations to the building sector? Given new modes of manufacturing, what are the new codes and standards that will govern the path toward implementation? What cross-platform systems will need to be in place in order to facilitate automation and construction productivity? What are the new technologies and associated expertise that will emerge to redefine architectural practice and the building industry, especially to navigate and manage the increasingly multi-disciplinary teams?

This symposium, rather than a survey of contemporary concrete architecture, brings researchers and industry experts together from diverse disciplinary fields and areas of production – history & theory, engineering, construction technology, material science, design, and manufacturing – for a timely discussion centered on concrete as a building material with enormous potential for innovation. The symposium aims to foster and identify trajectories for advancing concrete research and align potential collaborative exchanges.

Co-organized by the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning and the University of Michigan College of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the symposium will launch with an evening keynote lecture on Thursday, October 31, followed by a full day symposium on Friday, November 1. The format consists of paired presentations centered on different topics related to concrete research, with a second keynote lecture at noon. A closing panel discussion aims to chart trajectories and methodologies for research and collaboration. Friday’s event will conclude with an exhibition opening reception downtown at the Liberty Research Annex gallery, highlighting some of the work produced by participants, including a performance by Brandon Clifford and Davide Zampini of Cemex.

The symposium is free and open to the public, and will also be available via live stream.

Keynote Lectures:
Thursday, October 31: Mark Burry, Swinburne University of Technology
Friday, November 1: Sarah Billington, Stanford University

Participants:
Lucia Allais, Princeton University
Brandon Clifford, MIT
Brian Ellis, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mike Fiske, Jacobs Space Exploration Group (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
María González Pendás, Columbia University
Vineet Kamat, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrew Kudless, CCA
Wanda Lau, Architect Magazine
Victor Li, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jerry Lynch, University of Michigan Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jonathan Massey, University of Michigan Taubman College
Wes McGee, University of Michigan Taubman College
Forrest Meggers, Princeton University, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Shadi Nazarin, Penn State University
Tsz Yan Ng, University of Michigan Taubman College
Sarah Nichols, Rice University
Davide Zampini, Cemex
Sasa Zivkovic, Cornell AAP

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 02 Oct 2019 09:36:05 -0400 2019-11-01T09:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T20:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Concrete is a building material with enormous potential for innovation
ASCE Seminar Series: GHD (November 1, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66245 66245-16719620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Established in 1928 and privately owned by our people, GHD operates across five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America - and the Pacific region. GHD employs more than 10,000 people in 200+ offices to deliver projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics across the entire asset value chain. Driven by a client-service led culture, GHD connects the knowledge, skill and experience of their people with innovative practices, technical capabilities and robust systems to create lasting community benefits.

Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural and social environments of the many communities in which they operate. GHD are guided by their workplace health, safety, quality and environmental management systems, which are certified to the relevant international standards (ISO and OHSAS).

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:43:49 -0400 2019-11-01T12:30:00-04:00 2019-11-01T13:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Sanjay Govindjee: The NSF Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Computation and Simulation Center (SimCenter) at Berkeley: An Overview (November 1, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68406 68406-17077949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Abstract: In October 2016, the National Science Foundation award the NHERI SimCenter to Berkeley. The SimCenter is the computational satellite to the eight experimental sites of the NHERI constellation. Its primary goal is to advance natural hazards engineering through the use of simulation. The center develops and stands-up open-source software to simulate the effects of seismic, wind, and water loads on structures with a focus on regional assessments of damage at high resolution under uncertainty. The SimCenter’s work includes both research and educational components.

The SimCenter has just completed Year 3 or its original mandate and now offers a wide selection of user friendly front end applications that permit local as well as HPC cloud based execution of simulations. Simulations can be of single detailed structural models subjected to a variety of harzards using state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice loading methodologies. They can also be of a larger regional nature using simpler models and further coupled to forward uncertainty propogation with Monte Carlo methods with or without surrogating. Engineering demands can be further propogated into damage and loss, downtime and recovery, using Hazus methodologies, FEMA P58 methods, or user provided techniques with our hazard-blind framework. All elements of the SimCenter’s software are desgined in a plug-n-play fashion to promote detailed research into natural hazard effects with the ability to see impacts on a larger scale.

In this presentation, I will give an overview of the SimCenter’s recent activities and discuss research needs and how researchers can participate in the SimCenter’s activities, along with a preview of upcoming developments anticipated in Year 4.

Bio: Sanjay Govindjee is the Horace, Dorothy, and Katherine Johnson Professor in Engineering. His main interests are in theoretical and computational mechanics with an emphasis on micro-mechanics of nonlinear phenomena in solid materials.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:14:21 -0400 2019-11-01T15:00:00-04:00 2019-11-01T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar S. Govindjee
From Design to Control: Robotics at the Intersection of Design, Engineering, and Construction (November 6, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68992 68992-17211727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:30am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Despite the opportunities presented by new technologies, the building construction process remains highly resource intensive, with considerable room for improving efficiency. This becomes acutely important in the face of climate change; while new, more sustainable materials are an important step, material optimization strategies are just as important, and these techniques rely almost exclusively on digital fabrication and robotic manufacturing and construction technologies. In this talk I will discuss the challenges and opportunities that face the use of robotics in the design and construction industry. We will discuss a range of existing and emerging design to fabrication workflows, as well as several case studies which demonstrate how the use of industrial robots as a prototyping platform opens the door to new modes of construction.

Wesley McGee is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Director of the FABLab at the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 31 Oct 2019 07:51:46 -0400 2019-11-06T10:30:00-05:00 2019-11-06T11:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar robotic manufacture
Introduction to Lean (November 6, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66413 66413-16734213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

About the Speaker: Brad Booker currently serves as the Regional Lean Manger for Turner’s Great Lakes Region, which covers Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Brad joined Turner as a Field Engineer in 1994, after earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and completing Officer Basic Course as a Reserve Army Officer. He was a Project Manager in the Special Projects Division until 1998 when he joined the Estimating Department. He was an estimator for 2 years then joined the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center team as the Project Engineer from 2000 - 2002. As that project was completed Brad was activated and served 14 months on active duty as a Captain in the United States Army.

Upon his return in 2004 he worked on a variety of academic and science buildings at several community colleges where he held positions as a Project Engineer, Project Manager, and Senior Project Manager. His last project prior to taking his current position was replacing the video boards at Soldier Field.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:14:48 -0500 2019-11-06T13:30:00-05:00 2019-11-06T14:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Pablo Zavattieri: Clever Architectures, Interfaces and Competing Mechanisms in Biological Materials (November 6, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68376 68376-17071647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Abstract:Nature uses modest constituents to synthesize composite materials with exceptional mechanical properties for structural and impact resistance purposes. In most cases, these materials achieved outstanding mechanical properties avoiding the typical trade-offs often attained by manmade materials. While these materials require modern microscopy techniques to characterize their complex hierarchical structures, most of our learnings come from the way these materials mitigate catastrophic damage, revealing the most important mechanisms and features of their inner structure that contribute to energy dissipation and toughening. Considering the current progress in material synthesis and manufacturing, these new concepts have converged to the field of architected materials. In this talk, I will describe some interesting mechanics problems that we encountered as we studied some extraordinary species, and how we can translate these lessons learned to architected materials. In particular, I will focus on a few examples related to how the combination of clever architectures, interfaces, material properties and competing mechanisms can promote delocalization to mitigate catastrophic failure, hence, improving toughness and impact resistance without sacrificing other important mechanical properties. Most of this discussion is driven by how we can eventually translate these lessons learned to the development and manufacturing of architected materials.

Bio: Dr. Pablo Zavattieri is a Professor of Civil Engineering and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. Zavattieri received his BS/MS degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Balseiro Institute (Argentina) and PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from Purdue University.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:43:07 -0400 2019-11-06T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Workshop / Seminar P. Zavatteri
Rich Earth Summit: Policy, Regulation, and Moving to Implementation of New Technologies (November 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66491 66491-16742670@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A growing national team of experts is building momentum in the emerging field of study and practice of urine separation to rethink the the water-nutrient cycle. The summit's purpose is to look at how regulation can be changed to advance this work, showcase the latest developments, begin new collaborative projects and to share the enthusiasm and vast creative energies of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:02:15 -0400 2019-11-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Crops at sunrise
The Dawn of Mobility Revolution (November 7, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69097 69097-17244688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mobility industry is going through significant transformation with three driving forces: autonomy, connectivity, and electrification (ACE). This talk discusses those disruptive technologies under the framework of S Curve described in the book of Innovator’s Dilemma. In order to predict the future, we should look back and review how internal combustion engine (ICE) disrupted the transportation industry in early 1900s and how society reacted to the new technology back then. Fast forward 100 years, we will take a peek into the future and understand how the three forces and big data will forever change the way we measure, operate, and manage transportation system. The talk concludes with a discussion on the challenges we are facing in this emerging area.

Dr. Bo Wang is a mobility analytics manager working at Global Data Insights & Analytics (GDIA) organization at Ford Motor Company. He is leading a team of data scientists and developers building AI driven mobility analytics products from inception to production.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:18:16 -0500 2019-11-07T14:30:00-05:00 2019-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
Rich Earth Summit: Policy, Regulation, and Moving to Implementation of New Technologies (November 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66491 66491-16742671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 8:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A growing national team of experts is building momentum in the emerging field of study and practice of urine separation to rethink the the water-nutrient cycle. The summit's purpose is to look at how regulation can be changed to advance this work, showcase the latest developments, begin new collaborative projects and to share the enthusiasm and vast creative energies of entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers and practitioners.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:02:15 -0400 2019-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 Palmer Commons Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Crops at sunrise
ASCE Seminar Series: Thornton Tomasetti (November 8, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69200 69200-17267159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This presentation will introduce you to applications of your civil engineering degree beyond the norm. We will touch on all of Thornton Tomasetti’s practices and describe the Protective Design & Security practice in more depth. In Protective Design & Security, we use advanced topics learned in grad school, like structural dynamics and plastic analysis, to protect building occupants against blast and vehicle attacks. We design embassies and consulates all over the world, iconic commercial buildings and protect both new and existing structures. We work with many different entities such as the Departments of State, Department of Defense, private developers and professional sports teams.

Everyone is welcome. Graduate students are especially encouraged to attend. Bring your resume! Lunch will be served.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Nov 2019 08:44:25 -0500 2019-11-08T12:30:00-05:00 2019-11-08T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Building a Legacy with Dr. Susan Montgomery (November 12, 2019 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68643 68643-17130510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 5:45pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: MUSES

This year is MUSES' 20th year anniversary, and our theme this year is Building a Legacy. On Nov 12th, we will have the pleasure to host a very special guest, Dr. Susan Montgomery, that truly represents what legacy looks like.

Doctor Susan Montgomery has had an important role in mentoring and advising students and student organizations throughout her career. She joined the University of Michigan in 1993 after a two-year postdoc developing educational modules following her PhD from Princeton University. She has taught many courses over the years including ‘Teaching Engineering’ which molds future engineering faculty. She has served as an advisor for undergraduate chemical engineering students, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Habitat for Humanity. Recently she received the “Achievement Award” at the Willie Hobbs Moore Luncheon, given to an individual in STEM whose achievements encourage and inspire others to achieve their goals. She is in the process of transitioning to phased retirement, and certainly her contributions to our organization and our community at the University of Michigan will be forever remembered.

All are welcome!

When: Nov 12th, at 6pm.
Where: Johnson Room, Lurie Engineering Center (1221 Beal Ave)

Dinner will be provided. Please, RSVP below so enough food is provided.
https://forms.gle/StwpgEtjUurczAVz9

for more information or questions, contact umichmuses@gmail.com

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Meeting Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:08:19 -0400 2019-11-12T17:45:00-05:00 2019-11-12T19:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr MUSES Meeting This was taken with the old Nikkor f1.4 35mm AIS, wide open, making for a pretty abstract image.
Construction Seminar (November 13, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66414 66414-16734214@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Daeho Kim is a PhD student in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. He earned a MS degree in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan. His research focuses mainly on how to transform hazardous construction sites into a healthy, safe and sustainable place for construction workers.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:21:59 -0400 2019-11-13T13:30:00-05:00 2019-11-13T14:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
EER Seminar Series (November 13, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68977 68977-17205320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

As the data tsunami washed over everything including college campuses, universities invested heavily in data management systems and then layered on services to create the highly digitally-engineered environments in which we work today. Within that context, I’ll review the seeding and ongoing nurturing of two U-M services (Atlas and Problem Roulette) that share common themes of access and transparency. As examples of research enabled by these services, I’ll present evidence showing that: (i) on average, females study more for less reward in STEM subjects than male students, and (ii) increased selectivity, as measured by ACT/SAT scores, is a minor factor driving undergraduate grades upward. The talk will close by inviting your thoughts and discussion on potential future directions for these and similar services.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Prof. August E. (Gus) Evrard is a first-generation computational cosmologist and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy at U-M. Author of the first algorithm to enable multi-fluid simulation of galaxy and large-scale cosmic structure formation, Prof. Evrard's research is focused on understanding the population of clusters of galaxies, the rarest and largest gravitationally bound systems in the universe. Named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2012, his research is documented in over 200 refereed papers with 22,000 total citations. Within the Office of Academic Innovation he leads two separate projects, one offering visual summaries of Michigan's recent academic landscape (Atlas) and another providing “points-free” study support using local exam content (Problem Roulette). Both are used by thousands of students each year at U-M.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:52:04 -0400 2019-11-13T15:30:00-05:00 2019-11-13T16:20:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion August Evrard
Transportation Seminar (November 14, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69204 69204-17267163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

We propose a model of the ride-sourcing market with congestion externalities in which a monopolist provides both a single and pooling service. We investigate the unregulated setting as well as the first-best and derive relevant policy insights to achieve an efficient outcome in the market.

Originally from Cote d’Ivoire, Daniel received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2017. He joined LIMOS and Michigan Civil Engineering Department shortly after and is interested in economic modeling and optimization of emerging transportation technologies.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:29:27 -0500 2019-11-14T14:30:00-05:00 2019-11-14T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
CLASP Seminar Series: Prof. Kevin Reed (November 14, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66317 66317-16727895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

CLASP is very pleased to welcome Prof. Kevin Reed of Stony Brook University.

Prof. Reed will give a presentation titled:
"Attributing Climate Change Impacts on Extreme Weather"

Abstract: The next century will see unprecedented changes to the climate system with direct consequences for society. As stated in the National Climate Assessment, “changes in extreme weather events are the primary way that most people experience climate change.” In this sense, the characteristics of extreme weather are key indicators of climate change impacts, at both local and regional scales. Understanding potential changes in the location, intensity and structure of such extremes (e.g., tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms and flooding) is crucial in planning for future adaptation as these events have large economic and social costs.

The goal of this work is to better understand climate impacts on extreme weather events in various high-resolution configurations of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) run at horizontal grid spacings of approximately 28 km and forced with prescribed sea-surface temperatures and greenhouse gas concentrations for past, present, and future climates. This analysis will include the evaluation of conventional (AMIP-style) decadal simulations typical of climate models, short 7-day ensemble hindcasts of recent devastating events (e.g., Hurricane Florence in 2018), and reduced complexity simulations of idealized states of the climate system. Through this hierarchical modeling approach the impact of climate change on the characteristics (frequency, intensity, rainfall, etc.) of extreme weather, including tropical cyclones, can be quantified.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:44:37 -0400 2019-11-14T15:30:00-05:00 2019-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion generic seminar image
ASCE Seminar Series: Austin Commercial (November 14, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69199 69199-17267158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 14, 2019 5:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Nov 2019 08:22:26 -0500 2019-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 2019-11-14T18:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
ASCE Seminar Series: Burns & McDonnell (November 15, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66246 66246-16719621@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Burns & McDonnell are a full-service engineering, architecture, construction, environmental and consulting solutions firm, based in Kansas City, Missouri. Their staff of 7,000 includes engineers, architects, construction professionals, planners, estimators, economists, technicians and scientists, representing virtually all design disciplines. Burns & McDonnell plan, design, permit, construct and manage facilities all over the world.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:47:28 -0400 2019-11-15T12:30:00-05:00 2019-11-15T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Sustainability Movie Night (November 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69289 69289-17299774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Student Government

Come watch "Growing Cities" with the Engineering Student Government Sustainability Committee! This movie details the issues with America's current food systems and the merits of urban farming. We will have dinner catered by Panera and reusable containers for you to take home with you and continue to use instead of disposable plastic waste. (Duderstadt 1180 11/15 7-9pm)

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Film Screening Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:08:32 -0500 2019-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-15T21:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Student Government Film Screening Movie Night Flyer
PFAS in MICHIGAN: the state of Michigan's investigations and response (November 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69370 69370-17310321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

Dr. Wasilevich will address the public health response efforts and how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has, and will continue to, investigate PFAS exposures and outcomes around the state.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:51:27 -0500 2019-11-19T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-19T13:00:00-05:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Nov 19 PFAS in Michigan
From land to sea: Microplastics and running the estuarine gauntlet (November 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69314 69314-17301843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A particle tracking model simulating particles that sink, float, or remain neutral is used to understand how microplastic pollution is transported in the Bay and either retained or exported to the coastal ocean.

Dr. Rusty Hollerman is a researcher at the University of California Davis for Watershed Sciences.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:37:36 -0500 2019-11-19T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-19T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Ocean
How to Negotiate Your First Job Offer Webinar (November 20, 2019 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69447 69447-17324763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 12:15pm
Location:
Organized By: MUSES

Everyone should negotiate their first job offer but offer negotiations are hard. Negotiating is hard because most graduates dread the experience. Negotiating is also hard because recruiters are negotiating experts. On the other side of the table, recruiters have years of negotiating expertise. This FREE webinar will illuminate what are the tactics that recruiters use to win offer negotiations, what are tactics a candidate can employ, and how you can make an extra $10,000 from simply being a more effective negotiator. Free webinar by Ralph Inc (https://www.withralph.com/)

This webinar is focused on Masters and PhD students
When: Nov 20th, at 12:15pm
Where: You can access the webinar from your own computer. sign-up on the link below and the webinar link can be sent to you


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGlMglhl3rY-SYsIENEqrWG0Yq_pPoanyog2fWozEO-ayfgg/viewform

for more information and questions, please contact: Fatoumata Fall at fatu@withralph.com

Sponsored by the MUSES

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Meeting Thu, 14 Nov 2019 08:05:37 -0500 2019-11-20T12:15:00-05:00 2019-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 MUSES Meeting Offer negotiation free Webinar
Construction Seminar (November 20, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66416 66416-16734215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:24:51 -0400 2019-11-20T13:30:00-05:00 2019-11-20T14:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
U.S. Energy Transitions in the Trump Administration (November 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69079 69079-17242640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment in the ELPP Lecture Series. Professor Alexandra Klass from the University of Minnesota Law School will discuss recent developments in U.S. energy law, policy, economics, and technology. Although President Trump and his cabinet Secretaries, particularly at the Interior Department, Energy Department, and Environmental Protection Agency, have announced dramatic policy shifts away from those pursued during the Obama Administration, the new administration’s ability to accomplish its goals is in some instances helped and in other instances hindered by existing federal and state laws as well as private sector technology and economic trends. Topics will include the shift away from the use of coal and toward natural gas and renewable energy in the electricity sector; the use of federal public lands to develop oil, natural gas, coal, wind, and solar energy; developments in technology and law associated with hydraulic facturing ("fracking"); and controversies over new oil and gas pipelines such as the Dakota Access and Keystone XL Pipelines.

This event is free and open to the public.

Professor Alexandra B. Klass teaches and writes in the areas of energy law, environmental law, natural resources law, tort law, and property law. Her recent scholarly work, published in many of the nation’s leading law journals, addresses regulatory challenges to integrating more renewable energy into the nation’s electric grid, transportation electrification, oil and gas transportation infrastructure, and the use of eminent domain for electric transmission lines and pipelines. She is a co-author of Energy Law: Concepts and Insights Series (Foundation Press 2017), Energy Law and Policy (West Academic Publishing 2d ed. 2018), Natural Resources Law: A Place-Based Book of Problems and Cases (Wolters Kluwer, 4th ed., 2018), and The Practice and Policy of Environmental Law (Foundation Press, 4th ed. 2017). Professor Klass was named the Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year for 2009-2010, and she served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2010-2012. She was a Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in 2015. She is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and in prior years was the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law and the Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow.

Prior to her teaching career, Professor Klass was a partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP in Minneapolis, where she specialized in environmental law, natural resources, and land use matters. During her years in private practice from 1993-2004, she handled cases in federal and state trial and appellate courts involving contaminated property, wetlands, environmental review, mining, environmental rights, zoning, eminent domain, and environmental torts. She clerked for the Honorable Barbara B. Crabb, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin from 1992-1993.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:42:30 -0500 2019-11-21T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-21T13:00:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
New Results of Facility Location involving Competition, Prioritization, or Ambiguous Decision-dependent Uncertainty (November 21, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69548 69548-17360107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 21, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abstract: Facility location models are ubiquitously involved in modern
transportation and logistics problems. We present new results of three
sequential facility-location models that involve (i) competition and
probabilistic customer choice, (ii) location prioritization given uncertain
budget, and (iii) location-dependent uncertain demand with ambiguously known distribution. For (i), we utilize submodularity and outer approximation to derive valid inequalities used as cuts to efficiently solve an exact mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) reformulation of the bilevel Stackelberg game. For (ii) and (iii), we derive multi-stage mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) and MINLP formulations based on moment ambiguity sets of unknown distribution of the stochastic demand. We employ the Stochastic Dual Dynamic integer Programming (SDDiP) for solving the multi-stage MILP/MINLP formulations using scenario-tree representations of the uncertainty. Via numerical studies, we show the computational efficacy of our approach as well as managerial insights of the new facility location models.

Bio: Siqian Shen is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and also serves as an Associate Director in the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:24:10 -0500 2019-11-21T14:30:00-05:00 2019-11-21T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
MiTSO Tour of Oakland County Traffic Operations Center (November 22, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/69560 69560-17360120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 11:30am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO)

Have you ever wondered how traffic lights respond in real-time and coordinate to relieve congestion? Have you ever seen highway information boards with travel time estimates and wanted to know where they came from? Or maybe you’ve wondered how emergency responders coordinate to respond to traffic accidents on the highway?

This Friday, 11/22, the Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) will be offering a tour of the Oakland County Traffic Operations Center (TOC). The TOC is responsible for monitoring all county intersections in real-time, adjusting traffic lights and coordinating them as necessary to reduce congestion. Additionally, they coordinate with emergency response and law enforcement in order to respond to and clear accidents that block the roads.

The tour will be at 1pm and transportation will be provided. We will be leaving GG Brown at 11:30am and will return by 5pm. More details will be provided closer to the event.

If you are interested in attending, please fill out the google form (https://forms.gle/qakMZ8u2DBotAnj56) by noon on Wednesday (11/20) if you are interested so that we can organize transportation!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Nov 2019 18:06:11 -0500 2019-11-22T11:30:00-05:00 2019-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) Workshop / Seminar Real-time traffic monitoring at the Oakland TOC
ASCE Seminar Series: ROWE Engineering (November 22, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69203 69203-17267162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBA

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:13:12 -0500 2019-11-22T12:30:00-05:00 2019-11-22T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Bioethics Discussion: Cities (November 26, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52722 52722-12974154@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our new environment.

Readings to consider:
1. Health and Urban Living
2. Urban Bioethics: Adapting Bioethics to the Urban Context
3. The Experience of Living in Cities
4. From the Urban to the Civic: The Moral Possibilities of the City

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/036-cities/.

When roaming the city, please consider roaming the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:53:17 -0400 2019-11-26T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-26T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Cities
Conversation with Dr. Brandi Jones, guest speaker from CoE DEI Lecture Series (December 3, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69785 69785-17423617@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 1:30pm
Location:
Organized By: MUSES

Come join us for a conversation with Dr. Brandi Jones, speaker guest from the CoE DEI Lecture Series. This conversation will help underrepresented students navigate engineering PhD programs in ways that will allow them to progress academically. In particular, the session will focus on socialization as an important factor in graduate student success. The session will explore social integration, academic community building, activating social capital, and navigating the culture of engineering.

for more information about Dr. Brandi Jones, use the link below
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/leadership/brandi-jones/

When: Dec 4th, 1:30-2:45
Where: TBD

RSVP on the link below so we know how many people are coming
https://forms.gle/7dQv9FG4Pqb4YYUx7

This conversation will be after her talk from 12- 1pm with titled Equity-Minded Action: Promoting a culture of excellence in strategies and outcomes for Black engineering students at East Pierpoint Commons

for more information, contact: umichmuses@gmail.com

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Meeting Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:27:30 -0500 2019-12-03T13:30:00-05:00 2019-12-03T14:45:00-05:00 MUSES Meeting
Construction Seminar (December 4, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66417 66417-16734216@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Andy Brown is a Project Manager for Kimley-Horn in Houston, Texas.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:26:53 -0400 2019-12-04T13:30:00-05:00 2019-12-04T14:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Trade Show: Integrated Product Development: Healthy 20-30 Year Old's (December 4, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69735 69735-17392937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

University of Michigan’s Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and School of Information students are gearing up for the 25th offering of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show! Members of our community will gather to view and make purchase decisions from the “best of the best” of their work over the past semester in this interdisciplinary course.

IPD is an experiential, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

The Problem Statement: to design and produce a tangible product suitable for use by working adults, which may be used to build healthy living habits, so as to improve quality of life, health maintenance and outcomes.

See the actual products and test them out. Then cast your vote! Network, have fun and meet up with friends, old and new!

Parking is street meter or there is public parking available in the Hill Street Structure Parking Garage.

Event is Free and open to the public, with light refreshments.

GREAT LOCATION: Lobby of the Robertson Auditorium, at the Ross School of Business, 1st floor at 701 Tappan, Ann Arbor, MI

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS Nov. 26th:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/integrated-product-development/2019-12-04/25th-integrated-product-development-trade

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:35:28 -0500 2019-12-04T16:30:00-05:00 2019-12-04T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Exhibition 2019 IPD Trade Show
Energy Rebound Effect of Connected & Automated Vehicles (December 5, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69558 69558-17360118@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 5, 2019 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

How may travel behavior change and induced travel demand to offset the energy-saving benefits from efficiency improvement enabled by vehicle automation?

Ming Xu is an Associate Professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability and in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research focuses on the broad fields of sustainable engineering and industrial ecology.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 02 Dec 2019 11:49:44 -0500 2019-12-05T14:30:00-05:00 2019-12-05T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series: Silman (December 6, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66247 66247-16719622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 6, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Silman has grown to a staff of more than 160 among its three offices in New York, Washington DC, and Boston, of whom over 50 have professional registrations and more than 20 are LEED Accredited Professionals or Green Associates. To provide the highest quality structural engineering services possible, the principals have fostered an approach centered on constant collaboration among owners, architects, and other consultants. Silman's engineers are trained to be effective listeners, creative problem solvers, and knowledgeable about all facets of the construction process. After participating in more than 21,000 projects, Silman has earned recognition as one of the leading firms in the country for its innovative spirit in the design of new architectural works and the sensitive modification of existing structures.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:11:05 -0500 2019-12-06T12:30:00-05:00 2019-12-06T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
MiTSO Speaker Series (December 9, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70044 70044-17499553@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 9, 2019 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO)

MiTSO will be hosting a speaker from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Mr. Michael Townley is MDOT's Research Project Administration Manager and will be giving an overview of the structure of national and local DOT organizations and how their research is conducted, as well as presenting on the award-winning research projects happening currently at MDOT, including:

-Wireless Data Collection Retrievals of Bridge Inspection/Management Information
-Meeting the Transportation Needs of Michigan’s Aging Population
-Development of Secondary Route Bridge Design Plan Guide Drawings
-Effect of Pile-Driving Induced Vibrations on Nearby Structures

Food will be provided!

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:46:04 -0500 2019-12-09T12:30:00-05:00 2019-12-09T13:20:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) Workshop / Seminar Flyer with info
MiTSO QLine Tour (December 10, 2019 12:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70046 70046-17499555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 12:45pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO)

Join MiTSO for a tour of the QLine streetcar in downtown Detroit! Completed in 2017, the QLine is one of Michigan's most recent transit projects and its only light rail line. We will be going for a ride on the streetcar, as well as getting a tour of the operations center. We will also be learning about the planning process and the impact the streetcar is having on city!

Transportation to and from the tour will be provided. We will be leaving from GG Brown around 12:45pm on Tuesday and returning before 5pm. Please sign up by Sunday using the google form if you are interested.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:01:28 -0500 2019-12-10T12:45:00-05:00 2019-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) Workshop / Seminar Flyer with info
Construction Seminar (December 11, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69559 69559-17360119@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 1:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:32:00 -0500 2019-12-11T13:30:00-05:00 2019-12-11T14:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar CEM Seminar
Biosciences Initiative Second Annual Community Celebration and Symposium with President Schlissel (December 16, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69140 69140-17252904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 16, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Biosciences Initiative

Celebrating progress of the second year and introducing our 2019 Scientific Initiatives and Exploratory awardees.

The Biosciences Initiative is hosting its second annual community celebration, recognizing the progress of the second year and introducing its most recently awarded projects and groups.

Don't miss your opportunity to learn about these exciting proposals and connect with President Schlissel and fellow members of the biosciences community.

The Biosciences Initiative focuses on funding cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, expert faculty hires, and postgraduate education across the biological sciences at U-M.

Reception with free food and beverages will follow. RSVP to attend: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVAaOMh-bXpKiIfeMx5PQFEtjADiogJwEHlGkhVcfiiQGZ9w/viewform?usp=sf_link.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:30:00 -0500 2019-12-16T16:30:00-05:00 2019-12-16T18:30:00-05:00 Michigan League Biosciences Initiative Conference / Symposium bacteria and people graphic
EWRE Seminar Series (January 8, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70023 70023-17497478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Herek Clack is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. His research focus is on reducing the environmental and health impacts of a variety of airborne aerosols.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:44:09 -0500 2020-01-08T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-08T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
EnginFest (January 9, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70605 70605-17611201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 9, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: Engineering Student Government

Join Engineering Student Government for our first even winter student org fair, EnginFest! Learn more about your favorite engineering student organization and how to join them this semester.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:09:41 -0500 2020-01-09T14:00:00-05:00 2020-01-09T17:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center Engineering Student Government Fair / Festival ESG EnginFest Banner
Large-scale Traffic Simulation: Recent Advances Based on the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (January 10, 2020 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70036 70036-17499530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 2020 10:30am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This presentation focuses on modelling urban traffic dynamics
with Network Macroscopic Fundamental Diagrams (MFD). Recent
developments in MFD simulation propose two general formulations that
can both be applied to multi-reservoir systems. The first is the classical
accumulation-based formulation when traffic dynamics in each reservoir is governed by a conservation equation. The second is the more recently developed trip-based formulation when vehicle trips have individual lengths but share a single time-dependent mean speed in each region. The different model settings in both frameworks (merge, diverge, entry flow functions) are discussed and compared to microscopic simulations. The integration of multiclass extensions (mainly to represent public transport) is also presented with a particular focus on the resulting traffic dynamics at the reservoir boundaries. The question of MFD model calibration is then addressed considering two central questions: (i) the regional triplength estimation and (ii) the scaling of observations to determine the vehicle accumulations and travel productions. Several applications are discussed in the end: validation of the multi-reservoir setting for the city of Lyon, optimization of ride-sharing services, perimeter control for
reducing network-wide emissions.

Ludovic Leclercq is research director at IFSTTAR and professor in traffic flow theory at the University of Lyon, France.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:27:05 -0500 2020-01-10T10:30:00-05:00 2020-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series (January 10, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71139 71139-17783437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 10, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Geotechnical engineering provides complete subsurface evaluation for the design and construction of roads, transit, airports, bridges, buildings, pipes, tunnels, and other structures. Somat’s roots are in geotechnical engineering, and we have been investigating and making expert recommendations on foundation conditions and materials for over three decades.

Somat professionals assess the risks posed by site conditions, design earthworks and structure foundations, and make recommendations during the early phases of a project. Somat also monitors site conditions, earthwork, and foundations during construction. Companies have applied our geotechnical expertise to airports, roads, bridges, transit systems, water/wastewater systems, utilities, and built facilities, for both government and private clients.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Jan 2020 07:57:48 -0500 2020-01-10T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-10T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Seminar Series
Free-living amoebae in drinking water networks: a treasure trove of intracellular (novel) bacteria (January 15, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70025 70025-17497481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are unicellular eukaryotes, ubiquitous in natural and man-made water environments. There, FLA play important roles in regulating microbial populations, as they feed on bacteria and other small eukaryotes by a mechanism involving ingestion by phagocytosis. It is thought that this predatory pressure favored – on multiple occasion – the adaption of several microorganisms (mainly bacteria) to the intracellular lifestyle, by stimulating the arising of resistance mechanisms against phagocytosis.

Thus, we aim to study FLA and their associations with microorganisms, as it stands out as pertinent model not only for better understanding the establishment of symbioses, but also for decrypting mechanisms employed by several bacterial pathogens thriving within eukaryotic cells.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:23:21 -0500 2020-01-15T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-15T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series (January 17, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71140 71140-17783438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

As an innovator, collaborator and future maker, Black & Veatch is characterized by curiosity, a trait that helps them find solutions to clients' most complex challenges. Safety, sustainability and responsibility also are ingrained into every Black & Veatch professional, and they’re designed into all projects.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Jan 2020 07:59:43 -0500 2020-01-17T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-17T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Seminar Series
181 Fremont: Resilience and Innovation in Design (January 21, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71573 71573-17842679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The 181 Fremont Tower, located in San Francisco’s downtown Transbay District, is an 802-foot-tall, 56-story high rise. It is the tallest mixed-use building in the city, featuring 435,000 square feet of Class A office space and 67 luxury residences. The architectural vision for the tower includes a tapering, faceted façade that highlights an integrated mega-frame structural system. A visual recess between the commercial and residential levels functions as both a mechanical space and residential amenity level with a double-height, open terrace around the perimeter. To maximize usable floor space in the slender tower, a steel-only lateral force-resisting system was used instead of a more traditional concrete core. The novel damped mega-brace system and uplifting mega- columns enhance the building’s performance under seismic and wind loads while reducing steel tonnage by approximately 25% compared to a more conventional design. The damped braces also eliminate the need for a tuned mass damper in the light structure, freeing up the penthouse level for a luxury condominium. Transfer structures at level 39 and level 2 carry load to the corner mega-columns to create column-free spaces at the residential amenity level and ground-floor lobby. The project achieved both a LEED Platinum rating as well as the world’s first Resilience-based Earthquake Design Initiative (REDi) Gold rating, having been designed for immediate re-occupancy and minimal loss of functionality after a design-level earthquake. Resulting from a collaborative effort between the building owner, design, and construction teams, 181 Fremont Tower features an unprecedented design and a pioneering resilience strategy to protect the building and its occupants long into the future.

Jason Krolicki is a structural engineer and founding Principal at Resurget Engineering PLC. A native to the Detroit area, Jason has nearly 20 years of structural engineering experience and led award
winning projects around the world; including giant observation wheels, mixed-use high-rise structures, university buildings, hospitals, hotels and office buildings. Utilizing his experience and passion for design,
he approaches projects focused on performance and innovation. Jason holds a Civil Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University and a Master of Science in earthquake engineering from the
University of Pavia Italy.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:54:11 -0500 2020-01-21T16:30:00-05:00 2020-01-21T17:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Structural Seminar Series
Welcome MUSES (January 22, 2020 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71502 71502-17836313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 11:30am
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MUSES

This semester we will have monthly lunches designed to build our community of women of color in STEM field. We would like to invite you to come and have lunch with us and celebrate the new semester. Relaxation coloring activities will also be available.

When: Wed, Jan 22nd, 11:30am-1pm
Where: Duderstadt 1120 Conference Room D

Please, RSVP here so enough food is provided
https://forms.gle/YHUSoeLUHAy5gvMY9

Mark on your calendar following events (all at the same location)
MUSES personal finance - Wed, Feb 26th, 11:30am-1pm
MUSES personal journal - Wed, Mar 25th, 11:30am-1pm
MUSES commemoration - Wed, Apr 15th, 11:30am-1pm

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Meeting Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:37:10 -0500 2020-01-22T11:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center MUSES Meeting Statue of a woman thinking
EWRE Seminar Series (January 22, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70026 70026-17497482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Aerosol production from wave breaking is one of the most abundant sources of aerosol globally, but emissions from freshwater lakes are poorly understood in comparison to sea spray aerosol(SSA). In addition, harmful algal blooms (HABs) can lead to aerosolization of toxins like microcystins, which has the potential to lead to exposures to local populations. Given their small size and chemical complexity there is a significant analytical challenge when measuring these environmental contaminants. Herein, the chemical and physical properties of lake spray aerosol (LSA) from pristine freshwater and HABS are discussed. We will discuss measurements of particles along the coasts of the Great Lakes, inland, and aloft at cloud heights from flight measurements using a suite of microscopy, spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry measurements. As LSA can be generated and act as CCN, IN or eject toxic materials from harmful algal blooms, an improved understanding of LSA emission and physicochemical properties is needed to determine the impacts on meteorology, climate, and health in the Great Lakes region.

Andrew Ault is the Dow Corning Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Chemistry Department at the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:27:46 -0500 2020-01-22T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-22T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
EER Seminar Series (January 22, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70268 70268-17556192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Team-based pedagogies are pervasive in higher education, especially in engineering. Some instructors choose group work for logistical reasons, such as “we only have five testbeds.” Others seek to provide a particular student experience: students can teach and learn from each other, they can undertake more complicated projects, and they can develop collaboration skills that will benefit them later in their careers. Whatever the reason for using team-based pedagogies, instructors must be cognizant of team dysfunctions – some of which are invisible to the instructors or even to members of the team – that can affect certain students’ experiences in our classes.

In this talk, I will (1) present evidence that particular groups are more likely to have negative team experiences (and that teamwork is inherently gendered and raced), (2) suggest mechanisms for identifying and remedying some team dysfunctions, and (3) argue that instructors have a moral obligation to critically examine teamwork practices in an attempt to equitably serve our diverse student population.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:48:31 -0500 2020-01-22T15:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T16:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Robin Fowler
Traffic Volume Estimation by Fusing Probe Vehicle Data and Loop Detector Data (January 23, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70038 70038-17499531@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Traffic volume information is critical for traffic management and control. Traditionally, traffic volumes are primarily measured by fixed location sensors. However, the high installation and maintenance cost of fixed location sensors often leads to the missing data problem and the low coverage problem. In recent years, researchers have proposed to solve the problems using probe vehicle data. Nevertheless, when only low market penetration probe vehicle data are available, it is difficult to estimate real time traffic volume information if we consider each time slot and each road separately Noticing that traffic volumes in a transportation network are correlated spatially and temporally, we try to capture the correlation by fusing probe vehicle data and partial fixed location sensor data, which are complementary to each other In this work, we propose low rank representation methods to estimate the unknown traffic volumes. The proposed methods take advantage of the correlation of traffic volumes in different locations and different time slots and thereby achieve good estimation accuracy even if the probe vehicle data are sparse. Validation results show that the proposed methods can solve the missing data problem and the low coverage problem at the same time, and they have great potential for real world implementation.

Yan Zhao is currently a PhD candidate in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Yan also works with Professor Henry Liu in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering on traffic state estimation and transportation network analysis using trajectory data.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:48:37 -0500 2020-01-23T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-23T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series (January 24, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71333 71333-17817106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 24, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

AEW provides Southeast Michigan clients with the quality of professional services and a focus on developing and growing long-term relationships. AEW's partners, managers and employees are dedicated to those they serve, the organization, and the achievements they have accomplished over many years.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:56:46 -0500 2020-01-24T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-24T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Seminar Series
All things Michigan Bridge (January 28, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71574 71574-17842681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

This presentation will include innovations and policy updates in the areas of bridge design and construction for MDOT bridges, along with updates on complex bridge projects MDOT has completed over the past few years such as accelerated bridge construction projects, non-redundant bridge strengthening, segmental bridge strengthening and rehabilitation, structural moves, carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) bridge elements, and the Gordie Howe International Bridge. This presentation will also include information on how bridge projects are funded, and how bridges are inspected, and maintained upon entering service. We will also have a discussion on the findings of the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse, and related recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Matthew J. Chynoweth is the Chief Bridge Engineer of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) as well as Director of the MDOT Bureau of Bridges and Structures. Matthew holds a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University and a Master’s in Structural Engineering from Wayne State University. He has 16 years of experience with MDOT and four years of experience in consulting
prior to joining MDOT. He is an Adjunct Faculty at Lawrence Technological University where he teaches structural engineering. Matthew is also an Executive Committee Member of the AASHTO Committee on Bridges and Structures, Chair of Technical Subcommittee T-6, Executive Committee Member of the American Segmental Bridge Institute, Advisory Board Member of the Institute for Bridge Engineering at the University of Buffalo.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:52:50 -0500 2020-01-28T16:30:00-05:00 2020-01-28T17:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Structural Seminar Series
Bioethics Discussion: Michigan (January 28, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52725 52725-12974158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on our state.

Readings to consider:
1. 2019 State of the State
2. Michigan Health Policy for the Incoming 2019 Gubernatorial Administration
3. ACA Exchange Competitiveness in Michigan
4. Flint Water Crisis: What Happened and Why?

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/039-michigan/.

For the ever-present state of things, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/




...Flint still doesn't have clean drinking water.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:55:44 -0500 2020-01-28T19:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Michigan
Carbon Mineralization in Fractured Basalt (January 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70027 70027-17497483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The need to meet rising energy demands while mitigating climate change driven by associated CO2 emissions has motivated the development of geologic carbon storage systems. Until recently, most research focused on sedimentary reservoirs that rely primarily on short-term solubility and physical trapping mechanisms, where CO2 can migrate if structural security is compromised. This inherent leakage risk could be eliminated by leveraging the natural reactivity of basalt reservoirs, which are abundant in silicate minerals that dissolve rapidly under acidic conditions and can ultimately trap dissolved CO2 as solid carbonate minerals. However, our fundamental understanding of the conditions under which CO2 mineralization occurs and its viability as a permanent carbon sequestration pathway remain limited. This talk will highlight series of high-pressure core flooding experiments and complementary reactive transport modeling designed to evaluate the effects of temperature, fluid chemistry, and transport regimes on basalt dissolution and carbonate precipitation. Results indicate that basalts can effectively mineralize CO2 at representative subsurface stress conditions, but predominantly within buffered diffusion-limited zones (e.g. dead-end fractures) where reaction fronts developed from competing geochemical gradients. Carbonate precipitation was highly localized on reactive silicate minerals contributing key divalent cations and was significantly enhanced by elevated temperature and alkalinity. In combination, this work reveals how complex interactions between reservoir geochemistry and transport conditions drive the extent and spatial distribution of carbon mineralization reactions in basalt fractures, which will inform selection of storage sites and injection.

Anne Menefee in a PhD candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Anne received her B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Viginia. Her reserach is focused on improving our knowledge of fluid transport and geochemical controls for enhancing CO2 mineral carbonation in fractured basalt reservoirs.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:44:27 -0500 2020-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
A Meditation on Juliana v. United States (January 30, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70163 70163-17540919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Professor Lisa Heinzerling from Georgetown Law will deliver a lecture entitled, "A Meditation on Juliana v. United States."

This event is free and open to the public.

Lisa Heinzerling is the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Her specialties include administrative law, environmental law, food law, and torts. She has published several books, including a leading casebook on environmental law and a widely cited critique of the use of cost-benefit analysis in environmental policy (Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:30:24 -0500 2020-01-30T12:00:00-05:00 2020-01-30T13:00:00-05:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
A Cooperative Driving Framework for Urban Arterials under Mixed Traffic Conditions (January 30, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70039 70039-17499532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 30, 2020 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

A cooperative driving framework is proposed to optimize the traffic signals and vehicle trajectories in a mixed traffic condition with regular vehicles (RVs), connected vehicles (CVs), and CAVsin an arterial corridor.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:46:50 -0500 2020-01-30T14:30:00-05:00 2020-01-30T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series (January 31, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71334 71334-17817107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Since 1953, Klein & Hoffman have worked with building owners, campus and facility managers, condominium association boards and architectural firms, putting their client’s best interests at the forefront. Pragmatic and practical, Klein & Hoffman push the envelope while being mindful of budgets, consistently delivering superior results in high-rise buildings, campus environments, condo buildings and famous landmarks, including the Shedd Aquarium, O’Hare International Airport, and Loyola University.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:01:01 -0500 2020-01-31T12:30:00-05:00 2020-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Seminar Series
Enhancing the Design and Performance of Highway Bridges using Ultra-High Performance Concrete (February 4, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71935 71935-17903256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is an advanced cement-based, fiber-reinforced composite material that is emerging as a popular solution to many challenges related to highway bridge performance and durability. UHPC-class materials exhibit mechanical and durability properties that far exceed those of both conventional and high-performance concretes. The Structural Concrete Group at FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) has been conducting research on UHPC-class materials for more than 15 years, and has played a significant role in the growing popularity of this innovative class of materials in the US bridge market.
The objective of this presentation is to introduce the state-of-practice for UHPC in US highway bridge market, and discuss how this material is innovating the way we design and construct highway bridges. The presentation will include: a review of the basic properties of UHPC-class materials; a discussion of the current deployments in the US bridge market; and a discussion of recent research conducted at TFHRC. Research topics to be discussed will include: prefabricated bridge element connections using UHPC; UHPC for bridge repair and rehabilitation; and recent research focused on understanding the fundamental material properties and structural response of UHPC-class materials.

Dr. Zach Haber is a research structural engineer on FHWA’s Bridge Engineering Research Team at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia, USA. Dr. Haber’s research areas include prefabricated bridge systems and applications of innovative materials in bridge engineering. He provides technical assistance and outreach to bridge owners, designers, and consultants interested in developing or deploying innovative bridge engineering solutions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Jan 2020 09:08:01 -0500 2020-02-04T16:30:00-05:00 2020-02-04T17:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Structural Seminar Series
Science as Art Contest Submission Deadline (February 5, 2020 11:55am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48786 48786-17963888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 11:55am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Arts at Michigan

Arts at Michigan, ArtsEngine and the Science Learning Center invite you to submit artwork to the 2020 Science as Art exhibition. University of Michigan undergraduate students are invited to submit artwork expressing a scientific principle(s), concept(s), idea(s), process(es), and/or structure(s). The artwork may be visual, literary, musical, video, or performance based. A juried panel using criteria based on both scientific and artistic considerations will choose winning submissions.

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday February 5th!

A number of submissions will be selected for prizes, some of which will be on display and/or performed during the Awards Ceremony and/or displayed in an online Contest Gallery. The entry selected for “Best Overall” will be awarded a cash prize, with smaller cash awards in other categories.

For full information, visit: tinyurl.com/scienceasart2020

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Exhibition Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:47:29 -0500 2020-02-05T11:55:00-05:00 2020-02-05T23:59:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Arts at Michigan Exhibition Science as Art logo
Lateral circulation and its role in disrupting the classical pattern of intra-tidal stratification in estuaries (February 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70028 70028-17499522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The tidal cycle variability of stratification in an estuary is controlled by the interaction between tidal flows, bathymetry, and the estuary's longitudinal salt gradient. Two-dimensional analysis (in the vertical-longitudinal plane) of a straight, estuarine channel yields the classical theory of periodic stratification from tidal straining, and this mechanism typically works to enhance stratification on ebb tides and break it down through active mixing on flood tides. Ecological implications of mixing relative to tidal phase include whether sediment can reach perimeter habitats high in the tidal prism, whether phytoplankton reach sunlight, and whether hypoxia at depth persists longer than biology can tolerate. This pattern of stratification can be disrupted by density-driven exchange with shallow regions lining the channel: differential advection over channel-shoal bathymetry sets up lateral gradients in velocity, straining the salinity field and driving an input of fresher water at the surface of the channel during flood tides. Here, we present analytical scaling groups to weigh the contributions of longitudinal and lateral tidal straining and explore the conditions which lead to flood-tide stratification through this lateral exchange mechanism. Idealized, fully three-dimensional model results from the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) are used to explore the parameter space described by the scaling groups.

Lissa MacVean is a Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research is focused on the physics of water in lakes, estuaries, and marine coastal environments.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:47:33 -0500 2020-02-05T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
A Data-Driven Optimization Approach For the Dynamic Shuttle Dispatching Problem (February 6, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70040 70040-17499534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The problem of dispatching shuttles to serve trip requests can be mathematically formulated as a dial-a-ride problem (DARP). With on-demand mobility services gaining more popularity in recent years, the real-time application of DARP is attracting ever more interest. However, the fact that size of DARP grows exponentially with number of requests renders the current solution methodologies inadequate for online applications. In order to tackle this issue, we propose a general framework that shifts much of the computational burden of the optimization problems that need to be solved into an offline setting, thereby addressing on-demand requests with fast and high-quality solutions in real time. Furthermore, in order to improve the utilization rate of vehicles, we seek to dispatch our shuttle proactively, and not wait for the demand to be realized first. Using various numerical experiments, we demonstrate the benefits of the proposed method. Furthermore, we present a sensitivity analysis to show the performance of our methodology under different parameter settings.

Amir is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is working under the supervision of Dr. Neda Masoud.

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 01 Feb 2020 15:54:53 -0500 2020-02-06T14:30:00-05:00 2020-02-06T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics Presents: "Conversations on Inclusion and Equity" (February 7, 2020 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71967 71967-17905471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 9:30am
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics

“Recommendations for a More Inclusive Canadian Astronomy Community”

The Canadian astronomical community is currently undergoing its "Long Range Planning" process, similar to the Decadal Survey in the US. As such, the Equity and Inclusivity Committee (EIC) has recently shared a white paper with a set of recommendations for improving the representation of minoritized peoples and the working conditions in the professional astronomy community: http://myumi.ch/Bo38l. I'll briefly describe these recommendations and then open an informal discussion of their merit (and what we have inevitably missed!).

Please note: Should you require any reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access and opportunity related to this event please contact Stacy Tiburzi at 734-764-3440 or stibu@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:16:28 -0500 2020-02-07T09:30:00-05:00 2020-02-07T10:20:00-05:00 West Hall Michigan Institute for Research in Astrophysics Lecture / Discussion Dr. Daryl Haggard
Startup Career Fair (February 7, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72206 72206-17957291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MPowered Entrepreneurship

Startup Career Fair provides students with the opportunity to pursue their passion and get paid for it. From Productiv in San Francisco to Choco from Berlin, world-renowned startups with mission-driven teams are waiting to hire you.

We invite you to join us on February 7 from 12-4pm at the Duderstadt Center on North Campus. Register by February 4th and you'll be entered into a lottery for an invitation to our exclusive networking breakfast with recruiters. Can’t wait to see you #Launch.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:06:39 -0500 2020-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-07T16:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center MPowered Entrepreneurship Careers / Jobs #Launch
ASCE Seminar Series (February 7, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71575 71575-17842682@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Jeffers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan. Her research focuses on analysis of structures subjected to extreme load events (e.g., fire, blasts, earthquakes), numerical analysis of complex systems, advanced finite element methods, structural dynamics, structural stability. Also interested in various topics within engineering education.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:04:47 -0500 2020-02-07T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-07T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Paint and Pour- with people like you (February 8, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72084 72084-17937812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 8, 2020 3:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: MUSES

The Movement of Underrepresented Sisters in Engineering and Science (MUSES) will be getting together and learning how to do a beautiful painting with Alesha Jackson. This is a great time to relax and build a community among minority women on campus.

When: Sat, Feb 8th 3pm
Where: Chrysler, Room 265 (North Campus)

Please, RSVP here so enough supplies can be provided
https://forms.gle/BgLHdQ97HAk3MrkC9

Event is sponsored by RSG and the College of Engineering

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Meeting Mon, 27 Jan 2020 07:45:58 -0500 2020-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 2020-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Chrysler Center MUSES Meeting Chrysler Center
STEM Identities and the UM Experience (February 10, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72267 72267-17966041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 10, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL)
Organized By: MUSES

How has your identity impacted your experience at U-M? Engage in welcoming group conversations to unpack how troubling individual experiences have common threads. Groups will brainstorm solutions we can enact and strategies we can use to move forward and address issues we’re facing on campus. Be on the lookout for future events like this! Dinner provided!
Please RSVP: https://bit.ly/2NvYMMx

Date: Mon, Feb. 10th
Time: 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Johnson Rooms, 3rd Floor, Lurie Engineering Center

Co-Sponsors: SHPE-GC, GSBES, MUSES, GEO, SFTP, MSE GSC, ME Dept, and CoE OSA.

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Meeting Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:26:41 -0500 2020-02-10T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-10T19:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering (formerly ATL) MUSES Meeting Different people with different identities celebrating and doing different things
Rethinking America’s Urban Water Infrastructure: Resource Efficiency, Access, and Public Health (February 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70029 70029-17499523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Water infrastructure renewal is receiving significant attention today as many of our systems are meeting (or exceeding) design life. Cities in countries with well developed economies like the U.S. enjoy economic prosperity in part due to the development of heavily centralized water systems that create high levels of water quality and public health, on average. While centralized water infrastructure has served us well, I argue that we should not be constrained to applying 20th century thinking as we plan for the future. The current revolution in information technologies (IT: software, hardware and devices) has the potential to transform urban water infrastructure by creating more resilient and flexible hybrid systems comprised of an interacting collection of centralized and decentralized physical IT systems. I contend that the development of IT-enabled “smart” hybrid water system solutions has the potential to: improve the efficiency with which we use resources (e.g., water, power,
nutrients); enhance equitable access to water services; change consumer and provider behavior around water; and ensure that we sustain a high level of public health, even as more people live in close proximity to each other. In this talk and through the use of case studies from across different regions around the globe, I will explore these scenarios and the changing ways in which people live. As an example, one case study will include the development of “smart” distributed nutrient recovery systems that have been deployed and are being tested at the University of Michigan.

Nancy Love is the Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. Nancy research focuses are on assessing and advancing public and environmental health using chemical, biological and analytical approaches applied to water systems using both physical experiments and computational models.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:48:22 -0500 2020-02-12T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-12T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
EER Seminar Series (February 12, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72341 72341-17974693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Abstract:
Learning analytics dashboards (LADs) have emerged from a growing interest in presenting and visualizing students’ learning activities in digital learning environments, and they are growing in popularity for both residential and online courses. Dashboard displays are seen as powerful metacognitive tools, and delivering them to learners is intended to support awareness and decision-making, and trigger self-reflection. Despite their increasing availability, recent meta-reviews of the existing research on LADs have revealed that there are few empirical studies on the impact of dashboards on student motivation, behavior, and skills. In this talk I will present the student dashboard we have designed and tested here at the University at Michigan, called MyLA (My Learning Analytics). In a partnership between the School of Information, School of Education, and the Teaching and Learning group at ITS, we have created a Canvas-integrated dashboard that uses design principles derived from Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) theory combined with a focus on accessible and actionable information. Based data from 10 Winter 2019 courses where MyLA was available, I will describe our early findings about how UM students have used the dashboard, and the relationships between dashboard use with performance and measures of self-regulation.

Bio: Dr. Teasley is a Research Professor in the School of Information, the Director of the Learning Education & Design Lab (LED Lab), and Core Faculty member of the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) at the University of Michigan. Her recent work has focused on assembling and utilizing institutionally-held student data to design and evaluate new ways to support student success in Higher Education. From 2016-2018 she was the president of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR), and she is currently the chair of the International Alliance for the Advancement of Learning in the Digital Era (IAALDE).

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:19:52 -0500 2020-02-12T15:30:00-05:00 2020-02-12T16:30:00-05:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Stephanie Teasley
Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Parking (February 13, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70244 70244-17556160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to improve mobility, safety, and parking accessibility. It is estimated that AVs will be available on the market in the next decade. As car-parks are closed environments, they are among the first locations to expect influenced by AVs. AVs can be stacked in multiple rows like valet parking due to their self-parking capability. To release blocked vehicles, car-park operators relocate certain vehicles in driverless mode to create a clear pathway for cars that need to leave the facility. The problem of finding the optimal car-park layout design is investigated that minimizes relocations to fit a given number of vehicles. Results show that AV parking facilities can decrease the need for parking space by an average of 62%. The operation of AV parking facilities is also investigated, and policies for choosing a parking spot for each vehicle are proposed based on the arrival and departure time information. AVs will not only change the car-park facilities, but also where travelers park. AV users can exit from their vehicles and send their vehicles to park in a strategic location. AVs can park farther from destination in cheaper parking lots or cruise for the whole activity time. Results show that while the same parking price across all the locations would exacerbate the congestion by motivating more AVs to cruise, a toll for zero- occupant AVs would decrease the congestion.

Sina Bahrami is a Postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan. He received a B.S. and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and a Ph.D. from University of Toronto. Sina’s research is focused on the parking policy in the era of Avs.

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:36:39 -0500 2020-02-13T14:30:00-05:00 2020-02-13T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series (February 14, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71576 71576-17842683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

HNTB Spark is part of who they are and what they do. The orange square in HNTB's logo represents the spark of innovation and imagination that they bring to all that they do. HNTB's commitment is to the communities they live and work in. And to their diverse and inclusive culture. A culture that is defined by integrity and technical excellence resulting in delivering quality work for more than a century.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:13:29 -0500 2020-02-14T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-14T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Blast and Impact Resistant Protective Design (February 18, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72187 72187-17955061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The design of structures to protect occupants and operations in response to man-made extraordinary events requires attention to critical failure mechanisms and component behavior. Since the intensity and likelihood of these events are not well defined, performance based design approaches include the management of inelastic response and local failure. Design techniques that were developed for the ‘cold war’ are now adapted for Government and commercial construction. Applying these techniques to ‘design excellence’ architecture is a major challenge and the least impactful protective measures that achieve the required performance contribute to a project’s success. In many projects, the protective design engineer helps identify the risks associated with different design options and helps the owners to decide whether to mitigate or accept these risks.

Robert Smilowitz is a Senior Principal at Thornton Tomasetti

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:41:14 -0500 2020-02-18T16:30:00-05:00 2020-02-18T17:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar oslo, minimalism, architecture
Car-sharing service design: combining mathematical programming with stochastic simulation to tackle high- dimensional discrete simulation-based optimization problems (February 19, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72851 72851-18085923@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 9:00am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

In this talk, we consider the design of car-sharing services for a major car-sharing service providor. The problem is formulated as a high-dimensional discrete simulation-based optimization (DSO) problem. We propose a method that combines disaggregate car-sharing reservation data, analytical mathematical programming (MP) models, and simulation-based optimization algorithms. We present various ways in which the MP formulations can be used to enhance both the computational efficiency of DSO algorithms, as well as their ability to tackle high-dimensional problems. We present numerical results on a Boston case study.

Carolina Osorio is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), and in the Operations Research Center (ORC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Her work develops operations research techniques to inform the design and operations of urban mobility systems.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:18:37 -0500 2020-02-19T09:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T10:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar 2020 Faculty Candidate Seminar
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Subsurface Modeling (February 19, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70030 70030-17499524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Daniel Tartakovsky has received his BSc and MSc in Applied Mathematics from Kazan University, Russia in 1991 and PhD in Hydrology from University of Arizona in 1996. He was a Technical Staff Member and Team Leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1996-2005) and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California San Diego (2005-2017). Since 2017 he is a Professor in Energy Resources Engineering Department at Stanford University. His research interests include environmental fluid mechanics, uncertainty quantification and risk assessment, data assimilation and machine learning, and multiscale modeling. He has published over 200 articles in these fields, and served on the editorial boards of many related journals.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:42:05 -0500 2020-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar EWRE Seminar
No Defense: The U.S. Government's War on Water (February 19, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72213 72213-17957434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

In conjunction with the Feb 20 symposium, "From PBB to PFAS: Research and Action to Address Michigan’s Large-Scale Chemical Contaminations" this FREE event is sponsored by the National Wildlife Foundation and the Michigan League of Conservation Voters.

"No Defense" is a documentary that tells the story of the Americans who are fighting against one of the largest-known polluters in the country — the United States government. Since the 1990s, it’s been documented that a category of chemicals known as perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are harmful to life, yet the government continues to mandate its use at hundreds of sites across the country, contaminating surface water and drinking water, with no plan in place to clean it up. This film highlights the people who are suffering, who are blowing the whistle, and who are fighting the United States military’s war on water.

The film focuses on the PFAS contamination problem in Oscoda, Michigan, as a case study into how the U.S. military has failed to protect human health and the environment around the nation and the world. The PFAS contamination in Oscoda was discovered nearly 10 years ago, making it the first PFAS site in Michigan and the first PFAS military site in the world. The film's director, Sara Ganim, is a former CNN correspondent who won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal at Penn State; she also has done extensive reporting on water issues in other communities in the U.S, including Flint.

Documentary. 270 min. Including Filmmaker Q&A. NR.

No Defense is directed by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Sara Ganim. Produced by Emmy-award winning journalist Lennart Bourin. Executive Producer Robert P. Ufer.

Film will be followed by a Filmmaker Q&A.

*Admission is free, but you're encouraged to reserve tickets at this link: https://bit.ly/2RUYYWU

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Film Screening Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:29:58 -0500 2020-02-19T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Film Screening No Defense: The US Government's War on Water (PFAS documentary)
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 20, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
From PBB to PFAS: Research and Action to Address Michigan’s Large Scale Chemical Contaminations (February 20, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68807 68807-17153411@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

The PBB to PFAS Symposium will provide a unique venue for fostering collaboration between researchers and community members with:

• Keynote address by Dr. Linda Birnbaum (Director NIEHS, retired);

• Presentations by community residents and academic researchers working on PBB and PFAS health impacts;

• Breakout groups focused on strategies for building effective community-academic collaborations;

• Organized by UM's Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (M-LEEaD), Central Michigan University's Dept of History, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Emory University’s HERCULES Exposome Research Center;

• ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS: Michele Marcus, PhD, Emory University’s Michigan PBB Registry; Jane Keon, Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force; Francis Spaniola, former Michigan State Representative; Tony Spaniola, JD, creator Michigan Cancer Registry; Courtney Carignan, PhD, Michigan State University; Monica Lewis-Patrick, President & CEO, River Network and We The People of Detroit

• COMMUNITY PANELISTS: Sandy Wynn-Stelt, Rockford; Theresa Landrum, Detroit; Lawrence Reynolds, Flint; Donele Wilkins, Detroit; Tim Neyer, Mt. Pleasant

• MORE SPEAKERS AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED

• Keynote address by Dr. Birnbaum will be livestreamed.

• Registration (free) is required.

• Register for the IN-PERSON Event in Ann Arbor: http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_FromPBBtoPFAS_Register.php?Attendance=InPerson
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• Register for the Keynote LIVESTREAM: http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_FromPBBtoPFAS_Register.php?Attendance=LiveStream

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:21:01 -0500 2020-02-20T09:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Conference / Symposium PBB to PFAS symposium Feb 20 2020
Historical Engineering Special Guest Seminar: Great Builders (February 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72779 72779-18077116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

In the past century the means and methods to design and build infrastructure have evolved at an ever increasing rate. Yet, there are timeless lessons from the builders of the “great projects”; the Eads Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Panama Canal, Hoover Dam, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Veteran builder and award winning civil engineering historian Raymond Paul Giroux will share his unique perspective of the great projects and the timeless lessons of the builders of the great projects.
Learning Objectives: After attending the Great Builders lecture, participants will be better able to:
• Understand the challenges of designing and building the Great Projects
• Understand the role of the key individuals who worked on the Great Projects
• Identify lessons from the Great Builders that are still relevant to modern practice
• Identify the essential traits of great builders

Paul Giroux is a Senior Estimating Manger at Kiewiet in Washington. Giroux has 40 years of experience with working on various projects such as high-risk heavy civil engineering projects, technical bridges, ad quality control management.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:57:47 -0500 2020-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Build air
Adaptive Testing Scenario Library Generation for CAV Evaluation Based on Bayesian Optimization (February 20, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70245 70245-17556161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Testing and evaluation is a critical step in the development and deployment of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), and how to generate testing scenario library is a major challenge. In previous studies, to evaluate maneuver challenge of a scenario, surrogate models (SMs) are often used without explicit knowledge of the CAV under test. However, performance dissimilarities between the SM and the CAV under test usually exist, and it can lead to the generation of suboptimal library. In this work, an adaptive testing scenario library generation method is proposed to solve this problem based on Bayesian optimization. A customized testing scenario library for a specific CAV model will be generated as the result of the adaptive process. Compared with a pre-determined library, a CAV can be tested and evaluated in a more efficient manner with the customized library. To validate the proposed method, a cut-in and a highway exit case are studied for safety and functionality evaluation respectively. For both two cases, the proposed method can further accelerate the evaluation process by a few orders of magnitudes.

Shuo Feng is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:50:59 -0500 2020-02-20T14:30:00-05:00 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
ASCE Seminar Series (February 20, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72593 72593-18024696@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 6:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:14:30 -0500 2020-02-20T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
FE Exam Overview and Student Forum (February 20, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72852 72852-18085924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chi Epsilon presents Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam Overview and Student Forum. This event will give you insight to the exam, available preparation materials, and you will have an opportunity to discuss the exam with graduate students who recently passed the exam.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:30:54 -0500 2020-02-20T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T20:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building Civil and Environmental Engineering Lecture / Discussion I took this photo in a private school in Italy (Bologna) and I found beautiful these two girls studying together.
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 21, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
ASCE Seminar Series (February 21, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72594 72594-18024697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Kiewit’s ethical, forward-thinking workforce continues to build upon the company’s reputation of safe, high-quality engineering. Consistently ranked among the top five of the Engineering News-Record Top 400 Contractors, the company is a leader in a variety of market sectors throughout North America. As an employee-owned company, Kiewit’s assets are managed by the people who know their work best. As their own stakeholders, Kiewit is invested in every project they take on. Kiewit continuously strive to build high-quality work at the lowest cost.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:19:13 -0500 2020-02-21T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar ASCE Speaker Series
Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment (MUSE) Conference 2020 (February 22, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68682 68682-17136741@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 22, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE)

The 4th MUSE Conference will be held February 20-22, 2020 at the UM Rackham building in Ann Arbor.

The purpose of the conference is to foster connections and new collaborations across the broad suite of sustainability and environment-related research at the University of Michigan. We welcome participation from those advancing knowledge through work in the humanities and the social, physical, natural, and engineering sciences.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2020-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan University-wide Sustainability and Environment Initiative (MUSE) Conference / Symposium MUSE 2020 logo
The Role of Emerging Structural Materials, Technology, and Innovative Testing in Advancing Infrastructure Design and Resiliency (February 24, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73065 73065-18138323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 24, 2020 2:00pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:53:11 -0500 2020-02-24T14:00:00-05:00 2020-02-24T15:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Steel bridge on Alaska Highway
2020 Borchardt Conference (February 25, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72196 72196-17955069@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Every three years the Michigan-based Borchardt Conference brings together a diverse group of engineers, scientists, public health specialists and students to present and discuss the latest issues and advances in water and wastewater technology. The This premier triennial event emphasizes applied research and real life experience in environmental engineering and water utility operations. The Borchardt Conference is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, MI-AWWA, MWEA and EGLE. CECs and PDHs will be awarded for this conference.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:39:52 -0500 2020-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Borchart Conference
LHS Collaboratory (February 25, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72208 72208-18035597@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 12:00pm
Location: 1027 E. Huron Building
Organized By: Department of Learning Health Sciences

"Value Proposition of Learning Health Systems"
Erik Gordon, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 – 12 pm–1:30 pm
Great Lakes Room, Palmer Commons (Lunch is included)

Professor Gordon's areas of interest are entrepreneurship and technology commercialization, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, the biomedical industry (pharmaceuticals, devices, healthcare big data, and biotechnology), IoT, FinTech, and digital and mobile marketing. He also served on the faculty of University of Michigan Law School. He has served on the faculty and as Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate Division of Business & Management (Carey Business School) at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught in the business and medical schools and at the University of Florida, where he also served as director of the Center for Technology & Science Commercialization Studies and as Director of MBA Programs. He has served as an adviser or co-founder to numerous companies. He is frequently quoted in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters and other outlets, is a regular contributor to Marketplace Morning Report (in NPR's Morning Edition), Bloomberg Radio, and appears on PBS's Nightly Business Report. His degrees are in economics and law.
Please register in advance, dlhs-umi.ch/lhs-collaboratory.
Email: LHScollaboratory-info@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:07:52 -0500 2020-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T13:30:00-05:00 1027 E. Huron Building Department of Learning Health Sciences Lecture / Discussion LHS Collaboratory
Civil engineering Nth Nth-of -a-Kind advanced nuclear reactors (February 25, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72780 72780-18077117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Nuclear energy provides approximately 20% of the nation’s electricity and is the only green heat source capable of delivering base load power at this time. Plants in the existing nuclear fleet are being retired because they cannot complete financially with natural gas and there is no carbon tax at present. The overnight capital cost for new build nuclear plants in the United States is about $12,500 per kWe , which has to be reduced by about a factor of five to be competitive with the price point of natural gas. Civil construction accounts for between 45% and 50% of the cost of a new build nuclear plant and so drastic reductions in these costs are needed for commercial customers to consider nuclear energy as a source of power generation. The presentation will explore the cost drivers for new build plants, identify differences between building and nuclear construction, describe how poor design decisions lead to dramatic increases in cost, introduce civil civil-engineering strategies for mitigating the effects of external hazards.

Andrew Wittaker is a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Buffalo. His research focuses on structural and earthquake engineering, bridge engineering, blast engineering, and performance-based engineering.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:03:30 -0500 2020-02-25T16:30:00-05:00 2020-02-25T17:30:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Structural Seminar Series
Bioethics Discussion: Overpopulation (February 25, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52727 52727-12974161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on one to(o) many.

Readings to consider:
1. Having Children: Reproductive Ethics in the Face of Overpopulation
2. The Ethics of Controlling Population Growth in the Developing World
3. Overpopulation and the Threat of Ecological Disaster: The Need for Global Bioethics
4. Threats and burdens: Challenging scarcity-driven narratives of “overpopulation”

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/041-overpopulation/.

If it's not too crowded, consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Jan 2020 09:56:30 -0500 2020-02-25T19:00:00-05:00 2020-02-25T20:30:00-05:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Overpopulation
2020 Borchardt Conference (February 26, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72196 72196-18085925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 8:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Every three years the Michigan-based Borchardt Conference brings together a diverse group of engineers, scientists, public health specialists and students to present and discuss the latest issues and advances in water and wastewater technology. The This premier triennial event emphasizes applied research and real life experience in environmental engineering and water utility operations. The Borchardt Conference is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, MI-AWWA, MWEA and EGLE. CECs and PDHs will be awarded for this conference.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:39:52 -0500 2020-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T20:00:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference / Symposium Borchart Conference
CREES Noon Lecture. The Environmental Impacts of Mass Housing in Post-Socialist Europe (February 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70637 70637-17611220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The goal of this lecture is to explore mass housing in the cities of post-socialist Europe and its impacts on the environment. The lecture focuses on the scale of post-socialist mass housing, its inhabitants as users of the living environment, and the challenges of urban renewal, which are increasing the environmental impacts on cities. The presentation will analyze these environmental changes, which began in the cities of post-socialist Europe after 1989 and the post-Soviet urban environment after 1991. The challenges of inhabitants’ participation and urban renewal strategies have slowed urban development. Professor Chabanyuk argues that during the last three decades of post-socialist transition, the living environment of prefabricated mass housing has faced redevelopment challenges due to socio-political and economic change. This question requires efficient and sustainable responses in order to consider the environmental impacts in future urban change.

Oksana Chabanyuk is an associate professor of architecture at Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Ukraine. For the 2019-20 academic year she is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan. Her research at CREES and the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia focuses on the contribution of American specialists to the development of industry and cities in 1920-30s Eastern Ukraine. Dr. Chabanyuk’s academic interests include standardization and early industrialization in the USSR, influence of foreign specialists, prefabrication in industry and housing, post-socialist housing, social housing, and regeneration of residential areas. She is an architect and received her bachelor’s degree in architecture, MA in urban planning (2000), and PhD at the National University Lviv Polytechnic, Ukraine (2004). Her dissertation was entitled “Regeneration of the Residential Environment of High-rise Housing Areas of the 1970-80s (Lviv Case Study).” She has participated in various international competitions, programs, and workshops including: exchange study at Coventry University, UK (1996); Visiting Teachers Program at the AA School of Architecture, London (2010); visiting researcher at the University of Lisbon, Portugal (2014-15); visiting staff at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (2015); and Lublin University of Technology, Poland (2016-18). Professor Chabanyuk has also participated at international conferences, roundtables and seminars in Germany, Portugal, Austria, Poland, UK, USA, and Ukraine.

This lecture is part of the WCEE environment series.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:46:48 -0500 2020-02-26T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-26T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Oksana Chabanyuk
On the Empty Miles of Ride-Sourcing Services: Theory, Observation, and Countermeasures (February 27, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70246 70246-17556162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 2:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The proliferation of smartphones in recent years has catalyzed rapid growth of app-based ride-sourcing services such as Uber, Lyft and Didi Chuxing. A big issue that arises with service expansion is the empty miles produced by ride- sourcing vehicles. To overcome the physical and temporal frictions that separate drivers from customers and effectively reposition themselves towards desired destinations, ride sourcing vehicles generate a significant amount of vacant trips. These empty miles traveled result in an inefficient use of the available fleet and increase traffic demand, posing substantially impacts on system operations. This talk expounds the operational physics underlying the empty miles in ride-sourcing services, and interprets the cause of two critical matching failures that can arise due to some common mechanisms practiced by ride-sourcing platforms. Given the prevalence of the failures in real-world operations, we discuss countermeasures to avoid inefficiencies upon the empty miles, and sustain the system performances. Massive empirical data are employed to evidence the presence of matters in reality as well as the effectiveness of control strategies discussed.

Zhengtian Xu is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests mainly focus on developing novel models, tools, and conducting data-driven quantitative analyses to understand, promote, and regulate emerging mobility services and infrastructures.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Feb 2020 07:34:13 -0500 2020-02-27T14:30:00-05:00 2020-02-27T16:00:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Transportation Seminar
Book Club - Part 1: More than enough: claiming space for who you are (no matter what they say), by Elaine Welteroth (February 27, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72085 72085-17937813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 27, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Duderstadt Center
Organized By: MUSES

The Movement of Underrepresented Sisters in Engineering and Science (MUSES) has a new book club this semester. The book chosen is "More More than enough: claiming space for who you are (no matter what they say), by Elaine Welteroth.

If you would like to join us with this book club, please RSVP with the link below:
https://forms.gle/6MBQY3WEyVwVL4VW7

Books will be given to people interested to come to our discussions.

When: Thu, Feb 27th, 6pm-7pm
Where: North Campus, room: TBD

for questions or more information, contact: umichmuses@gmail.com

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Meeting Mon, 27 Jan 2020 07:56:48 -0500 2020-02-27T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-27T19:00:00-05:00 Duderstadt Center MUSES Meeting Duderstadt Center
BME 500: Ruobo Zhou (March 5, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73399 73399-18214945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

Biomolecular interactions are at the root of all biological processes and define the molecular mechanisms of how these processes are accomplished in both physiological and pathological conditions. Recent advances in single molecule detection and super-resolution fluorescence microcopy have uncovered previously unknown properties of biomolecular interactions, including multivalency, transiency, and heterogeneity, and revealed the organizational principles governing the compartmentalization of functional biomolecular interactions in cells and how such compartmentalization and organizations become dysregulated in diseases. In this talk, I will first discuss my postdoctoral work, where I used mass-spectrometry-based analysis and super-resolution imaging to dissect the protein-protein interactions at the plasma membrane of neurons, and discovered that a newly identified membrane-associated periodic skeleton (MPS) structure can function as a signaling platform that coordinates the interactions of signaling proteins at the plasma membrane of neurons. In response to extracellular stimuli, G-protein coupled receptors, cell-adhesion molecules, receptor tyrosine kinases can be recruited to the MPS to form signaling complexes at the plasma membrane, and such recruitment is required for downstream intracellular signaling. This work not only reveals an important, previously unknown function of the newly discovered MPS structure, but also provides novel mechanistic insights into signal transduction in neurons. I will then discuss my graduate work, where I developed a hybrid single molecule technique combining single molecule FRET and optical tweezers, and applied this technique to probe the sub-molecular dynamics of protein-DNA interactions in various biological systems involved in DNA replication, repair and recombination.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:07:38 -0500 2020-03-05T16:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
Financing the Sustainability Enterprise (March 9, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73394 73394-18214938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sustainability (environmental, social & governance values) is not 'a thing' but 'the way we do things'. It is about mainstreaming sustainability. To communicate this we will be talking about integration of sustainability metrics and values at three levels of implementation:
1. Within the fence of an organization: How are sustainable principles implemented at the unit level?
2. Outside the fence of the organization: How are sustainability principles implemented across supply chains?
3. Conditioning capital investment in sustainability: What is sustainable capital, how is capital deployment impacted by sustainability metrics?

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:26:06 -0500 2020-03-09T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-09T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan Union Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Peter Adriaens Teach-In
Achieving One Water and the Circular Economy (March 10, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73395 73395-18214939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 10:00am
Location: Gerald Ford Library
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The One Water concept is the integrated planning and management of finite water resources to meet the long term needs of both society and our ecosystems. As a society we need to not only improve the management of our water resources, we should also explore how valuable resources can be recovered from our water. This teach-in will explore the connections between our drinking water, wastewater, and natural water systems in order to better manage our water resources and recover valuable products. In recent years researchers have focused on recovering valuable products such as fertilizers from our waste streams in order to develop more sustainable products and conserve finite resources. We will explore this topic and many more in this teach-in. Specifically, this program will dive in to interesting topics such as:
--Current resource recovery opportunities such as nutrient recycling
--New and emerging resource recovery and water reuse technologies
--Tangible steps that you can take within your household to improve your impact on the water cycle

You can expect to learn about the engineered water cycle, how you can reduce your food/water waste, nutrient recycling, and new technologies and approaches to recover valuable resources from our water and wastewater!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:09:39 -0500 2020-03-10T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 Gerald Ford Library Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Nancy Love Teach-In
Forum on "Climate Change and Health: Readiness and Resilience" (March 10, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72763 72763-18070598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Towsley Center for Cont. Med Ed
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

*Please register by going to http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2020.php*

Our climate is our planet’s life support system. Climate change influences human health and disease in numerous ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and disease carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks. As described in the Lancet Countdown report, some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge. Not everyone is equally at risk, and children are especially at risk. Preventive and adaptive actions are needed.

The keynote speaker is an emergency medicine physician who co-authored the U.S. portion of the Lancet Countdown report and Health and Care Delivery in the New England Journal of Medicine. A panel of experts will present solutions from a variety of other universities who are reducing their carbon footprint in response to the urgent public health need.

Welcome: Joseph C. Kolars, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives, UM Medical School

Keynote: "Climate Action: Children’s Health Drives Need for Urgent Action" Renee N. Salas, MD, MPH, MS, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School and emergency medicine physician, Massachusetts General Hospital

Schedule
11:00-11:45 am | Registration outside of Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center for Continuing Medical Education, Michigan Medicine
11:00-11:45 am | Lunch in Towsley Center Dining Room for registered guests
12:00-1:30 pm | Program in Dow Auditorium, Towsley Center (also will be live streamed)
1:30-2:00 pm | Reception in Towsley Center Dining Room

*Please register by going to http://mleead.umich.edu/Event_Climate_Change_and_Health_2020.php*

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:52:24 -0500 2020-03-10T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-10T13:30:00-04:00 Towsley Center for Cont. Med Ed Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Conference / Symposium Climate Change and Health: Readiness and Resilience
Recent Advances in Performance-Based Wind Engineering (March 10, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73710 73710-18302646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 4:30pm
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:18:53 -0400 2020-03-10T16:30:00-04:00 2020-03-10T17:30:00-04:00 GG Brown Laboratory Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar wind
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: CO2 Utilization & Sequestration Through Engineering Solutions (March 11, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73396 73396-18214940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 8:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Combating climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing today’s society, and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering has recognized the need to mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) as one of this century’s grand engineering challenges. Such action is needed to prevent potentially catastrophic shifts in regional temperatures, precipitation patterns, and sea level rise. This teach-in will introduce several emerging opportunities to (1) sequester human-derived CO2 emissions and (2) directly utilize CO2 to create value-added products. Topics will include geologic sequestration of CO2, use of CO2 to produce geothermal energy and store surplus renewable energy in subsurface reservoirs, and direct utilization of CO2 in durable concrete infrastructure products. The presentation will include several hands-on activities to explore these processes and discuss how we can leverage such engineering solutions to slow climate change.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:30:28 -0500 2020-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T09:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Brian Ellis Teach-In
Picking collaboration over fighting: Climate Change & the Natural and the Built Environment (March 11, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73397 73397-18214941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

The built environment is responsible for over half of all man-made CO2 emissions. In this teach-in, we will explore the impacts of the built environment on climate change, and the impacts of climate change on the built environment. We will learn how various policy, design, and technologies may be deployed to mitigate these impacts. The teach-in will include a combination of presentations and panel interaction with participants. Speakers include Missy Stults, Sustainability and Innovations Manager, City of Ann Arbor; Matt Grocoff, Principal of THRIVE Collaborative; Devki Desai, project engineer in HOK’s structural engineering group in New York City; and Victor Li, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, U-M.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:11:24 -0400 2020-03-11T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Workshop / Seminar Victor Li Teach-In
EER Seminar Series (March 11, 2020 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73497 73497-18252264@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Engineering design is complex, where each phase is dependent on the others and iteration occurs with and across these phases. Further, a successful design outcome hinges on foundational work done during the "front-end” of design processes, which includes problem definition, deep needs and stakeholder assessments using design ethnography, requirements development, and idea generation. Research has shown that experts develop both conscious and subconscious design strategies that impact success, and that novices often lack strategies and the ability to successfully implement them. This seminar will discuss investigations of strategies in front-end design, ways these strategies can be translated to design and education tools, and the role of front-end design in broadening recognition of skills that engineering includes.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Dr. Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research characterizes front-end design practices across the student to practitioner continuum, uses these findings to develop tools to support design best practices, and studies the impact of front-end design tools on design success. She focuses on divergent and convergent thinking processes, including concept generation and development and problem space exploration, how to foster creativity in engineering work, and processes to understand social and cultural elements of the contexts in which engineering work occurs and integrate them into decision making. Her studies often involve both professional and educational contexts and collaborations across disciplines with scholars in engineering, education, industrial design, and psychology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:00:21 -0500 2020-03-11T15:30:00-04:00 2020-03-11T16:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
CANCELLED: Our Constitution and Our Children in the Era of Climate Crisis: Juliana v. United States (March 12, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73028 73028-18129604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

This lecture has been CANCELLED.

Please join us for the latest installment of the Environmental Law & Policy Program Lecture Series. Julia Olson, Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Our Children's Trust, will speak about Juliana v. United States.

This event is free and open to the public.

Julia Olson graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, with a J.D. in 1997. For the first part of her 22-year career, Julia represented grassroots conservation groups working to protect the environment, organic agriculture, and human health. After becoming a mother, and realizing the greatest threat to her children and children everywhere was climate change, she focused her work on representing young people and elevating their voices on the issue that will most determine the quality of their lives and the well-being of all future generations. Julia founded Our Children’s Trust in 2010 to lead this strategic legal campaign on behalf of the world’s youth against governments everywhere. Julia leads Juliana v. the United States, the constitutional climate change case brought by 21 youth against the U.S. government for violating their Fifth Amendment rights to life, liberty, property, and public trust resources. Julia and OCT are recipients of the Rose-Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism. She received the Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism in 2017 and is a member of Rachel's Network Circle of Advisors. To rejuvenate, Julia loves being high up in the mountains with her family and her dog or playing tunes on her ukulele with friends.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:11:27 -0400 2020-03-12T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-12T13:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 12, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 12, 2020 6:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-12T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Wolverine Wellness Workshop (March 16, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73584 73584-18263275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 16, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Graduate Society of Black Engineers and Scientists

Join wellness coach Chidimma Ozor as she shares insights on wellness strategies to help navigate some of the challenges & stresses of (grad) school. Topics will include stress reduction/ rejuvenation & holistic wellbeing. Food provided. No registration needed.

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Well-being Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:24:43 -0500 2020-03-16T18:00:00-04:00 2020-03-16T19:00:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Graduate Society of Black Engineers and Scientists Well-being You Know Me
Transportation Seminar Series (March 19, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70248 70248-17556164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

We build Lagrangian continuum models that utilize vehicle trajectory data obtained via V2X connectivity. These models are able to capture three important features of traffic flow: (i) the propagation of congestions in time, (ii) the propagation of congestions in space, (iii) the string instability/stability, that is, the amplification/decay of traffic waves while having only three tunable parameters. These models also enable us to study the large-scale impact of connected automated vehicles on traffic flow control.

Gabor Orosz is an Associate Professor for the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Gabor's research interests include Nonlinear dynamics and control, time-delay systems, networks and complex systems, dynamics and control of connected vehicles, ground robots and autonomous vehicles, neural networks, gene-regulatory networks.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:47:56 -0400 2020-03-19T14:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Transportation Seminar
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 19, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272031@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-19T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
[POSTPONED] "How the War of 1812 Changed American Cartography" (March 24, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72731 72731-18068368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/10/20: This lecture has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

Taking its cue from John Melish’s polemical 1814 title, The Sine Qua Non: a Map of the United States—which ambitiously claimed his map to be indispensable to the point that without it “there is nothing”—this lecture explores the way in which two national crises—the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819—changed the map industry in the United States and the very design of American maps. Using the career of John Melish as its narrative thread, the talk delves into the politics, economics, and optics of American cartography between 1810 and 1820. Tapping source materials that range from newspapers and account books, to showrooms and eye-popping map designs, it examines the roots of nineteenth-century American map production.

What started out as local rivalries between mapmakers during the War of 1812, quickly made headlines in the news (and in the courts) when cartographers not only challenged existing business models and the way in which maps were consumed, but the very look of maps. The fallout was profound: as established mapmakers, like Samuel Lewis or Abraham Bradley, were quickly eclipsed by a new cohort of ambitious cartographers, it was upstarts like Melish—a total novice in all things cartographic—who not only managed to launch a national brand, but generated maps that would influence the nation’s education and public sphere in new and spectacular ways.

Martin Brückner serves as the Interim Director of the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, as the Co-Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS), and as professor in the English department at UD. He earned his M.A. from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in American Studies and Cultural Geography in his native Germany, and his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in the United States.

A Michigan Map Society sponsored lecture presented in collaboration with the Stephen S. Clark Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:09:43 -0400 2020-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map of the seat of war in North America / J. Melish, del.
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Jim Morgan (March 25, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72728 72728-18068362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Jim will be talking about his role and experiences in leading at Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer.

Jim is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer on a mission to keep the world adventurous.  He also serves as senior advisor of the Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) initiative at the Lean Enterprise Institute. Before joining Rivian and LEI, Jim spent more than ten years at Ford Motor Company, serving the last eight and a half years as Director, Global Body and SBU Engineering where he and his team contributed to the company’s historic, product-led revitalization. Prior to Ford, he was the Vice President at Troy Design and Manufacturing (TDM), an automotive supplier of engineering services, prototypes tools, and low volume parts and subassemblies. 

Jim holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Michigan where his original research into Product Development won two Shingo Prizes for Research Excellence.  In addition, he co-authored the award-winning book The Toyota Product Development System (2006) and Designing the Future (2018).  He has also authored or co-authored book chapters as well as articles on product development for the Sloan Management Review, The Engineering Management Journal, and other publications.

QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKER: Please use this link > http://myumi.ch/r85lE

CAN'T ATTEND? In the event that this Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is recorded, it would be added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:  Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series for upcoming events. 

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact Priti Singh (MSE 2020) pritis@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information:

Email TLSS organizer Priti Singh pritis@umich.edu
Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333

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Presentation Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:17:38 -0500 2020-03-25T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-25T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Jim Morgan the Chief Operating Officer at Rivian
Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Pricing and Worth (March 26, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70249 70249-17556165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lack of a dense network of charging infrastructure is a major barrier to the growth of the plug-in electric vehicle market. Electric vehicle drivers value public charging availability since, among other benefits, it reduces range anxiety. This talk introduces drivers’ willingness to pay functions for public charging infrastructure availability, conditional on electric vehicle type and range, annual travel mileage, energy prices, vehicle efficiency, and household income. At the same time, public charging deployment creates investment opportunities for station operators and electric utilities. Hence, in the last part of this talk, operating costs for fast charging stations are estimated, leveraging utility rates data across the United States. Cost mitigation technologies, such as solar panels and energy storage, are also identified.

Eleftheria Kontou is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Enviornmental Engineering Department at University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. Her research interests include transportation planning, electrification and emerging vehicle technologies operations, as well as transportation and energy sectors interdependencies.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:52:18 -0400 2020-03-26T14:30:00-04:00 2020-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Transportation Seminar
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (March 26, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 26, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-03-26T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-26T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (April 2, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 2, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-04-02T18:30:00-04:00 2020-04-02T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Transportation Seminar Series (April 9, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70252 70252-17556167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Cara Wang is an Associate Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute. Her research mainly focuses on the analysis of the interactions between land use, transport (both passenger and freight), energy and environment, and the spatial dependence of travel behavior.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:16:42 -0400 2020-04-09T14:30:00-04:00 2020-04-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Transportation Seminar
[FREE- NOW ONLINE!]Great Lakes Theme Semester Presents: #LakeEffects Film Series (April 9, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73624 73624-18272034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 9, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Great Lakes Theme Semester

Hosted by Michigan Sea Grant and co-sponsored by Great Lakes Now, this completely free series will have a different theme each night: Journeys, Shipwrecks, Invaders, Hazards, Detroit Public TV Night.

Join us every Thursday for the next five weeks now on Zoom! Join us virtually for an hour and a half screening followed by a brief Q&A with filmmakers, participants, and local experts. We hope to see you there!
https://zoom.us/j/380790681

March 12: Journeys
The Big Five Dive
Crossing Lake Huron

March 19: Shipwrecks
Project Shiphunt
November Requiem

March 26: Invaders
Making Waves

April 2: Hazards
Great Lakes, Bad Lines
The Forever Chemicals

April 9: Detroit Public TV Night
Selections from Great Lakes Now

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:33:59 -0500 2020-04-09T18:30:00-04:00 2020-04-09T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Great Lakes Theme Semester Livestream / Virtual U-M LSA Great Lakes Theme Semester, Lake Effects, with topographical map of Michigan
Transportation Seminar Series (April 16, 2020 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70253 70253-17556174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 16, 2020 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Civil and Environmental Engineering

TBD

Corey Harper in a Post Doctoral Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:15:54 -0400 2020-04-16T14:30:00-04:00 2020-04-16T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Civil and Environmental Engineering Livestream / Virtual Transportation Seminar
Master's Defense: Xijia Quan (April 21, 2020 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74183 74183-18559840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

NOTICE: This event will be held via Blue Jeans. The link will be posted below.

Blue Jeans link: https://bluejeans.com/6788336326

We propose a novel optimization algorithm for radiofrequency (RF) pulse design in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), that regularizes the magnitude and phase of the target (desired) magnetization pattern separately. This approach may be useful across applications where the relative importance of achieving accurate magnitude or phase excitation varies; for example, saturation pulses "care" only about the magnitude excitation pattern. We apply our new design to the problem of spin "prephasing" in 3D functional MRI using blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) contrast; spin prephasing pulses can mitigate the signal loss observed near air/tissue boundaries due to the presence of local susceptibility gradients. We show that our algorithm can improve the simulation performance and recover some signal in some regions with steep susceptibility gradients. In all cases, our algorithm shows better phase correction than a conventional design based on minimizing the complex difference between the target and realized patterns. The algorithm is open-source and the computation time is feasible for online applications. In addition, we evaluate the impact of the choice of (initial) excitation k-space trajectories, both in terms of trajectory type (SPINS vs extended KT points) and overall pulse duration.

Chair: Dr. Jon-Fredrik Nielsen

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:11:30 -0400 2020-04-21T15:00:00-04:00 2020-04-21T16:00:00-04:00 Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
VIRTUAL EVENT: Confronting our Climate Grief in the time of COVID-19 (May 7, 2020 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68154 68154-17018328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 7, 2020 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: CEW+

This workshop will be held via Zoom (link to follow via email prior to the event). For safety and privacy, you must be registered to receive the link.

In 2017, the American Psychological Association, Climate for Health, and ecoAmerica published, “Mental Health and our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance.” In October 2018, the U.N. released a report warning that without “unprecedented” political actions, we will likely see catastrophic conditions by 2040. Globally, most communities are already experiencing effects of climate change, and the poorest members of society remain most vulnerable. In this uncertain context, climate grief is real, particularly as the crisis is largely beyond any individual’s ability to control. As a scholar studying climate change, Sampson has sought emerging evidence-based strategies in hopes of coping and building resiliency. In this workshop, together we will: 1) confront our sometimes silent, biggest fears related to climate change, 2) identify ways our community or current professional work may be climate-affected, and 3) create a personal climate resiliency plan that may include household or community action or policy advocacy strategies.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:22:57 -0400 2020-05-07T14:00:00-04:00 2020-05-07T15:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location CEW+ Livestream / Virtual Natalie Sampson