David Allen (Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Texas at Austin) will give a talk (an EECE Seminar) on Saturday, November 3rd, titled Sustainable, Resilient Infrastructures: A case study of electricity, air quality and water, as part of the SUSTAINABLE CITIES Conference held at Washington University in St. Louis from November 1-3, 2012. See http://eece.wustl.edu/aboutthedepartment/pages/event-detail.aspx?event=873 ⇨
David Allen is the Gertz Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering, and the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of seven books and over 200 papers in areas ranging from coal liquefaction and heavy oil chemistry to the chemistry of urban atmospheres. His recent work has focused primarily on urban air quality, the engineering of sustainable systems, and the development of materials for environmental and engineering education. See http://sustainablecities.wustl.edu/events/david-allen/ ⇨
The SUSTAINABLE CITIES Conference begins with a talk by Bill McKibben, "350: The Most Important Number in the World" (see http://sustainablecities.wustl.edu/events/the-keynote-speech/ ⇨) on Thursday, November 1, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in Graham Memorial Chapel. It will be streamed live at http://stream.nts.wustl.edu/lecture ⇨
350 ppm is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and one humanity needs to get below to avoid runaway climate change. "To get there, we need a different kind of PPM-a 'people powered movement' that is made of people like you in every corner of the planet," McKibben says.
Register for the SUSTAINABLE CITIES Conference at http://sustainablecities.wustl.edu/ ⇨
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