Patriotism and Reconstruction: Washington, DC after ...
Patriotism and Reconstruction: Washington, DC after Conquest and Arson ...
04/08/2002, 5:30, 10-485 Anthony S. Pitch The 24-hour occupation of the nation's capital by British forces during the War of 1812 was arguably the lowest point in American history. The President fled to Virginia hours before the invaders torched the White House, ...
Planning After Katrina: What Have We Learned so Far?
Planning After Katrina: What Have We Learned so Far?
09/21/2006 6:00 PM Bartos TheaterRachel Bratt, Tufts University; Philip Thompson, MIT; Jon Whitten, Tufts University; Stephen Villavaso, AICP; Peter Lowitt, AICP; Lawrence Vale, SM '88, Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT School of ...
Power System Balancing with High Renewable Penetration
Power System Balancing with High Renewable Penetration: The Potential of ...
About the Presentation The state of Hawai'i plans to obtain 40% of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030. Balancing intermittent wind with fossil fuel plants can be expensive, slowing adoption. A social and technical infrastructure for temporary reductions in ...
Re-Engineering Buildings: Innovations in Building Technology
Re-Engineering Buildings: Innovations in Building Technology
10/01/2010 11:00 AM e14"633Tony Ciochetti, Chairman, MIT Center for Real Estate; John Ochsendorf, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture; Alex (Sandy) Pentland, PhD '82, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human Dynamics Research, ...
Reflections on the Big Dig
Reflections on the Big Dig
03/30/2004 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumFrederick P. Salvucci, '61, SM '62, Senior Lecturer, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MITDescription: Sometimes good projects go bad, and other times, a bad project turns out well. Few people can pass such judgments better than Fred Salvucci, who was ...
Sustainability: The Next Management Frontier, SESSION 4
Sustainability: The Next Management Frontier, SESSION 4
Opportunities in Infrastructure and Built Environment Sarah Slaughter, Judith Layzer, Milton Bevington, Bill Sisson
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World
03/01/2010 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumEugene J. Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force, Federal Communications CommissionDescription: The digital revolution that brought us Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could help revive participatory ...
The Internationalization of Spanish Companies: Ferrovial, ...
The Internationalization of Spanish Companies: Ferrovial, The Rise of a ...
02/28/2008 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumRafael del Pino, GM'86, SM '86, Executive Chairman, Grupo Ferrovial, S.A.Description: Move over, Italy. Rafael del Pino is here to claim Spain's rightful spot as a major European player in the global infrastructure market. Founded by ...
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to ...
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, ...
10/22/2007 4:00 PM BartosCharles B. Perrow, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale UniversityDescription: It's time to trade in the Department of Homeland Security for a Department of Homeland Vulnerabilities, says Charles Perrow. At its peril, our nation "privileges ...
Toward Efficient Airport Operations
Toward Efficient Airport Operations
10/26/2010 4:00 PM 4"237Hamsa Balakrishnan, Asst Professor, Aero Astro and Engineering SystemsDescription: Few of us would elect to spend countless hours at the airport watching planes arrive, depart and sit at gates. But what constitutes a punishment for some actually energizes Hamsa ...
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
09/09/2009 11:00 AM Bartos theaterDr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning CommissionDescription: People sometimes ask Montek Singh Ahluwalia questions loaded with "aspirational objectives," such as when India will "get rid of poverty." Few are as ...
Transportation in Contemporary Society: A Complex Systems ...
Transportation in Contemporary Society: A Complex Systems Approach
03/09/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Joseph Sussman, J R East Professor of Civil and Environmental EngineeringDescription: In the nineteen fifties and sixties, students of transportation focused on building infrastructure and applied lessons from the physical sciences to designing ...
Transportation Policy: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally ...
Transportation Policy: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally and Walking the ...
10/20/2009 4:00 PM 32"124Frederick P. Salvucci, '61, SM '62, Senior Lecturer, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MITDescription: Why do so many sustainable transportation programs turn out, like the Alice in the Wonderland parable to lead us down unexpected ...
When to Seed, When to Harvest: The Four Quads of ...
When to Seed, When to Harvest: The Four Quads of Innovation, Growth
02/20/2002, 4:00 PM, Wong Auditorium Michael L. Eskew Under Michael Eskew's direction, UPS is expanding its emphasis on developing new lines of business that complement the company's core package operations. Driving this initiative, he oversees efforts to integrate ...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Why Chemomechanical Design ...
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Why Chemomechanical Design of Materials ...
03/30/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Krystyn Van Vliet, Ph.D. '02, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and EngineeringDescription: Our conversations on sustainable transportation typically begin with a review of vehicle efficiencies, and end with the ...