Global Academic Partnership Workshop
“Research in Sustainable Community Development"
Program
Updated April 26, 2007
This event was sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh's Global Studies Program, the Office of the Provost, and the Center for Latin American Studies, as well as the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative.
Day 1: Friday, April 13, 2007
Opening Remarks by George Klinzing, Vice Provost for Research, and Gerald Holder, US Steel Dean of Engineering
Kathleen M. DeWalt, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Introducing Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker: Gilberto Januzzi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): "Sustainable Community Development: some thoughts" (2 Mb)
Opening Workshop by Wolfgang Schlör, Director of the University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Session I: Greening the Built Environment
Moderator: Robert Ries (Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh)
• "Greening the Built Environment: Power Generation and Utilization" (476 Kb), Laura Schaefer (University of Pittsburgh)
• "Realigning Economic Incentives to Achieve Healthy Indoor Environments" (235 Kb), Felicia Wu (University of Pittsburgh)
• "Can Technology Save us? Global and National Implications in Building Design" (10.8 Mb), Volker Hartkopf (Carnegie Mellon University)
• "Greening the built environment: R&D in Sustainable Building in Brazil" (2 Mb), Vanessa Gomes da Silva (UNICAMP)
Session II: Urbanization and Air Quality
Moderator: Larry Shuman (Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh)
• "Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center" (4 Mb), Deborah Lange (Carnegie Mellon University)
• "Urbanization and Air Quality: Thoughts from the CMU Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies (CAPS)" (543 Kb), Cliff I. Davidson (Carnegie Mellon University)
• "Urbanization: some aspects found in Brazilian Cities" (9 Mb), Doris Kowaltowski (UNICAMP)
Day 2: Saturday, April 14, 2007
Summary of Day 1 by
Laura Schaefer, Deputy Director, Mascaro Sustainability Initiative, and Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Session III: Water Management and Water Quality
Moderator: Charles Blumenschein (Vice President, Industrial Research and Development, N.A. Water Systems, Veolia Water)
• "
Water Quest. Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems A research center at Carnegie Mellon University"
(3.8 Mb),
Jeanne M. VanBriesen (Carnegie Mellon University)
• "
Safe and Economical Water Supply for the Growing World"
(2.9 Mb),
Radisav Vidic (University of Pittsburgh)
• "
Drinking Water: water source quality urban watershed"
(552 Kb),
Ricardo de Lima Isaac (UNICAMP)
Wrap-up session to discuss next steps / Research agenda
Facilitator: Eric J. Beckman (Co-director, Mascaro Sustainability Initiative, and Bevier Professor of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh)
