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CANCELED: Engineering Sustainability Day
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
9:30 a.m.
Clark Hall Forum
For More Information:
Catherine Stephens
301 405 9378
csteph5@umd.edu
http://energy.umd.edu

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TUESDAY, APRIL 21 – 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILTIY DAY

Science for Society - The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

UMD CLARK HALL FORUM

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9:30am – 5:00pm

Sustainability does not happen by chance, it must be engineered. That’s why, each April in connection with Earth Day, faculty and students from the University of Maryland, the University System of Maryland, and guests from industry and government are invited to come together for the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute’s (MEI2) Engineering Sustainability Day.

As April, 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, MEI2 is contributing to a larger, campus-wide celebration of this historic event. The goal of this event is to advance science and technology to meet society’s needs for abundant and reliable energy with minimal negative impact on the environment. Therefore, this year’s theme is “Science for Society”.

The agenda includes a morning “TEDtalk” as well as faculty presentations/demonstrations of current energy technologies being developed and to ultimately be commercially deployed. In the afternoon, we will host an energy industry panel discussion with some of our corporate partners. Please see the tentative agenda below.

Tentative Agenda

09:30 Opening Remarks

  • Dean Darryll Pines
  • Dr. Eric Wachsman, Director MEI2 

10:00-10:45 Science for Society and the March for Science

  • Union of Concerned Scientists

10:45 -12:15 Energy Technology Innovations

  • Mind Your Feet – Knitting Meta-Cool into Socks
  • Swirling combustion for efficient wood burning
  • RoCo - Mobile Roving Comforter
  • Real time energy transportation map

12:30 – 14:00 Joint Lunch Keynote sponsored by the Global Sustainability Initiative

14:30 – 15:30 Energy Industry Panel (partners from solar, wind, energy storage…)

  • Exelon

15:30 – 16:30 Student Video Contest and possible tour of the UMD Solar Decathlon winning ReACT house

17:00-18:30 Joint evening reception with GSI and others (MD Legislative leaders and others in attendance – TBD)

This event precedes the March for Science on Wednesday, April 22nd. Rallies will be held in Washington, DC and Annapolis, MD. The UMD Student Government Association is working on a campus-wide plan to organize a large student delegation.

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