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Sustainable Futures Institute
Sustainability Research Projects Poster Session
and Dinner at the Rozsa Center Lobby

September 2006

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8192 SFI Advisory Board –from left are Alex Friend of the USDA Forest Service, Mike Hales of Dow Corning, Victoria Pebbles of The Great Lakes Commission, and Harvey Bell of General Motors. Missing from the pictures are Damien Edijuri of Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs Southern, Tina Behr-Andres of Los Alamos National Lab, and Mike Johnson of Caterpillar.
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Snacks
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Overview of Poster Session
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Kari Jordan explains her research
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Dan Adler explains his research
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Prasad Suresh Shirodkar with his poster about Characterization of Value Flow During Product Life Cycle
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Karl Haapala with his poster Predicting Environmental Performance of Manufacturing Operations for Steel Products
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Qiong (Jane) Zhang explains SFI.
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Valerie Fuchs explains her research, Engineering Education for International Sustainability
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Afton Sather-Knutsen discusses his poster
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Dan Adler discusses his research with Abbie Clarke
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Bowen Li and his project about Long Lasting Antibacterial material
IMG_8093.jpg Antoinette Christophe, IGERT grad student, explains her poster about Hurricane Katrina: Unsustainable Global Warming IMG_8095.jpg
Josh Cowden discusses his poster with Dr. John Sutherland and Dr. Bill Predebon
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Abigail Clarke in front of her poster: Distributed or Centralized Production
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Dan Adler: Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Engines Remanufacturing: Cylinder Head Case Study
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Michelle Jarvie with her poster: Biodegradation Kinetics of Estradiol in Sewage Collection Systems
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Shu Wei Goh, DeChao Li and Sanjeev Adhikari project poster: Sustainable Asphalt Pavement Materials, with Beth Hoy
Shu Wei Goh, DeChao Li and Sanjeev Adhikari won the 'People's Choice' award given by the Graduate Student Council
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Debra Beach with her poster: Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Cement Kiln Dust through Mineral Carbonation
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Abbie Clarke discusses her poster
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Allen Hunter, Alex Zevalkink, Matt Swanson, and Dr Nina Orlovskaya project poster: Ceramics as Promising Electrolyte Material for Lower Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
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Josh Cowden discusses his poster, Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Assessment in Africa's Urban Slums
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Luis Garcilaso with his poster: Achieving Dematerialzation via the Servicing of Products
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Many visitors kept the presenters busy with questions
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Posters sessions attract discussion
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Some attendees take notes
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Kari Jordan with her research on Sustainable Development in the Developing World
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Margot Hutchins discusses her research with a poster session attendee
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Lindsey Brown with her poster: Design of Sustainable Lightweight Concrete
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Jill Jensen with her poster: An overview of the DOE's Research Roadmap for a Systems Biology Approach to Cellulosic Ethanol
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Discussion of projects
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Attendees showed interest in the projects
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View of Rosza Atrium
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Dennis Taylor and his project: An Examination on the Implications of International Trade on Global Sustainable Development
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Afton Sather-Knutson discusses his research
with Dr. Bob Baillod