Programs

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Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series

All Trainees are required to attend an hour-long lunch seminar series that are held on every other Thursdays. Seminars will cover a variety of topics and feature a range of invited guest lecturers. The series is designed to give the students a forum to discuss research amongst themselves as well as with IGERT faculty and other invited guests. The series will also include workshops centered on several topics and areas that will contribute to the academic and professional development of IGERT Trainees and Affiliates.

Fall 2014

TBA

Spring 2014

1/30/14 “The Effects of Social Networks on Human Behavior (Energy Conservation and Beyond)” by Rimas Gulbinas, IGERT Affiliate

2/6/14 “Creating Near-Term Climate Scenarios” by Prof. Lisa Goddard, Columbia Faculty, International Research Institute for Climate and Society

2/13/14 "International Diffusion of Planning Cultural Frames: The Effect on Haitians' Participation Experiences in Planning" by Sophonie Joseph, IGERT Trainee

2/20/14 “Context and Sustainability: landscape architecture and design education in a time of climate change” by Prof. William Green, Univ. of Rhode Island Department of Landscape Architecture

3/6/14 “Biological communities and green infrastructure: Design, natural assembly, and function” by Prof. Matt Palmer, Columbia Faculty, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

3/27/14 “On Sustainable Materials and Structural Engineering for the 21st Century” by Prof. Larry Bank, CCNY Department of Civil Engineering

4/10/14 “Structuring Sustainable Finance:  Value Capture and the Case of London’s Crossrail” by Danielle Petretta, IGERT Trainee

Fall 2013

9/12/13 “Vulnerability to extreme heat in New York City” by Jaime Madrigano, Columbia Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

10/10/13 “Urban precipitation and water quality in New York City” by David Farnham, IGERT Trainee

10/24/13 “Interaction between vegetation, hydrology and climate” by Prof. Pierre Gentine, IGERT Faculty

11/7/13 “Big Data, Big Buildings: An Informatics Approach to Urban Sustainability” by Prof. Constantine Kontokosta, Deputy Director of NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress

11/14/13 “Smart Nairobi: Can Open Data Support Sustainable Mobility in Africa?” by Jackie Klopp, Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Earth Institute

11/26/13 “GreenScreen” by James Sable, Executive Vice President of GreenScreen

12/5/13 “Columbia's Latin Lab: Areas of Focus and the Medellin's Planning Studio” by Prof. Clara Irazabal, IGERT Faculty

Spring 2013

01/31/13 “Physical v.s. Social engineering: Balancing New York City’s adaptation needs to sea level rise and storm surge risks” by Prof. Klaus Jacob, Columbia Lamont Doherty Lab

02/14/13 (No title) by Prof. Vijay Modi, IGERT faculty

02/28/13 “Why do you need an Individual Development Plan” by Lily Secora, Director of Columbia Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

03/14/13 “Can we plan for unpredictable travel?” by Eric Goldwyn, Columbia Urban Planning

03/28/13 “Crow tribal water rights & infrastructure development” by Grace BullTail, IGERT Trainee

04/11/13 “Climate change and variability: Quantifying and managing urban risks” by Prof. Upmanu Lall, IGERT Faculty

04/25/13 “Building-scale strategies to improve feasibility of large-scale wind power” by Mike Waite, IGERT Trainee

Fall 2012

09/19/12 “On developing research skills” by Danianne Mizzy, Columbia University Library

10/03/12 “Measuring the value of access: Creating sustainable urban transport” by Prof. Elliott Sclar, IGERT Faculty

10/17/12 “Can social influence drive energy savings?” by Rishee Jain, IGERT Trainee

11/14/12 “Urban agriculture in New York City: Mapping capacity and ecological benefits” by Kubi Ackerman, Columbia Urban Design Lab

11/28/12 “Can solar be the solution to our energy needs? How much storage is needed?” by Prof. Vasilis Fthenakis, IGERT Faculty