Conference Program
Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Boulevard Claremont, CA 91711 Friday, October 5th, 2018 9 AM - 6 PM Conference Program Contact: [email protected] Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design Harvey Mudd College |
Conference Itinerary
9 - 9:30 AM - Check-In and Registration (Thomas-Garrett Plaza, Shanahan Center)
10:15 - 11:30 AM - Morning Lectures (Various locations) 11:45 AM - 1 PM - Lunch (Green Room, Platt Campus Center) 12 - 12:45 PM - Conference Keynote 1 - 2:30 PM - Sustainable Transportation and Infrastructure Panel (Drinkward Recital Hall) 2:45 - 3:35 PM - Workshops Block 1 (Various locations) 3:40 - 4:30 PM - Workshops Block 2 (Various locations) 4:45 - 6 PM - Poster Session and Closing Reception (Shakespeare Theatre, Shanahan) *subject to change |
Opening Remarks and Activities (9:30-10 AM)
Introductions and Icebreakers
Tanja Srebotnjak, Director of the Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design, Harvey Mudd College; Louis Spanias, Sustainability Program Manager, Harvey Mudd College
Drinkward Recital Hall
Tanja Srebotnjak, Director of the Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design, Harvey Mudd College; Louis Spanias, Sustainability Program Manager, Harvey Mudd College
Drinkward Recital Hall
Morning Lectures (10:15-11:30 AM)
Environmental Policy and Sustainability: An Environmental History
Teresa Spezio, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pitzer College
Drinkward Recital Hall
In this presentation, Professor Spezio will discuss how an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969 gave environmental decision makers the ability to develop a proactive approach to comprehensive federal environmental policy. Exploring the interconnections between the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (NEPA) and the spill, she will show how NEPA became one of the foundational documents for 21st century sustainability and resilience programs.
Teresa Spezio, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pitzer College
Drinkward Recital Hall
In this presentation, Professor Spezio will discuss how an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969 gave environmental decision makers the ability to develop a proactive approach to comprehensive federal environmental policy. Exploring the interconnections between the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (NEPA) and the spill, she will show how NEPA became one of the foundational documents for 21st century sustainability and resilience programs.
Locally Grown Power: The First Non-Profit Solar Panel Assembly Factory in the World
Richard Haskell, Professor Emeritus, Harvey Mudd College; Peter Saeta, Professor, Harvey Mudd College; and Devon Hartman, CHERP, Inc.
Shanahan 3485
Locally Grown Power (LGP) is a program of CHERP (Community Home Energy Retrofit Program) that aims to create an assembly plant for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in Pomona, California, that is designed to be replicable in cities across the state. The primary mission of this non-profit, social enterprise is to install solar systems on the roofs of low-to-middle income families who are currently being left out of the ongoing energy revolution. Over 200 local workers will be trained to assemble, test, and install solar PV systems that incorporate newly patented technology.
The LGP program will be described in detail followed by Q&A and invitations to the audience to become involved. (45 minutes) A review of the patented idealPV panel-controlling strategy and electronics will follow with its own Q&A session. (30 minutes)
Richard Haskell, Professor Emeritus, Harvey Mudd College; Peter Saeta, Professor, Harvey Mudd College; and Devon Hartman, CHERP, Inc.
Shanahan 3485
Locally Grown Power (LGP) is a program of CHERP (Community Home Energy Retrofit Program) that aims to create an assembly plant for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in Pomona, California, that is designed to be replicable in cities across the state. The primary mission of this non-profit, social enterprise is to install solar systems on the roofs of low-to-middle income families who are currently being left out of the ongoing energy revolution. Over 200 local workers will be trained to assemble, test, and install solar PV systems that incorporate newly patented technology.
The LGP program will be described in detail followed by Q&A and invitations to the audience to become involved. (45 minutes) A review of the patented idealPV panel-controlling strategy and electronics will follow with its own Q&A session. (30 minutes)
Lunchtime Keynote (12-12:45 PM)
Councilmember Joseph M. Lyons, City of Claremont
Green Room, Platt Campus Center
Green Room, Platt Campus Center
Panel Presentation (1-2:30 PM)
Sustainable Transportation and Infrastructure
Sabrina Bornstein, Deputy Chief Resilience Officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
Julie Medero, Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
Lisa Schweitzer, Professor of Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, University of Southern California
Paul Steinberg, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy, Harvey Mudd College
Drinkward Recital Hall
In this panel, we hope to discuss contemporary challenges with advancing sustainability in the transportation sector as well as in greater urban infrastructure. These include but are not limited to challenges of establishing a smarter grid, improving how we build city spaces and structures, how people navigate through those spaces and live in them, and more. The panel will take on a moderated and audience driven Q&A structure for the first hour, and will conclude with 30-minute breakout sessions with our panelists. Audience members will have the opportunity to help our panelists tackle a problem or question they've brought with them.
Sabrina Bornstein, Deputy Chief Resilience Officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
Julie Medero, Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College
Lisa Schweitzer, Professor of Urban Design and Spatial Analysis, University of Southern California
Paul Steinberg, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy, Harvey Mudd College
Drinkward Recital Hall
In this panel, we hope to discuss contemporary challenges with advancing sustainability in the transportation sector as well as in greater urban infrastructure. These include but are not limited to challenges of establishing a smarter grid, improving how we build city spaces and structures, how people navigate through those spaces and live in them, and more. The panel will take on a moderated and audience driven Q&A structure for the first hour, and will conclude with 30-minute breakout sessions with our panelists. Audience members will have the opportunity to help our panelists tackle a problem or question they've brought with them.
Workshops (2:45-4:30 PM)
SINGLE WORKSHOP TRACK
Human-Centered Design for Sustainability, Shannon Randolph (The Hive) 2:45-4:30, Shanahan 3460 (SkyCube) Description: Learn human-centered design (HCD) tools to design locally suited interventions to persistent sustainability challenges. HCD can be used to reframe issues from the perspective of natural resource or energy users, and then to design interventions that meet their needs as they relate to sustainability issue. This tool can equally be applied to climate change, wildlife trade, government capacity building or any environmental problem. There are three main phases to the HCD process: (1) empathetic research and reframing of problem space from extreme users’ perspectives, (2) rapid prototyping and testing of solutions, and (3) iteration to design salient solutions based on user feedback. You will be provided with brief examples from international conservation work and will engage in a rapid experiential workshop on the human-centered design process. Sustainable Benefits of Drones Warren Roberts (Claremont Colleges Library) 2:45-4:30, Robert Redford Conservancy (Bernard Field Station, north of HMC campus) Description: There are many benefits that drones have brought to the field of environment and sustainability. Learn the benefits of how UAV technology is applied from capturing imagery of large tracts of land to determining health of crops or perform runoff analysis to generating surfaces to quickly determine areas, slopes and aspects. We’ll cover the workflow in collecting imagery and surfaces from flight planning, accuracy, risk assessment & Data capture (sUAV) to data processing into GIS. |
DUO WORKSHOP TRACK
Composting 101, Peter Staub (Pomona College Farm Manager) 2:45-3:35, HMC Garden Space (east of Platt Campus Center) Description: Come join the farm manager from the Pomona College Organic Farm to learn the basics of composting. This will include a brief lecture on how composting actually works, stages of the process, and different methods of composting. Primarily, though the workshop will be a hands-on exercise in how to build and subsequently turn a compost pile. No previous experience or equipment required, just be ready to get a little dirty (and maybe a bit smelly)! Searching for a Green Career, Brad Tharpe (Pitzer College) and Paul Hardister (Harvey Mudd College) 3:40-4:30, Shanahan 2450 Description: Come learn a strategy for looking for jobs and internships, including resources specific to "green careers." You will have the opportunity to create individualized action steps that you can take to explore or plan for a career in green or environmental fields! |
Poster Session and Closing Reception (4:45-6 PM)
Shakespeare Theatre, Shanahan Center
CapSol: Off-Grid Lighting Solution for Rural Haiti
Tejus Rao, student, Harvey Mudd College
NGO Corporate Partnerships
Rebecca Chung, REC Team Manager, Claremont McKenna College
Intelligent Air Quality Sampling via Mobile Sensor Networks
Jacob Donenfeld, student, Harvey Mudd College
A Novel Design for an Energy-Harvesting Fish Tracking System
Christopher Ferrarin, student, Harvey Mudd College & Richard Zhang, student, Harvey Mudd College
Octocoral Species Identification and Distribution in the Gulf of Mexico
Katie Erickson, student, Harvey Mudd College
Micro-Grid Systems to Provide Electricity and Clean Water to Rural India
William Cullen, REC Student Manager, Claremont McKenna College; Sustainable Development Policy and Finance Team, Roberts Environmental Center, Claremont McKenna College
Travel, Research, and Engagement: The UCI Costa Rica Program in Global Sustainability and Cultural Immersion
Rachel Harvey, Sustainability Program Manager, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Kabria Allen-Ziaee, Residence Life Coordinator, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Aryan Ghanadan, student, University of California, Irvine
Green Building and Visible Sustainability in Student Housing: The Mesa Towers Project
Melissa Falkenstein, Director of Capital Projects and Asset Management, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Rachel Harvey, Sustainability Program Manager, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Tejus Rao, student, Harvey Mudd College
NGO Corporate Partnerships
Rebecca Chung, REC Team Manager, Claremont McKenna College
Intelligent Air Quality Sampling via Mobile Sensor Networks
Jacob Donenfeld, student, Harvey Mudd College
A Novel Design for an Energy-Harvesting Fish Tracking System
Christopher Ferrarin, student, Harvey Mudd College & Richard Zhang, student, Harvey Mudd College
Octocoral Species Identification and Distribution in the Gulf of Mexico
Katie Erickson, student, Harvey Mudd College
Micro-Grid Systems to Provide Electricity and Clean Water to Rural India
William Cullen, REC Student Manager, Claremont McKenna College; Sustainable Development Policy and Finance Team, Roberts Environmental Center, Claremont McKenna College
Travel, Research, and Engagement: The UCI Costa Rica Program in Global Sustainability and Cultural Immersion
Rachel Harvey, Sustainability Program Manager, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Kabria Allen-Ziaee, Residence Life Coordinator, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Aryan Ghanadan, student, University of California, Irvine
Green Building and Visible Sustainability in Student Housing: The Mesa Towers Project
Melissa Falkenstein, Director of Capital Projects and Asset Management, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
Rachel Harvey, Sustainability Program Manager, Student Housing, University of California, Irvine