{"396731":{"#nid":"396731","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Urban Infrastructure Transitions toward Environmentally Sustainable and Livable Cities: Connecting Analysis to Action","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUrban Infrastructure Transitions toward Environmentally Sustainable and Livable Cities: Connecting Analysis to Action\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Anu Ramaswami, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003E Charles M. Denny, Jr., Chair in Science, Technology and Public Policy\u003Cbr \/\u003E Humphrey School of Public Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E University of Minnesota\u003Cbr \/\u003E Thursday, April 23, 2015, 3pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E Ferst Room, Library (7th Floor)\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Light refreshments will be provided at the seminar\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Bio: \u003Cbr \/\u003E Professor Anu Ramaswami is the Charles M. Denny, Jr., Chair of Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and a professor of bioproducts and biosystems engineering in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Ramaswami is among the leading scholars on sustainable urban infrastructure and has seen her work adopted as policies and protocols for developing sustainable cities in the United States and internationally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ERamaswami\u2019s research spans environmental modeling, environmental technologies, industrial ecology, sustainable infrastructure design, urban systems analysis, and integration of science and technology with policy and planning for real-world implementation in communities. She has developed novel interdisciplinary education programs and resources in these diverse areas. She is the lead author of a graduate-level textbook on integrated environmental modeling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ERamaswami received her B.S. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology\u2013Madras, India, and her M.S. and PhD in civil and environmental engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She serves as chair of the newly founded Sustainable Urban Systems section at the International Society of Industrial Ecology, and represents the United States in various international urban sustainability networks.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAnu Ramaswami, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003E Charles M. Denny, Jr., Chair in Science, Technology and Public Policy\u003Cbr \/\u003E Humphrey School of Public Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E University of Minnesota\u003Cbr \/\u003E Thursday, April 23, 2015, 3pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E Ferst Room, Library (7th Floor)}\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Light refreshments will be provided at the seminar\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Public Policy Speaker Series"}],"uid":"28044","created_gmt":"2015-04-15 14:38:23","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:19:27","author":"Jessie Brandon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-04-23T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-04-23T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-04-23T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-04-23 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-04-23 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-04-23 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"124041","name":"liveable cities"},{"id":"124051","name":"minnesota"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"124031","name":"pubp"},{"id":"167227","name":"Speaker series"},{"id":"11947","name":"urban infrastructure"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}