Friday, September 18, 2015
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
AVAYA Auditorium, POB 2.302
The President’s Sustainability Steering Committee at The University of Texas at Austin will host a full day symposium dedicated to highlighting the scholarly and practical sustainability efforts of the university community. The symposium itself is an effort to share best practices and academic findings in hopes of discovering new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
The symposium will feature approximately 20 short presentations from students, faculty, staff and practitioners. Each presentation will be no longer than 7 minutes and will be accompanied by a PowerPoint containing no more than 20 images (no text allowed) detailing how the presenter's work is related to concepts of sustainability. Each presenter will submit a brief essay about their work, which will be made available on the university’s Sustainability Portal.
Sustainability Symposium Agenda
| Time (approx.) |
Subject/Presentation Title | Presenters | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast and Coffee (food will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis) | ||
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||
| Opening Remarks |
Dr. Patricia Clubb |
Vice President, University Operations |
|
| Introduction to Presenters |
Jim Walker |
Director of Sustainability |
|
| 9:00 a.m. | Sustainability in the Liberal Arts |
Moderator: Heather Houser |
Department of English |
| Water's Future Age: Collective Agricultural Traditions |
Avery Slater |
Department of English |
|
| Faculty Fellow Futures |
Dr. Pauline Strong & Dr. Melissa Biggs |
Humanities Institute |
|
| College of Liberal Arts & UT Facilities - Partnership in Sustainability |
Matt Stevens & Grant Barger |
Energy & Water Conservation Program & College of Liberal Arts |
|
| Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies |
Jim Walker |
Office of Sustainability |
|
| QUESTIONS - 15 MIN | |||
| 10:00 a.m. | UT Austin Outside of Austin |
Moderator: Jim Walker |
Office of Sustainability |
| The Country Cookbook |
Jacquelyn Chorush |
College of Communication |
|
| The Emergence of Smart Cities |
Patrick Russell |
Community & Regional Planning |
|
| Engineering Without Borders: Instrumentation Efforts for Sustainable Open-Source Engineering Projects |
Stewart Holloway |
Biomedical Engineering |
|
| Solar Decathlon: NexusHaus |
Jessica Janzen |
Graduate Student, College of Architecture |
|
| QUESTIONS - 15 MIN | |||
| 11:00 a.m. | Greening the State of Texas |
Moderator: Hunter Mangrum |
Division of Housing and Food Service |
| 101 Things to do in Austin! OR, How a Community College Advances Sustainability in Central Texas |
Darien Clary |
Austin Community College |
|
| 75038: Bridging the Sustainability Skills Gap in the Most Diverse Zip Code in the U.S. |
Brandon Morton |
Dallas County Community College District |
|
| Visualizing Solar Data: Campus Solar Charging Stations |
Beth Ferguson |
Sol Design Lab/College of Fine Arts |
|
| What the Minimum 20% Conservation and Reuse Mandate in the SWIFT Process in Texas Means for Sustainably Designed Water Technologies |
Shannon Harris |
Center for Sustainable Design |
|
| Texas City Lab |
Katherine Lieberknecht & Kaethe Selkirk |
School of Architecture |
|
| QUESTIONS - 15 MIN | |||
| 12:00 p.m. | Keynote Remarks |
Dr. Fritz Steiner |
Dean, School of Architecture |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Poster Session Posters will be displayed during lunch in the POB Lobby and food will be served on a first-come, first-serve basis. |
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| MyCreekATX: A User-Friendly App and Web Portal for Austin's Creeks |
Katie Coyne |
School of Architecture |
|
| Perceptions of Green Infrastructure in Austin: Barriers and Ideal Conditions |
Sarah Simpson |
School of Architecture |
|
| Establishing Measures for Sustainable Design |
Neive Tierney |
Landscape Architecture |
|
| Developing a Theoretical Framework to Address the Disconnections Between Sustainability and the Justice Challenges of Climate Change |
Ariadna Reyes |
Community & Regional Planning |
|
| Social Sustainability and the Built Environment |
Juan Yunda |
Community & Regional Planning |
|
| South Central Austin Waterfront |
Coleen Gentles |
Community & Regional Planning |
|
| Are We Still the Brothers of the Trees? Perceptions and Reality of Environmental Conservation in the Guna Indignenous Group |
Bailey Anderson |
College of Liberal Arts |
|
| UT Trees: Sustainable Campus Landscaping and Park Restoration |
Drew Gartman |
College of Natural Sciences/UT Tree Nursery |
|
| 1:15 p.m. | Best of Campus and Student Initiatives |
Moderator: Jaclyn Kachelmeyer |
|
| BEEVO Beekeeping Society & Campus Beehives |
Melanie Brown & Seton Uhlhorn |
Environmental Science & Liberal Arts/Plan II |
|
| Model Making and Waste Management in the School of Architecture |
Warner Cook |
Community & Regional Planning |
|
| UT Stream Team |
Elisa Friedmann |
Division of Recreational Sports |
|
| Edible Food Packaging |
Saef Ahmad |
Biochemistry |
|
| QUESTIONS - 15 MIN | |||
| 2:20 p.m. | Green Technology & App Innovations |
Moderator: Karen Blaney |
Office of Sustainability |
| Urban Information Lab, Bike Infrastructure |
Zack Lofton |
Center for Transportation Research |
|
| Environ: A Game |
Matt O'Hair |
Center for Teaching and Learning |
|
| Texas Green Tours: Web Applications |
Sharon Zhu and Mariana Silva |
Architectural Engineering & Civil Engineering |
|
| Can I Recycle This? |
Mike Mackert |
College of Communication |
|
| QUESTIONS - 15 MIN | |||
| 3:15 p.m. | Wrap Up | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Adjourn | ||