STEP-FAR Events

Nexted Up:

October 2: Humphrey STEP (Science, Technology, & Environmental Policy) Faculty and Fellows Discussion
STEP faculty and fellows will discuss their projects and research and how students and others may get involved (and perhaps get thesis ideas from that involvement)

October 16: Spatial Toxicological Risk Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing
Ashley Suchomel (Public Health) will present on the Spatial Toxicological Risk Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing work she is doing with Jeff Bielicki (Humphrey) and Elizabeth Wattenberg (Division of Environmental Health Sciences) for a portion of a MN Futures grant they received with PI Larry Wackett (Biotechnology Institute).

October 30: Collaborative Research: Smart Grid: Socio-Political Context for Energy Technology Transitions
Clark Koenig and Mudita Suri: Clark (MPP STEP) and Mudita (MS Electrical Engineering) are research assistants with Elizabeth Wilson. They will present their work on her NSF-funded Smart Grid project.

 

Mobile Minnesota: Unleashing the Power of Wireless

Date: To Be Determined. Spring, 2013
University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs
$25 - No Charge for students. Register here.

Demand for wireless data is exploding driven by Netflix, YouTube, Skype, Facebook, Twitter and the additional one million apps that enable us to trade stocks, review restaurants, stream movies and music, upload photos and videos. Our insatiable hunger for data is fed by increasingly smarter smartphones and sophisticated tablets.

In Minnesota, the Twin Cities are facing bumper-to-bumper urban wireless congestion while access to broadband remains a real issue in rural areas. Across the state public safety professionals depend on spectrum availability for emergency response.This event will examine the mounting policy and technological challenges and opportunities for surmounting this urgent and fluid spectrum crunch crisis.

Green Chemistry 2013: Beakers to Business Plans

Friday, January 25, 2013 - 8:00am to 4:30pm -- University of Minnesota Carlson School, 3M Auditorium

The Minnesota Green Chemistry Forum presents our third annual green chemistry conference entitled, Minnesota Green Chemistry 2013: Beakers to Business Plans. This day-long conference will feature keynotes, panels and break-out sessions highlighting what it takes to bring green chemistry into the marketplace. Morning sessions will focus on research, technology, work force and labor issues and academic partnerships. The focus of the afternoon will be business success stories and the “nuts and bolts” of implementing green chemistry for both start-ups and established companies. Dr. Paul Anastas of Yale University, one of the “fathers of green chemistry,” will present one of the keynotes.