Program
2012 Tulane Engineering Forum – Friday, March 23, 2012
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans
Second Floor Conference Rooms Above Halls I and J
7:45am • Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15am • Opening Session Welcome
Donald Vinci, Forum Chairman, Vice President, Gas Distribution, Entergy
Scott S. Cowen, DBA, President, Tulane University
8:45am • Morning Plenary Session
Chair: John R. McGaha, PE, jMc Associates, LLC
Disaster Insights – Policy, Strategy, and Engineering Design
Fukushima Lessons Learned and Applications to US
Tony Pietrangelo, Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute
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Engineering Design and Human Factors: Insights into Highway Bridge and Tunnel Disasters
Earl F. Weener, PhD, Member, National Transportation Safety Board
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Deepwater Horizon Disaster - Two Years Later
Garret Graves, Director, Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
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10:15am • Break
K-12 Robotics Demonstrations highlighting Innovation, Core Element Display - Innovative Methods for Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), Forum Sponsor Displays, Information on Tulane Science and Engineering Technology Transfer and Industry Collaboration and Tulane Student Research Posters
10:45am • Concurrent Sessions
Session A - Infrastructure ICo-chairs: VJ Gopu, PhD, PE Louisiana Transportation Center and University of New Orleans and David Kanger, PE, Modjeski and Masters Performance of Highway Bridges During Chile Earthquake of February 2010 Quantifying Loss of Function of Critical Building Systems Due to Recent Seismic Events The Great Tohoku Tsunami: First Anniversary Reflections |
Session B - Energy ICo-chairs: John McGaha, PE, jMc Associates, LLC and Doug Meffert, D Env, National Audubon Society A Global View of the Power Market in the Post-Fukushima Era Louisiana and the Future of American Energy Update on United States Energy Policy and Strategy |
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Session C – Petroleum/Natural GasChairman: James E. Orth, ORX Resources, Inc. Exploration Challenges in Salt Basins Global Deepwater Production and Development Challenges Oil & Gas Exploration Regulatory Process... The Critical Path
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Session D - Coastal RestorationChair: John J. Kelly III, PhD, Model Software Corp. 2012 Master Plan for Coastal Louisiana A Post Panamax Mississippi River Entrance that Works for Both Ships and the Coast What's the Most Efficient Use of our Limited Water and Money? Engineered Avulsions for Land Building in the Delta |
12:30pm • Luncheon
Chair: Nicholas Altiero, PhD, Dean, Tulane School of Science and Engineering
The Role of Engineering in Biomedical Translational Research
Sam Michael, Director, Automation and Compound Management (ACOMM), National Institute of Health (NIH), Center for Translational Therapeutics (NCTT)
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2:15pm • Concurrent Sessions
Session E: Infrastructure IICo-chairs: Robert J. Kahl, US Department of Energy and David Kanger, PE, Modjeski and Masters The Infrastructure Challenge: Managing Risk, Uncertainty and Expectation in the Constructed Environment Damages to GSA Buildings and Washington National Cathedral due to the August 23 Virginia Earthquake Risk Assessment and Insurance of Structures |
Session F: Energy IICo-chairs: John McGaha, PE, jMc Associates, LLC and Don W. Vinci, Entergy Underwater Robotics: Technology Adaptations Post BP Oil Spill Leveragine Technology to Improve Emergency Response Cyber Security Enhancements to Prevent and Mitigate Cyber Threats |
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Session G: PetrochemicalCo-chairs: Franz Vogt, PE, RAIN CII Carbon and Thomas P. Meehan, Intralox Engineering The Importance of Energy to Louisiana's Economy A Role for the Petroleum Industry in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education Biomolecular Engineering: Applications to Energy, Environment and Health
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Session H: Levee ProtectionChair: John J. Kelly III, PhD, Model Software Corp. Overview of the USACE’s IHNC Surge Barrier Project Overview of the GIWW - West Flood Control Complex 2011 Mississippi River Flood Impacts
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3:45pm • Break
4:00 • Closing Session • Ethics
Chair: Nicholas Altiero, PhD, Dean, Tulane School of Science and Engineering
Ethics: No One Wants to Blow the Whistle: When Must You?
Max. L. Porter, PhD, PE, University Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
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5:00pm • Program Ends
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