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Friday, April 22, 2022
8:15 | OPENING SESSION WELCOME |
Tommy Meehan, 2022 TEF Chairperson Marie Dillon Dahleh, PhD, Associate Dean, Strategic Innovation & Program Development, Senior Professor of the Practice, Mathematics, Tulane University |
8:45 | MORNING PLENARY SESSION co-sponsored by Ampirical and Mitsubishi Power |
Co-chairs: Melanie Spring, M Eng and John Kelly III, PhDNOAA's Science and the ClimateA. Rost Parsons, PhD, Deputy Chief, Oceanographic and Geophysical Science and Services Division, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; Jennifer Bowers, Senior Oceanographer and Uncrewed Systems Services Lead, National Centers for Environmental Information; Patrick Hogan, PhD, Chief, Oceanographic Sciences Branch, National Centers for Environmental Information and NOAA Unified Modeling Committee; and Sharon Mesick, NOAA Regional Climate Services Director, Southern Region |
10:15 | BREAK |
First Lego League Robotics Team Demonstrations, Michelle Sanchez, PhD, Tulane SSE |
10:45 - 12:15 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
Session A: InfrastructureCo-chairs: VJ Gopu, PhD, Dave Kanger PEI-10 BR Widening CMAR Delivery Integrated Services Leads to Success at the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum Design of the Kendeda Building For Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech |
Session C: Oil & GasCo-chairs: Charles J. Mart, D Eng and John Kelly III, PhDThe Next 100: Managing the Reliability of Electrical Equipment at a Century-Old Refinery Energy Transition: Production of Chemicals from Biofeedstocks Robotics and Advanced Inspection Technologies for Oil and Gas Facilities |
Session B: Energy
Co-chairs: Doug Chrisey, PhD, Melanie Spring M Eng, John McGaha, Don Vinci |
Session D: Aerospace: Sustainable Human Presence in SpaceChair: Eric EnrightNASA Artemis/Space Launch System Overview Space Fluids: Alien, Yet Closer to Home than You May Think Space Nuclear Propulsion for Mars Missions |
12:30 | LUNCHEON sponsored by Laitram |
Chair: Kimberly Foster, PhD, Dean, Tulane SSEDrainage Engineering in New Orleans: The First Century, 1722-1835Richard Campanella, Author, Geographer, Professor and Associate Dean, Tulane School of Architecture |
2:15 - 3:45 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
Session E: Infrastructure 2Co-chairs: VJ Gopu, PhD, Dave Kanger PELoyola Interchange Design-Build Project Airport Master Planning Long Beach Civic Center |
Session G: WaterCo-chairs: Mead Allison, PhD, Ehab Meselhe, PhDConnecting Silos: A Food-Energy-Water Nexus Approach for Coastal Resilience Planning Using Recycled Glass Sand to Restore Louisiana’s Coast Ground Zero: How New Orleans Can Lead the Sustainable Urban Water Movement |
Session F: Energy 2
Co-chairs: Doug Chrisey, PhD Melanie Spring, M Eng, John McGaha, Don Vinci |
Session H: Innovation
Co-chairs: Katherine Raymond, PhD, Trivia Frazier, PhD and Chan Wong |
3:45 | BREAK |
4:00 | ETHICS |
Chair: LT Cooper, PEChanges to the Licensing Environment; the Ethics of a Self-Regulated ProfessionKarl Tonander, PG, PE, CEO at Souder, Miller & Associates |
5:00 | PROGRAM ENDS |