[E&S-seminars] TODAY- TPP/IAP seminar: Sustainable of Mat. Systems

[Renee Robins]

Tuesday, January 27

Sustainability of Materials Systems

Randy Kirchain, Assistant Professor,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering and
Engineering Systems Division

Noon - 1:30 pm
E40-298

Achieving a sustainable global economy will require many changes to current
patterns of consumption.  One mechanism of change will be the clever
selection and management of materials.  Unfortunately, few tools exist to
guide engineers & designers in realizing those changes. This seminar will
explore the important role which materials play in influencing the effects
of consumption and explore the use of systems methods to uncover possible
routes to improving material use in the context of a case -- the production
and use of aluminum

Bring brown bag lunch; light refreshments provided.



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IAP 2004

Issues in Technology and Policy Seminar Series

Sponsored by the Technology and Policy Program
Tuesdays, Noon - 1:30 pm
E40-298

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Renee J. Robins
Director of Special Projects
MIT Technology and Policy Program
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E40-381
Cambridge, MA  02139
(617) 253-7662  (tel)
(617) 452-2599  (fax)
rrobins at mit.edu (email)
http://web.mit.edu/tpp/ (web)
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