Panelists include:

Philippe Baveye, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Philippe Baveye To Join Rensselaer Faculty as Kodak Chair in Environmental Engineering

Faye Duchin, Economics/Science and Technology Studies
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Do Water-Rich Regions have a Comparative Advantage in Food Production?: Improving the Representation of Water for Agriculture in Economic Models,” and“Policies and Technologies for a Sustainable Use of Water in Mexico: A Scenario Analysis,” both inEconomic Systems Research (co-authored with C. Lopez-Morales), and “Embodied Resource Flows in the Global Economy,” Journal of Industrial Ecology

Abby Kinchy, Science and Technology Studies
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Michael Mascarenhas, Science and Technology Studies
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Kathleen Ruiz, Arts
The Watershed Project

Flo: The Watershed Project: a continuation of her artistic research in using simulation technology to explore first person experience, intentionality, and empathy. “Flo” offers a rare opportunity to create a unique bridge between the digital and natural worlds and uses art and science to create a deep awareness of the delicate balance of the environment. Here one experiences what it may be like to “be” water. Using a custom designed physical interface to an interactive 3dimensional simulation that traces the formation of water as rain and then onwards thorough streams, reservoirs and aqueducts to become drinking water. Not only an artwork, this project has educational components in the form of field experiments and mini-games that address flooding, climate change, water pollution, sustainability, and ecofriendly practices. This project brings together unique alliance of scientists, environmental educators, university students and middle school students from upstate and from the South Bronx.

This panel will be co-chaired by Mike Fortun and Jim Napolitano.