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2019 Engineering and Public Policy Mini-Symposium Keynote: Alain Kornhauser, Princeton UniversityAlain Kornhauser Professor of Operations Research & Financial Engineering Director, Transportation Program Faculty Chair, Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering Princeton UniversityProfessor…
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Mark Nejad: How can Blockchain help autonomous transportation systems?Real-time decision making in autonomous transportation systems (ATS) relies on processing traffic data. The assurance of the integrity and security of traffic data over its life cycle is a critical…
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Earl (Rusty) Lee: Pedestrian Behavior and Autonomous VehiclesAny time a pedestrian crosses the street outside of a signalized crosswalk, they are making a risk-reward mental calculation. Are the benefits of crossing at this location and not proceeding to a…
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Greg Dobler: The Urban Observatory: Using Measurable Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems for Better CitiesWith millions of interacting people and hundreds of governing agencies, urban environments are the largest, most dynamic, and most complex macroscopic systems on Earth. All of that complexity can be…
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Philip Barnes: What can the elevator tell us about autonomous vehicles?This talk will offer a novel method to identify the expected impacts of automated vehicles. New insights into the policy implications of this emerging technology can be gained by reading a social…
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Alethea Sethman: Energy and You!Energy challenges define our world. From global competition and lightning-quick advances in technology to climate change and fossil fuel depletion, crises in production and consumption threaten our…
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Saleem H. Ali: Elements of Power: How Engineering and Policy rely on the Periodic TableIn June 2019, the U.S. government published a strategy to assess critical minerals supply security. Much of the focus of this effort was on the minerals needed for U.S. defense and manufacturing…
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Julia Maresca: Engineering responses to emerging antibiotic-resistant diseasesAntibiotics have, over the past hundred years, dramatically changed not just human health, but also animal health and agricultural practices. However, many diseases are now resistant to commonly-used…
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A.R. Siders: You can build it — but is it legal? Engineering and law solutions to climate adaptationClimate change demands innovative ways to engineer and design infrastructure. Sometimes these innovative solutions, however, are stymied by laws. Floating houses in flood-prone areas must meet…
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James Corbett: Decarbonizing Transportation Requires Rethinking Freight Systems and Passenger MobilityAny successful strategies to achieve real and transforming energy conservation and GHG reduction targets must engage new technologies, alternative energies, modal infrastructure redesign, and…
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2019 Engineering and Public Policy Mini-Symposium: IntroductionIntroduction: Arde Faghri, Program Director Engineering and Public Policy Welcome: Dr. Robin Morgan, Provost, University of Delaware Remarks: Rachel Davidson, Associate Dean of the College of…
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Investigating the Effect of Resource Rents on Corruption: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, Sunday HeagbetusThis research investigates whether the availability of natural resources rents can lead to corruption in resource-rich countries. The study used a panel data analysis for the sample of 26 countries…
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MPP—welcome fall 2020 studentsDr. Katie Fitzpatrick welcomes admitted Master of Public Policy students to join the Biden School in fall 2020.
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MA UAPP-welcome fall 2020 studentsDr. Danilo Yanich welcomes admitted graduate students to matriculate into the M.A. Urban Affairs and Public Policy program for the fall 2020.
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