Wednesday, April 16th, 2008, 12:00–2:00pm
Organized by: Center for Architecture; NYU; Buckminster Fuller Institute
Sponsored by:Center for Architecture; Environmental Health Clinic, NYU; Buckminster Fuller Institute
Location: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
Price: Free
Credits: CES LUs: 1.5, CES HSW: 1.5
Contact: NYU Environmental Health Clinic
Join us for the third event of the monthly Design Heroix series.
Dean Corren, Director of Technology Development, Verdant Power
Dean Corren leads Verdant Power's technology development efforts, having been the original designer of the Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) during his time as a Research Scientist at New York University. Before Verdant Power, he consulted on diverse energy and technology projects, as well as researching a wide range of energy technologies at NYU. He also chaired the Burlington Electric Commission, which governs Vermont's largest public utility, and served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives. He holds an MS in Energy Science from New York University and a BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Middlebury College.
Respondent: Tim White, Project Management, eDesign Dynamics
Mr. White has extensive experience in the building trades in project management, design and construction. His particular interest involves the application of Low Impact Development technologies in both new design and retrofits in the built environment. His consulting experience has ranged from cost benefit analysis in potential remediation strategies, to stormwater re-use scenarios in urban application. Mr. White holds a M.S. in Natural Resource Planning from the University of Vermont, with a focus on Ecological Design and phosphorus dynamics, where he studied under Dr. John Todd. He designed the on-line Stormwater Management Toolbox for the USEPA "Re-designing the American Neighborhood" grant at UVM.
Design Heroix: The speakers in this grand rounds series treat design as the critical opportunity to address one or several challenging contemporary technical issues. While working in different material realms their entrepreneurial activity draws designability into realms that have been closed to reimagination-thought solved or inevitable. These speakers have individually reinvented the laptop, the window, the map, fundamental electrical connections, the structure of competitive markets and other devices that previously seemed so complete and unchangeable. In so doing, they explore the opportunities for social change that technical changes present, change the scope of design and our chance at significantly redesigning our urban environmental future.
Next month: Wednesday, May 14th 12:00-2:00pm with Bill Mitchell,
Director, MIT Media Lab
The series will conclude in June 2008 with a "Redesigning Design" panel intended to address the changing terms of design.
Podcasts of past presentations as well as opportunities for extended discussion around topics addressed during and related to the series will
be available online at: The NYU Environmental Health Clinic's website
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