Read profiles of NiSP affiliated faculty. Our newest profiles feature Brad Sageman and Jamie Jones. Other profiled faculty include Adilson Motter, Klaus Weber, Kimberly Gray and David Dana.
February 19, 2 p.m. - Dr. Barth Smets - Eschbach Scholar Lecture
Welcome to the Northwestern Institute for Sustainable Practices (NiSP). NiSP promotes interdisciplinary education and research into economically, environmentally, and socially sound policies and practices that will help secure the earth's natural resources for use now and far into the future. By convening experts from many disciplines, NiSP works to develop the integrated approaches that are essential for a swift transition to sustainable practices, in sectors ranging from energy to transportation to urban planning and ecological restoration.
Eschbach Scholar Lecture, February 19, 2-3:30 p.m. - Dr. Barth Smets will deliver his lecture, entitled High-Rate Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal in a Novel Biofilm Geometry: Bridging Microbial Ecology and BioReactor Technology, in Tech Room A230. You can read the abstract here.
NiSP is pleased to be co-sponsoring Professor Barth Smets, in partnership with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, as an Eschbach Visiting Scholar. Dr. Smets is a Professor in Environmental Microbiology in the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, and he will be in residence at Northwestern from January through July 2010. You can read more about Dr. Smets' research and goals for his stay at Northwestern here.
Dow Student Sustainability Innovation Challenge
NiSP
is sponsoring this competition to reward innovations in sustainable
design. Winning projects should blend applied science and engineering
with business thinking, and must be interdisciplinary in nature. The
deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. Application information and an online submission form are now available. You can also read about last year's prize winners and their projects here.
NISP Co-Director David Dana discusses court action on Asian carp in the Great Lakes. Read more here.
NISP Faculty Kimberly Gray, Adilson Motter and Klaus Weber were featured in the fall 2009 issue of Northwestern's research quarterly, Centerpiece. The Superficial Illusion of the Green Revolution discusses the real changes needed to achieve sustainability, and can be read here.
Coming Soon: Regulating Nanotechnology: Creating Laws and Legal Institutions for Uncertain Risks, inspired by NiSP's recent Research Roundtable and featuring contributions by Northwestern faculty, this volume uses insights from the sciences, law, economics, psychology and philosophy to discuss how to achieve sustainable development of new, beneficial technologies, while avoiding or minimizing health and environmental risks.
NiSP Co-Directors participate in Science Cafe OneBook community lecture series at the Celtic Knot in Evanston. For more information, click here.
Kimberly Gray is the 2008-2010 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer on Energy and Sustainability
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Challenges and Opportunities in Converting CO2 to Fuels, presented by Olga Lyandres at the E3 - Energy, Economic and Environmental Conference held at the University of Minnesota in November 2009. Olga is a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern.
See archived Research Highlights here.
