Reservations required. $25 per person. Guest speaker is Jeff Goldberg, interim dean of the UA's College of Engineering.

Triffet Prize is a Fellowship for graduating seniors who will pursue graduate study in the College of Engineering begining in Fall 2009.  Nominations are due to the Office of the Dean, Attn: Deborah Pemberton by close of business March 27th.

Featuring a talk by Dr. Michael Reischman, deputy assistant director, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation. Event organized by School of Sustainable Engineered Systems in the College of Engineering.

9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions: Prof. Glenn Schrader
Objective for the SSES Forum: Dean Jeff Goldberg

9:15 a.m.
Keynote Address: “Priorities and Opportunities for Research at NSF’”
Dr. Mike Reischman, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation

10:15 a.m. “Grand Challenge Themes for SSES”:
Prof. Farhang Shadman: “Sustainable Nano-Manufacturing for the Semiconductor Industry"
Prof. Kevin Lansey: “SESS Water Research Directions"
Prof. Mary Poulton: “Sustainable Development of Critical Earth Materials”
Prof. Joe Simmons: "Solar Energy and Sustainability”
Prof. Larry Head: “Systems Engineering in a Sustainable World”

Sundt Gallery, ARCH
11:30 a.m. Poster Session: “Opportunities for Collaboration in SSES”

Noon: Lunch (Poster Session continues)

ARCH 103
1:30 p.m.
Summary remarks: Dean Goldberg; Prof. Diana Liverman