Focus 2011: Energy

April 22, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Kay Boardrooms and Rotunda
Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, College Park, MD
Co-sponsored by the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and the University of Maryland Office of Sustainability

The agenda for the workshop is as follows:

Morning Session: Unified Kay Boardrooms

Afternoon Sessions: Parallel Speakers: Divided Kay Boardrooms

Kay Boardroom East

Kay Boardroom West

Afternoon Session II: Unified Kay Boardrooms

Focus 2011: Energy

As a special opportunity for Clark School and University of Maryland students, the Clark School is holding a video competition in conjunction with the 2011 Engineering Sustainability Workshop, whose focus is on energy.

Guidelines for the Competition

Goal of the Competition

The Clark School of Engineering seeks to reduce its carbon footprint by reducing the energy consumption of its buildings and laboratories. The video competition seeks to involve students in this mission.

Eligibility

The video competition is open to individual current Clark School students at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and to teams of current Clark School and non-Clark School University of Maryland students, also at the graduate and undergraduate levels, as long as at least one member of any team is a Clark School student.

Questions to be Answered in the Video

Each video must answer the following questions in a two-minute presentation:

1. Target: What Clark School building, and what specific aspect of that building’s energy consumption, does your solution target? (More than one building may be targeted.)
2. Method: How would you minimize the targeted building’s power consumption? Describe the technology that you would use to reduce consumption, including as appropriate the role of people who manage and work in the building.
3. Local Impact: Based on your best estimates, what would be the cost of implementing your solution and how much energy consumption would your solution achieve during one year of implementation?
4. Broader Impact: Why does reducing energy consumption matter not only for our campus but also for our nation and the world?

Submission

Post your video on YouTube and mark it as Unlisted. Submit the link for the video and the name(s), email(s), year(s) and major(s) of the video’s creator(s) to clark-communications@umd.edu  no later than 5 p.m., April 15, 2011.

Selection

A committee of Clark School faculty members will select the winning videos based, in large part, on their success in answering the questions listed above.

Prizes

The committee will offer:

• One (1) Graduate-Level Prize: $500, presentation of the video at the workshop, and a link to the video from the Clark School web site
• One (1) Undergraduate-Level Prize: $500, presentation of the video at the workshop, and a link to the video from the Clark School web site

Sustainability does not happen by chance. It must be engineered.

That’s why, each year on Earth Day in April, the Clark School invites its own faculty members and students, interested people from other University of Maryland schools, and guest speakers from industry and government, to come together for the Clark School’s Engineering Sustainability Workshop.

The goal of the workshop is to present and propose ways to maximize technology's positive impact on the long-term availability of natural resources, and to minimize its negative impact. The workshop offers presentations, demonstrations, and discussions in which all may participate. At the conclusion of the workshop, a list is made of new ideas for sustainability initiatives proposed by attendees; this list will be posted on this website for future reference and possible development and execution.

We encourage all to join us and contribute new ideas for engineering sustainability.

This event is co-sponsored by the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and the University of Maryland Office of Sustainability.

This is a free event. No registration required.

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Kenneth Brody -- March 3, 2005

Kenneth D. Brody is a co-founder of Taconic Capital Advisors LLC, an investment firm focused on event investing.

Mr. Brody served as president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 1993 to early 1996. Prior to his government service, Mr. Brody spent twenty years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was founder and head of high technology investment banking, head of real estate investment banking, and co-head of principal investing. He was a general partner and a member of the firm's management committee.

Mr. Brody has served on the boards of directors of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Alex Brown Incorporated, Federal Realty Investment Trust, and Telerate Incorporated. He serves as the chair of the investment committee of the University of Maryland. Mr. Brody is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Brody received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree with high honors from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration degree with high distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar. Mr. Brody was in the United States Army from 1966-69, attaining the rank of Captain.

Robert J. Corliss Date: 2005   Students Welcome! Whiting-Turner Lecture Series Home

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Robert J. Corliss

As President and CEO of The Athlete's Foot, Robert (Bob) J. Corliss is the leader of the world's largest franchiser of athletic footwear. Corliss joined The Athlete's Foot in 1998, following a successful career of over 25 years as an executive and entrepreneur in the retail industry. In 2003, Corliss, along with members of the senior management team, purchased The Athlete's Foot. The company currently operates nearly 600 franchise stores in more than 40 countries.

Corliss serves on the Board of Directors with The American Running Association and the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, is a Director and Executive Committee member of the National Retail Federation and is Chairman of the National Retail Federation Foundation.

Corliss participated in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Torch Relay and in 2004 was awarded Sports Edge magazine's "Visionary Award" in recognition of his vision, leadership and support of the sporting goods industry. The award was renamed the "Robert J. Corliss Visionary Award" in his honor.

Raul J. Fernandez Date: 2005   Students Welcome! Whiting-Turner Lecture Series Home

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Raul J. Fernandez -- 2005

Raul J. Fernandez is Chairman and CEO for ObjectVideo. Mr. Fernandez brings more than a decade of executive experience scaling innovative and rapidly growing technology companies.

Mr. Fernandez is well known in the technology industry and the Washington, D.C., area as the founder of Proxicom, which under his leadership evolved into a leading global provider of sophisticated e-business solutions for Fortune 500 companies. After taking Proxicom public in 1999 and growing the business to over $200 million in revenue, he sold it to Dimension Data (LSE:DDT) in a deal worth nearly $450 million. He has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, CNBC, The Industry Standard, The Washington Post, and CNNfn.

In addition to Fernandez's commercial experience, he has been active on the technology policy front. In 2001, Mr. Fernandez was appointed to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). He also led the Information Technology Analysis Team for Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's Commission on Efficiency and Effectiveness, which was chaired by former Gov. Douglas Wilder and submitted its final report in December 2002.

Mr. Fernandez also acts as a special advisor to General Atlantic Partners, a leading private equity investment firm, and sits on the boards of Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ) and Internosis, an award-winning IT consultancy and systems integrator. In January 2000, Mr. Fernandez became one of the owners of the NHL's Washington Capitals, the NBA's Washington Wizards, and the MCI Center. A native Washingtonian, Mr. Fernandez holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maryland.

Irwin Jacobs - Photo by Al Santos.   Students Welcome! Whiting-Turner Lecture Series Home Missed the Lecture? This lecture was webcast live.

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Irwin M. Jacobs -- 
October 11, 2005

Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs is co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology. Dr. Jacobs served as chief executive officer of the Company until July 2005.

Dr. Jacobs has led the commercialization of CDMA technology and its success as the world's fastest-growing, most-advanced voice and data wireless communications technology. CDMA is the basis for all third-generation (3G) wireless networks; these 3G CDMA networks now carry the voice and data traffic of more than 150 million subscribers worldwide.

Dr. Jacobs holds several CDMA patents, contributing to QUALCOMM's extensive portfolio of more than 3,000 issued and pending U.S. patent applications. More than 125 companies have licensed CDMA for the manufacturing of wireless devices and network infrastructure equipment, integrated circuits and test equipment.

Dr. Jacobs previously served as co-founder, president, CEO and chairman of LINKABIT Corporation, directing its growth from a few part-time employees in 1969 to more than 1,400 employees in 1985 and first introduction of Ku-band Very Small Aperature Earth Terminals (VSATs), commercial TDMA wireless phones, and the VideoCipher® satellite-to-home TV system. LINKABIT merged with M/A-COM in August 1980, at which time Dr. Jacobs served on the company's board of directors until he resigned from M/A-COM in April 1985. More than 35 San Diego telecommunications companies, including QUALCOMM, trace their roots back to LINKABIT.

From 1959 to 1966, Dr. Jacobs was an assistant/associate professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). From 1966 to 1972 he served as a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California-San Diego. At MIT, Dr. Jacobs co-authored a basic textbook on digital communications entitled, Principles of Communication Engineering. First published in 1965, the book remains in use today.

Dr. Jacobs received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1956 from Cornell University and master of science and doctor of science degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 1957 and 1959, respectively.

Robert M. Metcalfe - Photo by Al Santos. Date: Dec. 8, 2005 Students Welcome! Whiting-Turner Lecture Series Home Missed the Lecture? This lecture was webcast live.

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Robert M. Metcalfe -- Dec. 8, 2005

Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe is a high-tech venture capitalist at Polaris Venture Partners in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Dr. Metcalfe is a director of Avistar, IDC, IDG, Massachusetts Software Council, Metro Ethernet Forum, MIT, Pop!Tech, St. Mark's School, and MIT's Technology Review Magazine. He serves on the boards of Polaris portfolio companies Ember, Narad, Paratek, and SiCortex. He is chairman of Ember, Paratek, and SiCortex.

Dr. Metcalfe had three careers before becoming a venture capitalist:

While an engineer-scientist (1965-1979), Dr. Metcalfe helped build the early Internet. In 1973, at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, he invented Ethernet, the local-area networking (LAN) standard on which he shares four patents. During 2004, more than 200 million new Ethernet ports were shipped.

While an entrepreneur-executive (1979-1990), Dr. Metcalfe founded 3Com Corporation, the billion-dollar networking company where at various times he was Chairman, CEO, division general manager (GM) of software, GM netstations, GM hardware, VP engineering, VP sales, and VP marketing.

While a publisher-pundit (1990-2000), Dr. Metcalfe was CEO of IDG's InfoWorld Publishing Company (1992-1995). For eight years, he wrote an Internet column read weekly by more than 500,000 information technologists. He spoke often; appeared on radio, television, and the web; and produced conferences including ACM97, ACM1, Agenda, Pop!Tech, and Vortex. His books include Packet Communication, Beyond Calculation, and Internet Collapses.

In 1980, Dr. Metcalfe received the Grace Murray Hopper Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). In 1988, he received the Alexander Graham Bell Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In 1995, Dr. Metcalfe received the Exploratorium Award for Public Understanding of Science and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1996, he received the IEEE Medal of Honor. In 1997, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In 1999, he was elected to the International Engineering Consortium. In 2003, Dr. Metcalfe won the Marconi Prize and was inducted into the prestigious Bay Shore High School Hall of Fame. In 2005, he received the National Medal of Technology from President Bush. Metcalfe is especially proud of his four honorary doctorates, from DePaul University, University of Maine, Bay Path College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Metcalfe was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1946. In 1964, he graduated from Bay Shore (Long Island) High School. In 1969, he graduated from MIT with two bachelors degrees, in electrical engineering and in industrial management. He received a Masters degree in applied mathematics from Harvard in 1970. His 1973 Harvard Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Packet Communication.

Al Joseph, semiconductor entrepreneur and industry advisor, gave the April 20, 2006 Whiting-Turner lecture. - Photo by Al Santos. Date: April 20, 2006 Time: 5 p.m. Location: 1110 Kim Engineering Building Students Welcome! Whiting-Turner Lecture Series Home Missed the Lecture? This lecture was webcast live.

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Al Joseph -- April 20, 2006

Abstract

The federal government should initiate major efforts to fund technology developments, or "nodes," under university umbrellas. Each node would then be focused on a specific technology or industry and funded with at least $100 million per year over four to six years, with the clear goal to create businesses, capture significant industries and enhance national security.

Biography

Al Joseph is a semiconductor entrepreneur and industry consultant. He has been Chairman of the Board of Isothermal Systems Research, Inc. since 1998. Joseph founded Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, Enhanced Energy Systems, Unitive Electronics, Inc., and Quad Design Ltd. He has worked in the semiconductor industry for more than 40 years, 15 of which he spent focused specifically in the semiconductor packaging industry. Joseph has published 32 papers, was a fellow of the American Institute of Physics and has served on several government committees. Joseph holds a Ph.D. in physics from Case Western University.

Clark School alumnus Brian Hinman, benefactor of the Hinman CEOs program and co-founder, president and CEO of 2Wire, will be the next Whiting-Turner lecturer.. Date: April 7, 2006 Time: 3:30 p.m. Location: 1110 Kim Engineering Building Students Welcome! Whiting-Turner Lecture Series Home Missed the Lecture? This lecture was webcast live.

A Whiting-Turner Lecture by Brian Hinman -- April 7, 2006

Abstract

Much as we have seen with music over the last few years, video content is beginning to be offered as streaming or downloaded data via Internet protocol. While still in the early stages, the transformation will fundamentally change the way we experience entertainment in the future. "A la carte" programming will become the primary viewing model, with sports and news as the remaining real-time content tied to a schedule. 2Wire is one of the pioneers in this transformation, building products such as residential gateways, set-top boxes and back-end management systems to allow the telephone companies to lead this entertainment transformation. Brian will discuss his views on IP video, the role that 2Wire has played, and the exciting changes ahead.

Biography

Brian L. Hinman is the president, CEO and co-founder of 2Wire, a provider of broadband service platforms for the DSL market. 2Wire's suite of solutions offers DSL providers an integrated "triple-play" of data, voice, and media services. Hinman is also the co-founder, and formerly the CEO, of Polycom, Inc., the world's leading teleconferencing company. Hinman co-founded PictureTel Corporation at the age of 22, and was vice president of engineering and a director from 1984 through 1990.

Hinman, an engineer by training, is a specialist in digital signal processing and holds twelve U.S. patents. As one of the nation’s most successful young entrepreneurs, he was honored by the Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs three different times. He is on the Board of Visitors of both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland Clark School of Engineering; a trustee of the University of Maryland Foundation; and the sponsor of the Hinman CEOs (Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities) Program at the University of Maryland. He has previously served on the national board of the American Electronic Association, and was co-founder and director of the International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium. Hinman holds a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Masters in electrical engineering from M.I.T.