Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment June 13-17, 2016

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1 DAY 1 Jun. 13 Agriculture, Innovation, and the Environment June 13-17, :30: Introduction to the course, formation of groups Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering; McAfee Professor of Engineering; Director, Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics 8:50 Exchange: Attendees provide informal introductions to colleagues 9:00: Big Picture: National and international perspective Sally M. Schneider, Deputy Administrator, USDA ARS 9:50: Break 10:00: Big Picture: Food security and sustainable resource management in the context of climate change Dennis McLaughlin, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1:00: Big Picture: Future microbial threats to agriculture and humans Martin F. Polz, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2:00: Big Picture: Atmospheric Effects and Climate Change Dan Cziczo, Associate Professor Dept. of Civil and environmental Engineering. 3:15: Technical: Water, soil, infrastructure Ruben Juanes, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Henry L. Pierce Laboratory for Infrastructure Science and Engineering 5:15: Reception

2 DAY 2 Jun. 14 8:30: Big Picture: USDA NIFA and Cyber-physical Systems Daniel Schmoldt, National Program Leader, Division of Agricultural Systems 9:30: Technical: Harvest Risk 10:15: Case Study Introduction 10:45: Technical Irrigation and Rainfall Ross E. Alter, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Eltahir Research Group, MIT 1:00: Technical Disease transmission and fluid mechanics Lydia Bourouiba, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Associate Faculty, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science 3:15: Technical Disease transmission (continued) 4:00: Laboratory Demonstration Civil and Environmental Engineering

3 DAY 3 Jun. 15 8:30: Technical Bioengineering and biomaterials Robert S. Langer, Institute Professor, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Professor of Biological Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering 10:45: Technical Special Speaker 1:00: Technical Biomaterials in agriculture, silk-based materials, and food preservation Benedetto Marelli, Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2:00 Big Picture, The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) John H. Lienhard V, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water and Food, Director J-WAFS 3:15: Technical Biomaterials in agriculture, silk-based materials, and food preservation (continued) 4:00: Laboratory Demonstration Civil and Environmental Engineering Optional informal dinner (Harvard Square) Group meetings (scheduled by each group, about one hour, 7:30 pm: 8:30 pm)

4 DAY 4 Jun. 16 8:30 Technical: Advanced materials design 10:45: Related Laboratory: Molecular dynamics modeling and simulation 1:00: Technical Introduction to Geospatial Systems, GIS, and Cyber-Security Abel Sanchez, Research Scientist, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Executive Director,MIT Geospatial Research Center 3:15: Technical Introduction to Spatial Design of Experiments / Computing Infrastructure for GIS 4:30: Lab tour of Koch Institute Group meetings to prepare for Friday discussion (scheduled by each group, about two hours, 6:30 pm: 8:30 pm)

5 DAY 5 Jun. 17 8:30: Technical Precision agriculture, root mapping Cameron Dryden, General Manager, Northrup Grumman AOA Xinetics 9:15: Technical Precision agriculture, demonstration for areal sensing (GIS and Image Processing) and Computer Lab. 10:45: Group discussion and short presentations, Markus J. Buehler 11:45: Wrap-up & certificates Noon: End of program