Forum Archives
Fall 2022
Climate change
Climate prediction, extreme temperatures and hurricanes
October 12, 2022
Spring 2020
Smart Cities
Efficient Management of Water, Food, Energy Nexus
February 14, 2020
Fall 2019
Research in Puerto Rico
Environmental Health and Hurricane Impacts
November 1, 2019
Spring 2019
Is Technology the Cure for Healthcare Inequities?
Case Studies Involving the Engineering World Health Organization
Friday, May 3, 2019
Fall 2018
City Resilience
Structural Health Monitoring and Big Data Modeling of Transportation
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Spring 2018
Can Humans Create Earthquakes?
An Overview of How Hydraulic Fracturing Can Induce Seismicity
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Winter 2018
Resolving Complex Fluid Flows In Engineered, Environmental, and Biomedical Systems
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Spring 2017
Big Data Applications and Their Impacts on Society--Some Not So Good
April 12, 2017
Coastal Flooding Solutions: Resiliency Versus Sustainability
March 8, 2017
Winter 2017
Science, Technology and Human Rights
February 15, 2017
Contaminants in Water: Techniques for Detection, Strategies for Removal
January 25, 2017
Fall 2016
Weathering the Storms in Newark
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Spring 2016
The BP Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico What Have We Learned? Are We Safer? Are the Impacts Over?
April 22, 2016
Fall 2015
Hans Chaudhry
The Art of Healing Mind and Body
January 30
Spring 2015 (see the full program)
Music and Motion
April 29, 2015
For Strings and Wind
May 1, 2015
Spring Into Jazz
May 5, 2015
Spring 2014 (see the full program)
Aram Friedman
Exploring Our Place in the Universe
April 4, 2014
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey
March 26, 2014
Global Leadership and Careers within the United Nations
March 7, 2014
Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble
Celebrating Black History Month
February 19, 2014
A Special Presentation of Black Mozart
Celebrating Black History Month
January 29, 2014
Fall 2013 (see the full program)
Michel Boufadel
Hurricane Sandy: Impact, Recovery and Preparedness
October 2, 2013
Michael Klare
Global Assault: The Scramble for the World's Last Resources
October 23, 2013
David Rimelis
Scientists, Architects, Engineers and Musicians: What Do They Have in Common?
November 13, 2013
Spring 2013 (see the full program)
A Baroque Beginning: The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey
February 6, 2013
Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
No Fear: A Whistleblower's Triumph
February 20, 2013
Annabelle Bexiga
Women and IT
March 13, 2013
Michel Boufadel, Tracy Carluccio, Fred Baldassare, Daniel J. Soeder
Fracking: Opportunities and Challenges
April 10, 2013
Fall 2012 (see the full program)
Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno, Jon Curley
The History of 3D Film Starring Newark and New York
October 3, 2012
Joe Weinman, Gilbert Gatchalian, Reza Curtmola, Xiaoning Ding
Computing in the Clouds
October 10, 2012
Michael Klare
Global Assault: The Scramble for the World's Last Resources
November 7, 2012
Spring 2012 (see the full program)
Klang Quartet
February 22, 2012
David Rothenberg
Survival of the Beautiful: Scientists and Artists Face Off on the Aesthetics of Evolution
February 24, 2012
Adam Falkner
The Story That's Under Your Nose: Performance, Poetry and the Dialogue Arts Project
March 21, 2012
Santosh Kurinec
Using Creativity to Motivate Engineering Education
March 28, 2012
George Hart
The New Museum of Mathematics
April 13, 2012
Fall 2011 (see the full program)
Robert B. Marcus, James C. Phillips
A Scientists's and Sculptor's Reflections on Creativity
September 21, 2011
Joseph Mangano
Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Atomic Power
October 19, 2011
Upmanu Lall
The Worldwide Water Crisis
November 16, 2011
Spring 2011 (see the full program)
String Quartet: Klang
February 16, 2011
Lillian Gilbreth Lecture
March
Sheena Iyengar
The Obligation to Choose
March 23, 2011
Academic Entrepreneurship
Donald Seigel
April 20, 2011
Fall 2010 (see the full program)
Pauline Oliveros
Music Improvisation Software: An Interface for People with Severe Disabilities
September 10, 2010
Sheena Iyengar
The Art of Choosing
October 13, 2010
Neil Maher
Ground Control: Beyond an Environmental History of the Space Race
November 3, 2010
String Quartet: Klang
February 16, 2011
Lillian Gilbreth Lecture
March
Academic Entrepreneurship
Donald Seigel
April 20, 2011
Fall 2009 (see the full program)
Dickson D. Despommier
The Vertical Farm: Agriculture for the 21st Century and Beyond
September 30, 2009
Martin Hoffert
Solar Electricity from Orbit
November 4, 2009
Richard Alston
Classically Black
February 3, 2010
Sarah Brownell
Haiti: Grassroots Technology and Educational Empowerment
February 24, 2010
Maude Barlow
The Global Water Crisis
March 10, 2010
Spring 2009 (see the full program)
Ralph Izzo
A Sustainable Energy Policy for Urban Areas
January 28, 2009
Members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Performing selections by C.P.E. Bach, Niccolo Paganini, Alphonse Hasselmans, Claude Debussy and William Schuman
February 25, 2009
Leith Sharp
Organizational Change Management for Sustainability: The Harvard Case Study
March 25, 2009
David Rothenberg
Why Whales and Birds Sing
April 1, 2009
Fall 2008 (see the full program)
Robert O'Harrow, Jr.
No Place to Hide: Our Lives After 9/11
September 17, 2008
Miquela Craytor
Environmental Justice Solutions: What Is Technology's Role?
October 1, 2008
Steve Largent
The Wireless World: Untethered Opportunities
October 31, 2008
David W. Orr
Some Like It Hot: Many More Don't
November 12, 2008
Spring 2008 (see the full program)
Jon Plaut
Sustainability and Society's Priorities
Feb 25, 2008
Lynn Margulis
Evolution of Life: Sex and Other Mergers
Mar 31, 2008
Members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
Performing the Schubert octet scored for two violins, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, and Frech horn
Apr 2, 2008
Violinist Rieko Kawabata
Performing Cesar Frank's sonata for violin and piano
Apr 7, 2008
Charles Vest
Engineering Education for the 21st Century
Apr 30, 2008
Fall 2007 (see the full program)
Robert Root-Bernstein
Mental Tools for Creativity
Sep 19, 2007
Cheng Li
China's Future: A Paradox of Hope and Fear
Oct 10, 2007
David Himmelstein
A Prescription for U.S. Healthcare
Nov 7, 2007
Spring 2007 (see the full program)
Margaret Leinen
The Challenges for Research in a World Aware of Change
Feb 12, 2007
Four Women Composers: The Downtown Chamber Trio
Mar 28, 2007
William A. Wulf
Rising Above the Gathering Storm: The Challenges of Global Competitiveness
Apr 3, 2007
James E. West
Where Credit is Due: The Black Heritage in Technology
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Noise Can Make You Sick
Apr 9, 2007
Fall 2006 (see the full program)
Gerard J. Puccio, Ph.D.
Creative Thinking and Problem Solving: An Essential Skill for the New Millennium
Sep 27, 2006
Nathan Glasgow, Ph.D.
How To Win The Oil Endgame: Innovation For Profits, Jobs, and Security
Oct 25, 2006
Joel Garreau
Radical Evolution
Nov 9, 2006
Spring 2006 (see the full program)
Newark Arts High Advanced Mixed Chorus with Yvette Glover
A Musical Celebration
Feb 1, 2006
Shirley Ann Jackson
Energy Security and the Quiet Crisis
Feb 8, 2006
Cynthia Breazeal
Designing Sociable Robots
March 20, 2006
Christopher Phoenix
Molecular Manufacturing, Productive Nanosystems, and Digital Nanomedicine
April 5, 2006
Fall 2005 (see the full program)
Kenneth Deffeyes
The Impending Oil Shortage
Sep 19, 2005
William McDonough
Tools of Intention – Tools With Value
Oct 26, 2005
Allen Hershkowitz
The Challenges of Urban Sustainability
Nov 9, 2005
Spring 2005 (see the full program)
Joseph Cirincione
E-Voting Technology
Mon, Feb 7, 2005
Raymond V. Gilmartin
A Prescription for Change in U.S. Health Care
Wed, Feb 23, 2005
Michael Oppenheimer
Global Warming: A General Context for the Future
Wed, March 2, 2005
Philip Goode
Global Warming: What We Can Learn From Astrophysics
Wed, April 6, 2005
Leon M. Lederman
Science Education for the 21st Century
Wed, April 20, 2005
Spring Concert
Featuring the Newark Arts High School Chorus and the NJIT Chorus
Wed, April 27, 2005
Fall 2004 (see the full program)
Rebecca Mercuri, PhD, and Douglas Kellner
E-Voting Technology
Sep 23, 2004
Ira Black, MD
Scope for Tools in Risk Management With Adverse Drugs Reactions
Oct 18, 2004
Freeman Dyson
Life After Darwin: The Open Software of Gene Transfer
Nov 10, 2004