BBISS Speaker Series

The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems Seminar Series was started to bring together the community of sustainability researchers at Georgia Tech and to highlight their work to a broader audience. Presentations were recorded and uploaded to the BBISS YouTube channel.  You can find them in this playlist, or below.

A Process Systems Engineering Approach for the Design of Plastics Recycling Systems

4/25/2024 - Fani Boukouvala, Associate Professor, Glenn T. Wright Faculty Fellow, School of  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Post-Growth Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

4/11/2024 - Neha Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
 

Technologies for Decarbonizing Water and Energy (Heat) Systems

3/28/24 - Akanksha Menon, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
 
 

 
Data-Informed Modeling to Accelerate the Improvement of Sustainable Tech

3/14/2024 - Micah Ziegler, Assistant Professor (joint appointment), School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech

 
Through a UWB Looking Glass: Data Reduction Strategies for a Greener Planet

2/15/2024 - Ashutosh Dhekne, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
 

 
Scientific Machine Learning for Predictive Digital Twins of Complex Systems

2/1/2024 - Peng Chen, Assistant Professor, School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech
 

 
Learning to LEED: Ecolabels, Innovation, and Green Market Transformation

1/18/24 - Daniel Matisoff, Professor, Director of MSEEM Program, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Dataseum: Public Interaction with Sustainability Research Data

11/16/2023 - Jessica Roberts, Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development

11/9/2023 - Jean de Dieu Hakizimana, Head of PhD Programme and Research, African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development, University of Rwanda

 
Biologically-Inspired Design: What Can We Learn?

11/2/2023 - Marc Weissburg, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Brook Byers Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Who Heeds the Call in an Energy Emergency?
 

10/19/2023 - Dylan Brewer, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Valuation of Sustainable Buildings
 

10/5/2023 - Baabak Ashuri, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Integrating EVs with Households – A Decade of Assessing Benefits

9/21/23 - Bert Bras, Ph.D., Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, Senior Assoc. Chair for Administration - School of Mechanical Engineering

 
Urban Systems Design: Design for Carbon Neutrality in Tokyo

 
9/7/23 - Perry Yang, Ph.D., Professor, Director of Eco Urban Lab, School of City & Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
New Solar Power Architectures for Earth and Space

 
5/11/23 - Brian Gunter, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech

 
Conserving the Fabric of Life in Global Change
 

4/27/23 - Jenny McGuire, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Water Access in India: Bureaucracy & Identity Politics

4/13/23 - Anjali Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Prof., Dir., Program in Global Development, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech

 
Innovating Ambulance Systems in Developing Economies

3/30/23 - Andre Calmon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Are Consumers Ready to Embrace Green Energy Technologies?

3/16/23 - Marilyn Brown, Ph.D., Brook Byers and Regents' Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Data-Driven Waste Valorization Processes for Biochemicals

3/2/23 - Julene Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
BBISS Graduate Fellows Lightning Talks
 

2/23/23 - The second cohort of Georgia Tech BBISS Graduate Fellows present their research.
 

 
Engineering for Equity: Creating Transdisciplinary Impact

2/9/23 - Joe Bozeman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Bringing Solid State Batteries to Market
 

1/26/23 - Ilan Stern, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Head of RISC Branch, GTRI CYPHER Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology

 
Reimagining Computing for Sustainability
 

11/17/22 - Josiah Hester, Ph.D, Associate Professor, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology