Inspire, Create, Serve
2011 Academic Symposium
March 29, 2011
Zoellner Arts Center
Lehigh University

During the symposium, an exhibition of undergraduate and graduate student research and scholarship will be held in Zoellner's Butz Lobby, bringing attention to the range and remarkable caliber of creative student projects at Lehigh.

Schedule for Tuesday, March 29

9:00-9:15 am

Welcoming Remarks – Master of Ceremonies Alan Snyder, Vice President and Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Studies and President Alice Gast
9:15-10:30 am

Bernard Amadei PDF file
professor of civil engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
Engineering for the Developing World: From Crisis to Development

10:30-11:15 am

Refreshments and An Exhibition of Student Research and Scholarship
11:15-12:30pm

Alice Rivlin PDF file
 visiting professor, the Public Policy Institute of Georgetown University and senior fellow, Brookings Institution
Can We Avoid a Debt Crisis in a Partisan Political World?
12:30pm-1:45 pm

Lunch Break
1:45-3:00 pm

Camille Utterback PDF file
MacArthur Fellow
Stepping into the Unknown, and Other Rational Decisions
3:00pm-3:45 pm

Refreshments and An Exhibition of Student Research and Scholarship
3:45pm-5:00 pm

George Whitesides PDF file
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University
Simplicity: A question of style in science,and three easy pieces
5:00 pm

Closing remarks – Provost Patrick Farrell
5:15 pm Reception
2007 Symposium