NRSM 595: Seminar in Innovations at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

Mondays 4:30 - 5:20 p.m. 

Seminars open to the public

September 18: Renewable Energy: Global and Montana Perspectives. Diana Maneta, Renewable Energy Professional

September 25: Interdisciplinary Research and the FEW Nexus. Laurie Yung, Professor, UM Department of Society & Conservation

October 2: The Nuclear Nexus: An Atomic Perspective on the Food-Energy Water-Nexus. Payton Gardner, Assistant Professor, UM Department of Geosciences

October 16: Food and the Nexus in Practice. David and Randy Mannix, Ranchers, Owners/Operators, Mannix Beef.

October 30: Engineering Perspectives on the FEW: Increasing regional to global-scale resilience in Food-Energy-Water systems through coordinated management, technology and institutions. Jennifer Adam, Associate Professor of Engineering, Washington State University

November 6: The Future of Dams Project: How to Approach Interdisciplinary INFEWS Research. Kevin Gardner, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire

November 13: You’ve heard of STEM right (you better have)? Introducing “STEAM”: the naturally coupled world of art and science at the FEW Nexus. Maryann Bonjorni, Professor, UM School of Art

November 20: Science Communication Workshop for research at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. Nadia White, Professor, UM Journalism School.

November 27: Resilience, Governance, and the FEW Nexus. Brian Chaffin, Assistant Professor, UM Department of Society & Conservation