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Sustainability Forum: Biodesign

22 October 2024

What is biodesign?

Biodesign pulls influence and inspiration from two very different fields:

Biological science asks: How does life, at scales from cells to the globe, flourish in the face of a destructive environment and scarce resources? How does life change over time and space to deal with these challenges, and how does it adapt to new problems that the world presents? In short, biological science seeks an understanding of how life works.

Design approaches are a way to develop innovative solutions for problems faced by humanity. Creativity is combined with testing, iteration and feedback to create new technologies and ways of approaching the world. In short, design approaches seek to solve problems to improve human well-being.

Biodesign combines design approaches with knowledge and tools of biological systems. However, biodesign also goes further than this, advocating for integration of life into the technology that humanity relies on day-to-day. Living organisms are envisioned as incorporated into fabrication processes, products, and built and urban systems.

Invited Speakers:
Daniel Grushkin, TômTex Inc.
Dr. Elda Hegmann, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
Britta Bielak, NCIDQ, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
Moderated by Dr. Sarah Eichler, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß

Speaker Biographies

Sustainability Forum: Building Better Water Systems

14 March 2024

Sponsorship by

Invited Speakers:
Gebby Keny, Rice University 
Marie Fechik-Kirk, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Dr. Merrin Macrae, University of Waterloo
Moderated by Dr. Lauren Kinsman-Costello, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß

Speaker Biographies

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Partnering with 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's Office of Sustainability and University Culinary Services this was a Green Event, part of our Campus Race to Zero Waste! 

Environmental Justice, Ecology, and Race

13 - 14 April 2023

Co-hosted with 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's Anti-Racism and Equity Institute 
Sponsorship by Cleveland Water Alliance

Keynote speaker
Dorceta Taylor, Yale University
 

• Oscar Rocha, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Paul Chiyokten Wagner, Protectors of the Salish Sea
• Kawenniiosta Jock (Wolf Clan) (Orenhre'kowa Ki'taratakie), Waterfall Unity Alliance
• Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Aaron Rimmler-Cohen, Farm Sanctuary
• Valerie Trouet, Arizona State University
• Kofi Boone, North Carolina State University 
• Nayyirah Shariff, Flint Rising 
• Taraneh Meshkani, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß

Speaker Biographies
2023 Symposium Highlights
2023 Symposium Abstract Catalog

Facing 21^st Century Nature: Configuring Fresh Approaches Through Biodesign

16 - 18 March 2020

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Keynote speaker
Rachel Armstrong, Newcastle University
 

• Christie Bahlai, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Margarita Benitez, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• J. R. Campbell, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Terry Cardy, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Maria Paz Gutierrez, University of California- Berkeley
• J. Scott MacIvor, University of Toronto- Scarborough
• Lauren McPhillips, Pennsylvania State University
• Bridget Mulvey, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Amy M. Youngs, The Ohio State University

Despite the event being canceled in-person due to COVID-19, symposium virtual events included:

• Exhibition and lecture by visiting scholar Rachel Armstrong, Newcastle University
• Student lightning talks
• Poster session
• Collaboration with Design Innovation Initiative

Complexity of Environmental Legacies

19 - 21 March 2019

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Keynote speakers
Elizabeth W. Boyer, Pennsylvania State University
J. Henry Fair, environmentalist and fine art photographer
 

• Jennifer Grieser, Cleveland Metroparks
• Elizabeth Herndon, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Bess Krietemeyer, Syracuse University
• Rui Liu, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Noel Palomo-Lovinski, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Chris Winslow, The Ohio State University

Additional symposium events included:

• Poster session and book signing with J. Henry Fair
• Panel discussion with symposium speakers

Natural and Designed Ecologies

4 - 5 October 2017

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Keynote speaker
Tim Beatley, University of Virginia
 

• Daniel Bain, University of Pittsburgh
• Margarita Benitz, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Kelly Bricker, University of Utah
• Reid Coffman, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• James Fraser, Vanderbilt University
• Petra Gruber, University of Akron
• Mitchell Joachim, Terreform One
• David Jurca, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Joshua Lawler, University of Washington
• Andrew Lepp, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Kayla Perry, The Ohio State University
• Lisa Petit, National Park Service
• Laia Mogas Soldevila, Tufts University

Additional symposium events include:

• Poster session
• Multiple panel discussions

Sustainability and Resilience on the Land-Water Continuum

5 - 6 October 2016

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Keynote speaker
Cynthia Barnett, journalist and author of Rain: A Natural and Cultural History and Blue Revolution. Unmaking America's Water Crisis
 

• Darren Bade, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Chris Blackwood, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Andrew Curtis, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Matt Davies, The Ohio State University
• Chris Davis, National Park Service
• Sarah Godsey, Idaho State University
• Connie Hausman, Cleveland Metroparks
• Laura Johnson, Heidelberg University
• Wendy Kellogg, Cleveland State University
• Melissa Kenney, University of Maryland
• Karin Kettenring, Utah State University
• Lauren Kinsman-Costello, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Mark McCabe, Gresham Smith and Partners
• Tom Meixner, University of Arizona
• Harry Sarvis, Ohio EPA
• James White, Cuyahoga County Port Authority
• Truman Young, University of California- Davis

Additional symposium events included:

• Book signing
• Poster session
• Panel discussion

Water in a Changing Climate: Regional to Global Issues

14 - 15 October 2015

Keynote speaker
Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University
 

• Emily M. Elliott, University of Pittsburgh
• Xiaozhen (Jen) Mou, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Allison Steiner, University of Michigan
• V. Kelly Turner, 91´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
• Gena Wirth, SCAPE Landscape Architecture LLC

Human Impacts on Water: Ohio's Most Important Natural Resource

14 - 15 November 2013

Keynote speaker
Peter H. Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute