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Infrastructure Renewal:Water, Energy, and Transportation - Opening Comments, Session Summary, and Concluding Remarks--Ilan Juran
Pages 32-35

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... George's vision of the university's core mission was anchored in the belief that, as the prime urban engineering and science university of New York, Poly should establish dynamic partnerships with metropolitan stakeholders, government agencies, and utilities to accelerate the development and application of state-of-the-art technologies and solutions to metropolitan renovation and sustainable development challenges. This universitywide initiative involved a great diversity of interconnected disciplines and supported the development of several academic centers, including the New York State– sponsored Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunication (CATT, in 1982)
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From page 33...
... George's scientific legacy and academic vision will surely continue to greatly impact the education of the next generation of urban engineers and metropolitan systems managers, nurturing a professional culture that will recognize the inte­ ration of environmental risks, societal inspirations, eco g nomic viability, and technological innovation as key elements for sustainable urban development. SESSION OVERVIEW The purpose of this session was to provide a metropolitan infrastructure leadership forum for exploring the way forward in reinforcing the government-industry-university partnership for innovative solutions to infrastructure renewal challenges.
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From page 34...
... Loucks, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University, described the Challenges of Water and Waste water Management for Urban Renewal, emphasizing the benefits of green initiatives and the potential of decentralization strategies for wastewater treatment and reuse. CONCLUDING REMARKS With the ever growing demand for more secure, affordable, safe, and sustainable metropolitan water and energy resources and supply systems, national and local governments and metropolitan utilities face the challenge of upgrading their infrastructure monitoring and system management capacity.
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From page 35...
... Transportation infrastructure agencies as well as energy and water utilities need innovative solutions and "intelligent" quality control, infrastructure monitoring, and supply management systems for real-time system performance assessment, asset management, capital improvement optimization, incident control and command, disaster response and recovery, and contingency management. Furthermore, as energy and water utilities face growing uncertainties of ecorisks and greater frequency of extreme events, they have a critical need for smart control capabilities for integrated and real-time system management, early incident detection, and preemptive mitigation.
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