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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Bhavik Bakshi \n\nBhavik Bakshi is a Professor of Chemical 
 and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio State University (OSU). He also holds
  appointments in Civil\, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering at OSU and
  as a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mu
 mbai\, India. His research involves developing methods and applications fo
 r assessing and designing sustainable systems that respect nature's limits
  and reduce the chance of unintended harm. He received his chemical engine
 ering degrees from the University of Bombay and the Massachusetts Institut
 e of Technology (MIT)\, with a minor in technology and environmental polic
 y from MIT and Harvard.\n\nTalk overview\n\nOver the last few centuries\, 
 most academic disciplines have developed while taking nature for granted. 
 For example\, engineering has aimed to dominate and control nature\, exemp
 lified by the assumption of an “infinite sink” in thermodynamics\, which i
 mplies that the surroundings are not affected by flows to or from it. Econ
 omics has kept nature external to the market\, and its concept of a “publi
 c good” considers some goods to be unlimited despite their use. Such assum
 ptions may have been acceptable when they were first made since the human 
 footprint at that time was small. However\, human activities have now chan
 ged the very composition of previously “infinite sinks” such as the atmosp
 here\, oceans and biosphere. Consequently\, in this era of human dominance
  or anthropocene\, the paradigm of all disciplines needs to shift to inclu
 de ecosystems within its system boundary\, so that our activities can be s
 ustained by respecting ecological limits. This talk will present a framewo
 rk for including nature in engineering decisions\, and establishing synerg
 ies between technological and ecological systems at multiple spatial scale
 s. Application of this framework to case studies from manufacturing\, buil
 ding design\, and product design will demonstrate that including nature ca
 n result in innovative solutions that can be economically and environmenta
 lly superior to traditional technological solutions. This framework encour
 ages not just greater efficiency of technologies and their life cycles\, b
 ut also restoration and protection of ecosystems. Such a paradigm shift pr
 esents many theoretical and practical challenges across disciplines\, and 
 some of these will be discussed.\n\nHosted in partnership between:\n\n    
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LOCATION:Room 267\, Macdonald Engineering Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H
 3A 0C3\, 817 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Including nature in human decisions for innovation and sustainabili
 ty in the Anthropocene
URL:/tised/channels/event/including-nature-human-decis
 ions-innovation-and-sustainability-anthropocene-259674
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