Symposium: Challenges & Opportunities of Infrastructure Projects

Join us for a symposium on infrastructure project delivery and policy, where we will examine critical issues shaping the future of our built environment. This event brings together public and private sector leaders and Syracuse University faculty and students to discuss the challenges and opportunities for infrastructure projects. The symposium will also showcase I-81 Viaduct based research conducted by four collaborative research teams of faculty and students from various schools and colleges at Syracuse University.

Registration requested by October 21.

This event is co-sponsored by the Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute (SUII).

Schedule

• 3:00 pm – 3:05 pm
  Welcome & Introduction by Min Liu (Director of SUII), Lori Brown (Distinguished Professor, School of Architecture), and Michael Speaks (Dean, School of Architecture)
   
• 3:05 pm – 3:10 pm
  University Level Collaboration on Infrastructure Studies by Quinn Qiao (Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering & Computer Science) on behalf of Duncan Brown (Vice President for Research, Syracuse University)
   
• 3:10 pm – 3:15 pm
  SUII by Steve Charney (Founder, SUII and Chair, Peckar & Abramson, P.C.)
   
• 3:15 pm – 4:15pm
  Panel Discussion with Elizabeth "Betsy" Parmley (I-81 Viaduct Project Director) and Matthew Driscoll (Former Executive Director of NY State Thruway Authority, Former Commissioner of NY State DOT, Former Mayor of the City of Syracuse) 
   
• 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
  Break
   
• 4:30 pm – 4:35 pm
  Dean’s Remarks, by J. Cole Smith (Dean, College of Engineering & Computer Science)
   
• 4:35 pm – 5:30 pm
  I-81 Viaduct Project Based Research Reports (by PIs of the four funded projects)

Projects and PIs

Integrating GIS and Green Design Studio to Analyze the Impact of the I-81 Viaduct on Local Communities: Environmental Exposure and Socio-Economic Relationships

• Peng Gao
  Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment Department; Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

• Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang
  Professor Executive Director, Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems, Interim Department Chair Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; College of Engineering & Computer Science

• Nina Wilson
  Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

• Bess Krietemeyer
  Associate Professor; School of Architecture
   
• Bing Dong
  Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; College of Engineering & Computer Science

Freeway Futures

• Omar Ali
  Assistant Professor; School of Architecture

• Nimet Anwar
  Assistant Professor; School of Architecture

• Jess Myers
  Assistant Professor; School of Architecture

• C. Thomas Hogge
  Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture; SUNY-ESF

Visualizing Care and Resisting Gentrification along the proposed Community Grid

• Hannibal Newsom
  Assistant Professor; School of Architecture

• Lauren Scott
  Instructor; School of Architecture

• Yilei Shi
  Associate Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program Director; College of Engineering & Computer Science

• Christina Zhang
  2023-24 Harry der Boghosian Fellow; School of Architecture

Preliminary Work to Assess Potential Shifts in Transportation Modes and GHG Emissions During and After the I-81 Project

• Baris Salman
  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; College of Engineering & Computer Science

• Sevgi Erdoğan
  Associate Professor; School of Information Studies