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Wednesday, February 12, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Challenges and Innovation in The High Arctic​

Join Juanie Pudluk, Director of Infrastucture at Nunavut Housing Corporation, to explore the challenges of building in Nunavut. What are the solutions or strategies that we can use to alleviate the housing crisis? We will discuss some of the challenges and strategies that we have started and share that with the students.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

How to Make Buildings Earthquake-Resilient: A Control Theory Perspective

Ensuring the earthquake resilience of buildings is crucial for the safety and comfort of occupants, making it a key consideration in the design and planning of future cities. This talk provides an overview of standard approaches to building safety and earthquake resilience. Mohamed Serry will discuss how this challenge can be addressed using control theory, exploring problem formulations related to structural safety and occupant comfort. Additionally, Mohamed Serry will highlight key control methods commonly used in this field and share insights from his research.

Where: ENV2-2006
When: March 18, 2025, 5:30-6:30pm
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (all day)

The Future Cities Conference

The Future Cities Conference is a premier gathering that connects researchers, innovators, and municipal leaders in tackling the challenges facing cities today. Through inspiring keynotes, collaborative break out sessions, and dynamic discussions, the conference fosters partnerships as well as solutions for sustainable, prosperous, and healthy cities. It’s a platform to share ideas, build networks, and kick start impactful change in city development.