Chesley Bonestell, “The Exploration of Mars” (1953), oil on board, 143/8 x 28 inches, gift of William Estler, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC.

Events

Applying Engineering Lessons to Pandemic Management

You can watch a recording of this webinar here.

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced challenges that are commonly dealt with in engineering in the United States. Policy responses to the pandemic could be improved with lessons from other types of infrastructure, and by investing in “efficient resilience” when it comes to medical infrastructure. Engineering professors Braden Allenby and Mikhail Chester take a close look at how engineered systems such as electric power, communications, and transportation infrastructures deal with peak load, disaster recovery, and partial failure to offer ideas for building greater resilience into systems that provide critical services during pandemics.

Register for this online event and be sure to read their new essay on this subject at Issues in Science and Technology.

This event is cohosted by Issues in Science and Technology and the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes.