Design Heroix

Part of Design Heroix, the Grand Rounds monthly lecture series

Location: Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC map
Topic: the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project
Speaker: Mary Lou Jepson
Respondents: Allan Chochinov, Idit Caperton, Gabriella Coleman

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About the speaker:

Mary Lou Jepson has been a pioneer in developing display technologies—from flat-panel televisions, to holography, to laser displays and day-lighting. She was most recently director of technology development in Intel’s Display Division. Previously, she co-founded the MicroDisplay Corporation and served as its CTO. Her recent emphasis has been on single-panel LCoS systems, and her leadership in this area has brought her worldwide recognition as a top innovator in the industry. Jepsen also contributed to several breakthroughs in diffractive optics and holographic display technology, including building the world’s first holographic video system, and the largest hologram in the world, one that spanned a city block (in Cologne). Jepsen holds a PhD in optics, a BS in electrical engineering, and a BA …

(Part of the Grand Rounds Monthly Lecture Series, Design Heroix)
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC 10012

Dean Corren leads Verdant Power’s technology development efforts, having been the original designer of the Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) during his time as a Research Scientist at New York University. Before Verdant Power, he consulted on diverse energy and technology projects, as well as researching a wide range of energy technologies at NYU. He also chaired the Burlington Electric Commission, which governs Vermont’s largest public utility, and served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives. He holds an MS in Energy Science from New York University and a BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Middlebury College.

Respondent: Tim White, Project Management, eDesign Dynamics
Mr. White has extensive experience in the building trades in project management, design and construction. His particular interest involves the application of Low Impact Development technologies in both new design and retrofits in the built environment. His consulting experience has ranged from cost benefit analysis in potential remediation strategies, to stormwater re-use scenarios in urban application. Mr. White holds a M.S. in Natural Resource Planning from the University of Vermont, with a focus on Ecological Design and phosphorus dynamics, where …

(Part of the Grand Rounds Monthly Lecture Series, Design Heroix)
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC 10012

6-8pm | One Laptop Per Child [OLPC]

Respondents: Allan Chochinov, Idit Caperton, Gabriella Coleman

Bios:
Mary Lou Jepson has been a pioneer in developing display technologies—from flat-panel televisions, to holography, to laser displays and day-lighting. She was most recently director of technology development in Intel’s Display Division. Previously, she co-founded the MicroDisplay Corporation and served as its CTO. Her recent emphasis has been on single-panel LCoS systems, and her leadership in this area has brought her worldwide recognition as a top innovator in the industry. Jepsen also contributed to several breakthroughs in diffractive optics and holographic display technology, including building the world’s first holographic video system, and the largest hologram in the world, one that spanned a city block (in Cologne). Jepsen holds a PhD in optics, a BS in electrical engineering, and a BA in studio art, all from Brown University. She also holds an MS from MIT, where she studied in the Media Lab’s Spatial Imaging group.
Further info available at OLPC.

Allan Chochinov is a partner of Core77, where he serves as the editor-in-chief of Core77.com, and strategist for Coroflot.com and DesignDirectory.com. In …

(Part of the Grand Rounds Monthly Lecture Series, Design Heroix)

NYU AUDITORIUM 78 STUYVESANT PLACE NEW YORK NY 876.897.8900

12-2pm | Interrogates the spatial for the social and political.

Respondents: Stephen Zacks

Bios:

Stephen Zacks is an editor at Metropolis Magazine and a graduate of Liberal Studies at the New School’s Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science. He has reported on architecture, design, and urbanism in Abuja, Ramallah, Beirut, Panama City, Vilnius, Bucharest, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Pristina, Nicosia, and Dubai, as well as Baltimore, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Nashville, Denver, and Kansas City.