Prof.
Sussman keynotes at LNEC’s 60th
anniversary symposium
By
Lois
Slavin, ESD Communications Director
– June 28, 2007
On
June 21, 2007, Joseph Sussman, JR
East Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Engineering Systems,
delivered the keynote address at the
60th anniversary of Portugal’s
national civil engineering lab, Laboratório
Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC).
The theme of the conference, which
was held in Lisbon, was “Transportation
for a Sustainable Development.”
The
title of Prof. Sussman’s keynote
was “A
Regionally-Scaled Intermodal Transportation
System for Portugal: Critical Design
Considerations for Sustainability
in a Changing World” (.ppt
2.7mb).
Major
sponsorship of the symposium was provided
by the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation
and Communications.
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