Don Hillebrand is the Director of Argonne National Laboratory’s
Energy Systems Division, leading a team of engineers and scientists
developing sustainable innovative technologies to improve the
efficiency of resource and energy utilization, minimize America’s
dependence on imported energy, and enhance U.S. national
security.In 2013, Dr. Hillebrand was elected President and Chairman
of the Board of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the largest
mobility-focused engineering society in the world.
Prior to joining Argonne in 2004, he worked for Daimler Research in
Stuttgart, Germany, as Daimler’s research and technology liaison
with the European Commission. From 1996 to 1999, Dr. Hillebrand
served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Executive Office of the
President in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,
Technology Division.
Dr. Hillebrand began his career in 1983 as a research engineer with
Chrysler Motors, where he worked for 20 years in positions of
increasing responsibility. He has two patents and is the author of
over 100 publications and invited seminar presentations. He earned
his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Oakland University.
ELIZABETH IRVIN
Elizabeth Irvin is a senior transportation analyst in the Clean
Transportation program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In her
role, she analyzes and advocates for actions that governments,
companies, and individuals can take to make transportation more
sustainable and equitable. She has particular expertise in assessing
how emerging transportation technologies and business models, such as
automated vehicles, ride hailing, and scooters, as well as pricing
policies and innovations in public transit are affecting how people
get around in urban areas.
Elizabeth began her career at UCS as an outreach associate, mobilizing
consumers, scientists and engineers to support stronger fuel economy
standards, and increasing awareness of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Prior to returning to UCS, Elizabeth worked as a transportation
planner at Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning during the
development of the region’s long-range plan through the year 2050,
analyzing trends in how people move around the Chicago region,
evaluating impacts of proposed transportation investments, and
preparing for a future affected by emerging transportation
technologies. She then worked as transportation director at the Center
for Neighborhood Technology, where she focused on analyzing the ways
transportation policies, transit, and emerging technologies like ride
hailing and electric scooters can reduce or exacerbate unequal access
to employment, affordable housing, and other everyday needs.
She earned an Master in City Planning degree from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and a BA in music and English from Williams
College.
THIS PROGRAM IS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
Imagining what transportation will look like in the future has been a
fantastical part of popular culture. In recent years, we have
seen technologies that were limited to imagined worlds entering our
everyday lives. From hyperloops, autonomous vehicles, and drone
delivery systems, emerging technologies are continuing to turn our
shared imaginations into reality. Yet as we look to technological
advancements for more efficient and quicker transportation, we face
questions beyond what is simply possible. We also grapple with what
modes of transport are sustainable and accessible and what new
technologies can mean for infrastructure.
To learn more about what emerging technologies and their implications
for sustainable transportation may mean for transporting people and
freight, join us for a panel with transportation experts.
EVENT DETAILS:
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Chicago Public Library,
Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (lower
level), 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60605.
PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION:
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We are dedicated to providing an inclusive environment for everyone.
Please respect diversity in individuals and in cultures.
FEATURED GUESTS:
DR. JANE LIN
Dr. Jane Lin is Professor of Department of Civil and Materials
Engineering and holds a joint appointment with the Institute for
Environmental Science and Policy (IESP) at the University of Illinois
at Chicago. Her research has three focus areas: transportation
emissions and air quality modeling and exposure, green freight
transportation and urban logistics, and computational transportation
science. Lin has over seventy-five refereed publications and receives
research funding as PI or co-PI from various sources including the
National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA), and Transportation Research Board (TRB). Lin is Editor of
Transport Policy, and Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part
D: Transportation and Environment. She also serves on the editorial
boards of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice and
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. Lin is currently
Vice Chair of the Section on Energy and Environment of the
Transportation Research Board (TRB), which is a division of the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).
Prior to that, she served as Chair of TRB Committee on Transportation
and Air Quality (now renamed to Committee on Air Quality and
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation) between 2011 and 2017. Lin received her MS
and PhD degrees from University of California, Davis, and BS from
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She was a post-doctoral fellow at
the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Cambridge, MA
before joining UIC.
DR. BO ZOU
Bo Zouis an associate professor in the Department of Civil and
Materials Engineering, and an affiliated faculty member of the Urban
Transportation Center and Center for Supply Chain Management and
Logistics, all at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also a
faculty partner of the National University Rail (NURail) Center
and the Center of Excellence for Airport Technology at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bo received his Ph.D. in
transportation engineering (University of California at Berkeley, with
minors in industrial engineering and operations research, and
economics), M.S. in transportation planning and management (Tsinghua
University), Diplôme d’Ingénieur in general engineering (Ecole
Centrale de Nantes), and B.E. in civil engineering (Tsinghua
University).
Bo is very excited about the innovations that are reshaping how
human beings move and move things. He has been passionately working
with other lab members and our collaborators to create new frontiers
of transportation systems research. Leading the TransLog lab, Bo’s
research has been supported by a variety of agencies including the
National Science Foundation, the World Bank, the U.S. Department of
Transportation, the American Public Transportation Association, the
Illinois and California Departments of Transportation, and the Chicago
Department of Aviation, among others. Currently, Bo serves on the
editorial advisory boards of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging
Technologies, and Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and
Transportation Review
DR. DONALD GERARD HILLEBRAND
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