URP 400 Fieldtrip to Portland Oregon, Fall 2007 Instructor: Hollie Lund
Student spent a long weekend in Portland with Dr. Hollie Lund in conjuction with URP 488 Local Transportation Planning. They documented innovative land use and transportation ideas and worked to understand what made these places work. Click here to watch a video of Steve Kim, Melany Gumulia, and Kevin Clausen discussing the Mississippi District and eco-culture.
URP graduate Student Raeanon Hartigan's participation in an international program
Reanon was on "Team A", which won the Grand Prize with their plan, "The Ring of Knowledge". The four week workshop included a first week in which each student made a 15 minute presentation about a metropolitan territory with high scientific competitiveness from their part of the world. Reanon presented Silicon Valley. The following week they toured the territory in question--The Saclay St Quentin Plateau, and met with representatives from various high tech companies, universities, stakeholder groups, and local and regional government. They also attended lectures and presentations by various experts. The last two weeks they worked in multidisciplinary teams of 5-6 to put together their plans. Each week they presented their progress to the experts/jury members and other teams, where they asked questions and provided criticism. The third and final presentation was given to an audience of experts, jury members, and various representatives. Prizes were announced the following day. The jury felt that their plan was the most realistic and sensitive to existing infrastructure.
Final presentation in PDF
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