12月4日（周五）上午10:00 Dr. Arup K. SenGupta 2015年學術報告之五十（太阳集团app首页國際名師前沿論壇）“Water as an Engine for Economic Growth: Role of Science, Innovation,Entrepreneurship and Policy”

報告題目：Water as an Engine for Economic Growth: Role of Science, Innovation,Entrepreneurship and Policy

報告  人：Dr. Arup K. SenGupta

          NAI Fellow, P.C. Rossin Professor, Lehigh University

時    間：2015年12月4日（周五）上午10:00-12:00

地    點：太阳集团app首页東校區環境大樓B103講學廳

主    持：方晶雲 副教授

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報告摘要：

In spite of the tremendous technological progress during the last century, nearly one billion people around the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and other independent non-profit organizations, don’t have access to safe drinking water. Furthermore, these are also the people who make less than $2 per day and live in rural environments. Understandably, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of the United Nations to provide potable water is far from its target goal and the claims are often questionable. The migration of poor people toward large cities is often driven by the lack of potable water and its adverse impact on health and local economy.

During the last 20 years, with my students and co-workers I have worked in different countries in Asia and Africa to provide sustainable water supply to rural people. Our finding is that innovative technology alone cannot resolve such a crisis. Synergy through social entrepreneurship and creative micro-financing at the water interface holds the key to success. Employment generation through economic growth is the single most important factor to sustain safe water supply to resource-poor people around the world. Several cases will be presented where the complementary relationship between science, innovation and a meaningful business model made a difference.

Arup K. SenGupta教授簡介：

SenGupta教授自1994年起在理海大學土木與環境學院擔任教授，2014年成為美國國家研究院（NAI） 院士。他是離子交換技術和飲用水除砷方面的專家，是“道南膜效應理論”的提出者和奠基人，在過去的20年間始終緻力于水質安全保障技術，并着力改善亞洲和 非洲等貧困國家的飲用水水質。他發明的除砷技術在印度和肯尼亞地區廣泛應用，解決了幾百萬農村及偏遠地區的飲用水安全問題。

        SenGupta教授曾擔任Environ. Sci. & Tech., Water Research等多個知名期刊主編及副主編，擁有近十個美國國家發明專利，發表包含Environ. Sci. & Tech.，Water Research等有影響力的環境學術期刊論文近百篇，其中幾篇經典文章引用數超過1000次。因為他的傑出成就，SenGupta教授獲得了多項國際大 獎，包括：2012年國際環境獎，2009年美國ACS斯特萊斯（Astellas）研究創新獎、美國科技創新獎和美國化學學會勞倫斯獎，2008年獲美 國土木學會研究貢獻獎和美國化工協會突出貢獻獎，2007年獲得美國國家工程院銀獎并于同年獲得希爾曼傑出教育獎，等等。