În baza unei colaborări științifice, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei și Academia de Științe a Moldovei, cu suportul Institutului de Chimie al USM invită miercuri, 8 februarie 2023, ora 11:00, la prelegerea publică „Future of Water – Challenges and Solutions Using Nature-inspired and Bioplastics-based Nexus of Exponential Technologies” („Viitorul apei – provocări și soluții folosind nexul tehnologiilor exponențiale inspirat de natură și bazat pe bioplastice”), susținută de prof. Ashok VASEASHTA, Institutul Internațional al Apei Curate, SUA.
Evenimentul se va desfășura în format mixt, cu prezență fizică în Sala Azurie a AȘM (bd. Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt, 1) și online, pe platforma ZOOM.
Date de conectare la platforma ZOOM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89902965444?pwd=eXRRRE4vc1kxdUxZcE92UW8wNGRndz09
Meeting ID: 899 0296 5444F
Passcode: 080223
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Evenimentul este deschis pentru reprezentanții mass-media.
Rezumatul prelegerii:
Future of Water – Challenges and Solutions Using Nature-inspired and Bioplastics-based Nexus of Exponential Technologies
Ashok VASEASHTA,
International Clean Water Institute, Manassas, VA USA
Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies “D. Ghitu”, Chisinu Moldova
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transylvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania
email: [email protected]
We live in an intricate world of global digitalization, decarbonization, artificial intelligence, smart and connected communities using 5/6G, biomimicking, and 3/4D printing of living organs, yet the two looming challenges to human existence are climate change and water shortage. These two “grand” challenges contrast each other in that, while the former would affect society on an extended time scale, the latter would certainly affect every individual for their basic existence. Whilst existing megatrends dealing with sustainability brace themselves to mitigate global warming, it seems that, scientifically, we are ill-equipped to address the issue of water shortages. It is critical to articulate the future of water, which includes a paradigm shift in its production, use, reuse, recycling, and discharge. This presentation reimagines the future of water from a holistic and futuristic standpoint including the use of exponential technologies and transdisciplinary research by using the nature-inspired solution while mitigating the micro/nano plastics footprint in the environment. By mimicking nature using a strategic combination of electrospinning and 3D printing, we present unique shapes and configurations to capture atmospheric water, which is considered to be one of the largest sources of available water. This is coupled with the latest technological advances including biomimicry, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and smart building concepts to address sustainable development goals.
Keywords: Water, Future, Resources, Transdisciplinarity, Exponential Technologies, Biomimicry, 3D printing, Electrospinning, Sustainability.
