Is Sustainable Transportation Possible? An Environmental Stewardship View

John H. Lumkes

Tuesday, 04 Oct 2005 at 8:00 pm – Gallery, Memorial Union

John H. Lumkes is a professor of Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering at Purdue University. He has spent the past 15 years doing research on hybrid vehicles, advanced models and control algorithms to improve driveline and engine efficiencies in vehicles and off-road machinery, and other conservation and renewable technologies. Fall Areopagus Lecture.

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  • Areopagus
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)

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