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Engineering to Win! - Bisi Ezerioha
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Bisi Ezerioha is a race car driver, high-performance engineer, and CEO of his own company, Bisimoto Engineering. A chemical engineer by training, he was a pharmaceutical researcher for years before he applied his engineering skills to the pursuit of creating ridiculously fast cars. Ezerioha is credited with building the most powerful naturally aspirated, single-overhead-cam Honda engines in the world. His automotive creations have appeared in numerous video games and films, including Fast and Furious 7. Engineers' Week No podcast available for this event.

Redefining Global and National Security - Col. (Ret) Lawrence Wilkerson
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Col. (Ret) Lawrence Wilkerson was Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff from 2002 to 2005. He was also associate director of the State Department's policy planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard Haass. During his thirty-one years in the U.S. Army he served as Deputy Executive Officer to then-General Colin Powell when he commanded the U.S. Army Forces Command, and Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is currently the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary. Part of the World Affairs Series

Strong Women and Men Live Well: Nutrition and Exercise for Optimal Health - Miriam Nelson
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Miriam Nelson, author of the bestselling book Strong Women Stay Young, will discuss what foods you should eat to stay young and healthy as well as what types and how much exercise improves health. Her talk focuses on the latest research in the field of muscle and bone health and includes guidelines and actionable steps for older women and men in particular. Nelson served as associate dean of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life and professor of nutrition at its Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. At the Friedman School, she was the founding director of the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention. She is currently the director of the Sustainability Institute and deputy chief Sustainability Officer at the University of New Hampshire. 2016-17 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series - Move for Life: The Health Benefits of Exercise Across the Lifespan

Ramble: Walking and Visual Journaling - Mary Jones
6:00 PM – Kocimski Auditorium, 0101 College of Design - Mary Jones is a mixed-media artist, illustrator, and printmaker who explores the creative potential of physically engaging with one's environment. She will discuss how walking well-trodden paths is like remembering in layers, and how this process of remembering is similar to the layers in her prints. Jones’s research into areas of flânerie - aimless idle behavior - and mapping and topological exploration will appeal not only to artists but to students of philosophy, writing, and the natural sciences. Mary Jones is currently a professor of art and design at Grandview University in Des Moines. Following the presentation, audience members are invited to view and discuss a selection of the artist's prints. Mary Jones will lead a demonstration and workshop focused on photo-based intaglio printmaking February 15-17. More information, including specific times and details, is available below or on the Lectures Program website.

Shaping Environmental Policy to Improve Water Quality & Environmental Health - Panel Discussion
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Two distinguished alumni of the Iowa State Department of Economics return to campus to discuss policy options and incentives to improve water quality and environmental health in Iowa and the upper Midwest. What incentives, disincentives, or environmental markets would encourage practices that reduce nutrient runoff and nonpoint source pollution and improve environmental health? Which strategies would maximize net benefits? Participants include James Shortle, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics at Pennsylvania State University, who studies economic incentives and policy design for water resource management, including nutrient pollution, and Sandy Hoffmann, Senior Economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service whose research focuses on assessing human health benefits from environmental quality and food safety programs. John Miranowski Emeritus Professor of Economics at Iowa State will moderate the discussion. Part of the Economics Forum

Linking Language and Well-being from a Myaamia Perspective - Daryl Baldwin
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Daryl Baldwin, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, is a linguist and scholar reviving the linguistic, cultural, and intellectual heritage of the Miami (Myaamia) nation. Using historical documentation, Baldwin taught himself the Miami language, which lost its last native speaker in the mid-20th century. His efforts to restore the language among scattered tribal members resulted in community-based education and preservation programs and, ultimately, the establishment of The Myaamia Center, a unique tribal-academic partnership between The Miami University of Ohio and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. As the center's director Baldwin continues his work using the reclamation of language as a tool to empower a healthy and sustainable Native community. Baldwin will be joined by Haley Strass, a graduate student in counseling psychology at Iowa State and a member of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, to discuss their joint project on learning within an indigenous knowledge system. No podcast will be available for this event.

Mental Health at Iowa State - A Conversation
7:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Join us for a discussion designed to raise mental health awareness and learn how different entities at Iowa State are working to provide support and education. With 1 in 5 students living with a diagnosable mental health condition, it is important to openly address this often uncomfortable topic and work toward ending the stigma. Students and others on campus are invited to share personal experiences about living with mental illness, the misunderstandings they've encountered about their condition, and the importance of seeking assistance. Panelists for this discussion include the new director of Student Wellness Mark Rowe-Barth, professor of psychology David Vogel, and Student Counseling Services psychologist Kristen Sievert. Distinguished Professor of Psychology Gary Wells will facilitate the discussion

Technological Entrepreneurship: A Key to World Peace and Prosperity - Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman
5:30 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Dan Shechtman, an Iowa State Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and research scientist at Ames Laboratory, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The honor was awarded for his discovery of quasicrystals, crystalline materials with a periodic atomic structure deemed impossible in modern crystallography. He is also the Philip Tobias Distinguished Professor of Materials Science at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where he has taught a course in technological entrepreneurship for nearly thirty years. He joined Iowa State and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory in 2004. His current research efforts center on developing strong and ductile magnesium alloys for a variety of applications, and deformation mechanisms in B2 intermetallics.

Good for Business, Good for the Planet - Rick Ridgeway
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Rick Ridgeway is Vice President of Public Engagement at Patagonia, a maker of high-performance outerwear whose mission to protect and preserve the environment is at the core of its business operations. This year Patagonia pledged to donate every cent of its Black Friday profits - a total of $10 million - to grassroots environmental organizations. Ridgeway, one of the world’s foremost mountaineers, has held numerous leadership roles at Patagonia during his long history with the company. He is responsible for many of its key sustainability initiatives, including the Footprint Chronicles, designed to bring transparency to the supply chain; Worn Wear, which encourages reduced consumption through its repair-and-recycle program; and the Responsible Economy Campaign. Murray Bacon Center for Business Ethics Lecture

The World is All Around Us: An Interactive Session on Diversity - Lee Mun Wah
6:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Lee Mun Wah is a documentary filmmaker, author, educator and founder of Stirfry Seminars, a diversity training company that provides educational tools and workshops on cross-cultural communication and awareness, mindful facilitation, and conflict mediation techniques. His popular interactive session focuses on what it takes to create a truly multicultural community. He is best known for his documentary The Color of Fear, the subject of a Oprah Winfrey special. His latest film, If These Halls Could Talk, focuses on college students and their dialogue about race and racism, and other diversity issues in higher education. Lee Mun Wah was a resource specialist and counselor in the San Francisco Unified School District for more than 25 years prior to founding Stirfry Seminars.