• Tuesday, 01-08-2017

Kadoorie University Holds a Seminar under the Title Urban Physics: A Quantitative Approach to Cities Sustainability and Resilience

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology at Palestine Technical University- Kadoorie organized a seminarunder the title“Urban Physics: AQuantitative Approach to Cities’ Sustainability and Resilience”. The seminar was held within a series of scientific seminars held to exchange experiences and scientific cooperation between Palestinian academics at home and abroad.
The seminar was delivered by the professor of civil & environmental engineering Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT) - Franz-Josef Ulm.
During the seminar, the president of Kadoorie- Prof. Marwan Awartani praised the role played by Professor Franz in opening uphorizons tostudents for higher education, stressing that the University is keen on providing a range of programs by conducting a series of meetings to maximize the possibility of creating new and innovative entrepreneurial opportunities in all fields.
In his lecture, Prof. Franz pointed out that by the year 2050, 67% of the world's population will be living in cities, stressing that the components of life in a city have stretched beyond population, infrastructure and materials, explaining the role of molecular analysis using the principles of physics in the design of the urban texture of industrial cities by simulating the environmental conditions surrounding the buildings, thusly reducing the dependence on a third party in terms of energy and different resources.
Prof. Franz also emphasized that modern cities have to be resilient and sustainable with the term resilience referring to the recovery time needed for a city to be fully functional after a manmade or natural disaster.