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SPEAKER:
Daniel Roos, ‘61, SM ‘63, PhD ‘66
Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental Engineering
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SPEAKER:
John B. Heywood
Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering
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SPEAKER:
Daniel Roos, ‘61, SM ‘63, PhD ‘66: Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Roos page on the Engineering Systems site
ABOUT THE LECTURE:
The Automotive Sector: Future Challenges and Opportunities
We pay a stiff price for our car addiction. Daniel Roos starts with the plight of American auto manufacturers, whose market share is dropping and whose plants close as foreign makers move to the U.S. They are victims of their own overproduction. Roos recommends a build-to-order system to reduce inefficiencies. What happens when too many people drive too many cars? The Chinese, recent converts to combustion, boast 24 million vehicles and a tragic, new statistic: 107 thousand auto fatalities, more than twice as many as in the U.S. Some measures for car-clotted areas may be high occupancy toll lanes (aka Lexus Lanes), where solo drivers pay more for less trafficked roads; fees for entering densely traveled urban areas; and computer-run, intelligent transportation systems.
SPEAKER:
John B. Heywood: Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Sloan Automotive Laboratory site
Center for 21st Century Energy Site
ABOUT THE LECTURE:
Future Automotive Technology and Fuels: The Options and Their Impacts
While "too many of us use too much stuff too often," says John
Heywood, cars may prove the worst commodity of all. They are
responsible for a steady degradation of the ecosystem, from
greenhouse emissions to biodiversity loss. What's worse, even if we
improve vehicle efficiency, turn to fuel hybrids such as the Prius,
or make rapid advances in hydrogen-based fuel technologies, the scale
for slowing down the degradation may run to the decades. We have 130
million cars on U.S. roads right now, and add 15 million more each
year. "Turning the curve won't be easy," says Heywood. "Human beings
simply won't do as much as they can." Recommendations: an integrated
policy approach, including better mileage standards and a stiff
gasoline tax.
NOTES ON THE VIDEO (Time Index):
Video length is 1:16:41.
Elizabeth A. (Beth) Garvin, executive vice president of the Alumni Association, introduces Tech Day 2004, and introduces President Charles M. Vest, moderator of the morning’s events.
At 3:13, Vest introduces the day’s sessions and speakers.
At 11:05, Daniel Roos begins.
At 42:53, John Heywood begins.
At 1:01:21: Charles Vest leads the Q&A.
The information on this page was accurate as of the day the video was added to MIT World. This video was added to MIT World on 2004-09-21.
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