Cutting Edge Seattle: Technological Innovations in Material Science
Join Thayer School professor Victor Petrenko for an Ivy League alumni networking and presentation in Seattle, Washington.
Join Dartmouth Silicon Valley, the Dartmouth Club of Western Washington and DEN Seattle, along with the Harvard Club of Seattle and Cornell Club of Western Washington for an Ivy networking reception and presentations as part of Cutting Edge Seattle, featuring creative director Michael Scully and professor Victor F. Petrenko. On display will be BMW's carbon fiber bobsled, as well as the all-new BMW i8.
Victor F. Petrenko, PhD D.Sc is Professor of Engineering Emeritus at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where his research interests include ice physics and ice engineering; de-icing and anti-icing technologies; and ice and snow friction. Dr. Petrenko received a PhD from the USSR Academy of Science in Moscow, and a D.Sc from the USSR Academy of Science in Chernogolovka. He currently holds 70 US and foreign patents, and he regularly consults for numerous national and foreign companies such as GE, LGE, Electrolux, NASA and more. Petrenko’s book, The Physics of Ice, is the only book of its kind that describes the physical properties of ice, interprets them in terms of its molecular structure, and shows their relevance to the forms of ice found on Earth and in space.
Michael Scully is Creative Director of Global Design, BMW Group DesignworksUSA. Scully joined BMW’s DesignworksUSA in 1996, and has since worked intensively to contribute inspired, meaningful designs that leverage his extensive experience in motorsports, aerodynamics, strategy, and form development. In his initial position as Designer and later Senior Designer, Michael’s efforts yielded 2 distinctive vehicles for BMW: the 2002 FB2 Formula BMW race car, and the 2004 BMW H2R: a car that established 9 new world speed records for hydrogen powered automobiles, including a top speed of 302.4km/h. Most recently, Michael has led the design and development of a series of innovative carbon fiber BMW bobsleds for the US team to use throughout the World Cup season, and at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. With these sleds, the US won 23 medals in 2014 World Cup competition, set 3 new track records, won the 2 Man World Cup Championship, and ultimately captured 50% of all Olympic medals in 2 Man and Women’s competition in Sochi. A high honors graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in Industrial Design, Michael’s background is deeply entrenched in architecture, sculpture, conceptual engineering, and 20 years of automobile racing in both amateur and professional series.
