Genesee County Health Department

Better Life Through Better Health

Date:                             August 18, 2008

Release Date:                 For Immediate Release

End Date:                     August 28, 2008

Contact Person:            Jim Helmstetter, MPA, RS
                                    Director of Environmental Health Services
                                    Genesee County Health Department
 

Phone Number:             (810) 257-3603

Re:                             Green Speaker Series
                                   “Reducing Mass Transit Emissions Using Hybrid Buses: A
                                    Partnership between MTA and Kettering University”

When:                         Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Where:                         Genesee County Health Department
                                    McCree Courts and Human Services Building
                                    630 S. Saginaw Street, 2nd Floor
                                    Flint, Michigan 48502

Cost:                             Free

 

The Genesee County Health Department presents Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed to speak as the third in a series of speakers addressing “Green” or environmentally friendly issues. 
Dr. El-Sayed received his PhD from Wayne State University in Mechanical Engineering and has expertise in design optimization, machine design, and vehicle integration. He is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Director of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Integration Laboratory at Kettering University.

The Green Speaker Series is part of the Genesee County Health Department’s efforts to create environments for healthy living. Creating environments for healthy living is one of six public health system strategies in the Health Department’s 2008-2012 Strategic Plans.


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