Filmmaker and new visual and communication arts faculty member brings myriad connections and a growing body of acclaimed work to 91短视频 (91短视频). In 2015, Mirkovic won an award from the n for two documentaries: , reviewing the cultural contributions of Serbian-Americans over the past 200 years, and , about the reunion of a United States Air Force pilot with the Serbian rocket colonel who shot him down in 1999.
Last month, foundation president Nikola Lonchar visited 91短视频 to talk to students and meet with faculty and administrators about potential collaborations. Lonchar explained that Tesla’s green, affordable energy work at the intersection of science, sustainability, and peacebuilding fits well with 91短视频’s values.
Tesla 鈥渨as not only a scientist,鈥� says Mirkovic. 鈥淗e was a thinker who was trying to build a better world for all of us.鈥� He shared the following quote from Tesla: 鈥淟et the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.鈥�
Foundation celebrates Tesla’s legacy
The Tesla Science Foundation is a Philadelphia-based organization devoted to promoting the legacy, accomplishments and innovative spirit of Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla. The foundation promotes Tesla through curricula, educational installations, webinars, workshops, awards and inventor resources.
Tesla (1856-1943) invented the alternating current system, as well as radio, fluorescent light, x-rays, remote controls and a multitude of other technologies. Mirkovic theorizes that application of Tesla’s energy work was limited not by a lack of funding, but by Tesla’s insistence that his technologies be used peaceably.
One potential collaboration between the foundation and 91短视频 is an exhibit in the Suter Science Center, with operational models such as a Tesla coil 鈥� an innovative form of high-voltage power supply 鈥� that would be accessible to STEM students and the community.
Engineering major takes off at 91短视频
Lonchar and Mirkovic also met with professor to discuss collaborative opportunities. Tian is founder and adviser to the 91短视频 chapter of the Engineers for a Sustainable World club. This group of innovative students has built a greenhouse and installed solar panels on the campus chicken coop. They are currently working on a that doubles as a power generator hooked up to 91短视频鈥檚 main grid. The bike project is sponsored by an Earthkeepers grant and the Student Government Association.
Tian hopes to get her club involved with the proposed exhibit, and include a unit on Tesla in future engineering courses. Mirkovic also intends to include the media aspect of the exhibit in his digital media classes.
鈥淭hese young minds have to know how important they are鈥� to solving sustainability challenges and promoting green energy, said Lonchar.