Sustainability Events at Caltech
Fall 2012-2013
Ongoing
Ongoing
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9/17
11:55pm
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
8:00am
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10/15
8:00am
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Microscale X-ray Imaging Applications of Synchrotron Radiation: Peering into the Earth with X-ray Vision
Samuel Webb,
Scientist,
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The plumbing of ice sheets
Ian Hewitt,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Institute of Applied Mathematics,
University of British Columbia,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
North African dust emissions over the last 20,000 years: Estimating the abruptness, magnitude and climate impacts of past changes
David McGee,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Institute Fellows Seminar: Brush Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices and Branch Flow Model: Relaxation, Convexification and Application to Optimal Power Control
Raymond Weitekamp,
Brush Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices,
Masoud Farivar,
Branch Flow Model: Relaxation, Convexification and Application to Optimal Reactive Power Control ,
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Terrestrial Ecosystem Science at JPL: Global Carbon, Water, and Nutrients Cycling Impacts To and From Climate
Joshua Fisher,
Scientist,
Water & Carbon Cycles Group,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Monday, November 5th, 2012
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Resnick Sustainability Institute Chen-Huang Sustainable Energy Lecture
A Discussion with Dr. Arun Majumdar
Arun Majumdar,
Founding Director of ARPA-E and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy,
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Photochemical signatures in rocks
James Lyons,
Associate Researcher,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate battles between hemispheres during and since the ice age: Palaeoclimate insights from the record of Earth's mountain glaciers and drylands
Aaron Putnam,
Postdoctoral Research Scientist,
Department of Geochemistry,
Columbia University,
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
1:15pm
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2:15pm
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Thesis Seminar
Dynamics of Earth's Hadley circulation
Xavier Levine,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Institute Seminar
Prineha Narang,
Zn-IV Nitride Based Light Absorbers for Photovoltaics & Photoelectrochemistry,
Materials Science,
Caltech,
Rob Usiskin,
Measuring Activity of Fuel Cell Catalysts via Electrosprayed Dots,
Materials Science,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Iron driven anaerobic methane oxidation in lake sediments
Orit Sivan,
Visiting Associate in Geobiology,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Institute Seminar
Paul De Martini,
Grid 2020: Towards a Policy of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources,