Sustainability Events at Caltech
Fall 2013-2014
Ongoing
Ongoing
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9/9
5:00pm
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Ongoing
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10/14
5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
The Empowering Role of NGOs in Changing the Lives of Marginalized Communities in India
Jaimala and Hitesh Gupta,
Vatsalya,
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
8:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Heterogeneous Photochemistry and Interfacial Redox Processes of Environmental Significance
Wonyong Choi,
Visiting Associate,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
8:00am
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10/13
5:00pm
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Sunday, October 6th, 2013
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Piecing the puzzle of gas exchange and inorganic carbon transport in the polar sea ice zone
Brice Loose,
Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Oceanography,
University of Rhode Island,
Saturday, October 12th, 2013
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What controls sulfur isotope fractionation during microbial sulfate reduction?
Min Sub Sim,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, October 18th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
Quantum Mechanical Insights into Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Processes
John A. Keith,
Assistant Professor and R.K Mellon Faculty Fellow,
Energy Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering,
Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburg,
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Fellows Emily Kosten on Limiting Emission Angle for Improved Solar Cell Performance and David Brown on Phase Transition Enhanced Thermoelectrics
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The role of oceans in setting climate sensitivity and radiative feedbacks
Brian Rose,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences,
University at Albany, SUNY,
Monday, October 28th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Smart Grid & Climate Change: Socio-political Influence on Energy System Change
Jennie Stephens,
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy,
Clark University,
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
Multiple Proton-coupled Electron Transfer in Electrocatalysis: Theory vs. Experiment
Marc T. M. Koper,
Professor of Fundamental Surface Science,
Leiden Institute of Chemistry. Leiden University,
Catalysis and Surface Chemistry,
Monday, November 4th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Market Designs for Reserve Capacity in the Presence of Renewable in-feed and Demand Response
Tobias Haring,
Power Systems Laboratory,
ETH Zurich,
Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Diversity and Evolution of Aerobic Respiration and Denitrification
James Hemp,
Agouron Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Fellows Subrahmanyam Duvvuri on "A Fresh Approach to Turbulence Towards Reduction of Skin-friction Drag" and Michael Webb on "Path-Integral Methods in Stable Isotope Studies: Implications for Geochemical and Atmospheric Isotope Analysis"
Friday, November 8th, 2013
Monday, November 11th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
CO2 Separations Using Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Membranes
Richard D. Noble,
Alfred T. and Betty E. Look Professor,
Chemical & Biological Engineering Department,
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado,
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
(A Chemist's) Exploration of the Potential Atmospheric Impacts of Carbonaceous Aerosol
Jon Abbatt,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Toronto,
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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JCAP Special Seminar
Atomic Layer Deposition for Interface Control and Stabilization in Solar Photoelectrosynthesis Cells
Gregory N. Parsons,
Alcoa Professor; NC State Nanotechnology Initiative Director,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
NC State University, Raleigh NC ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Energetically Consistent Sub-Grid Eddy Parameterizations for Eddy-Permitting Ocean Models
Malte Jansen,
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow,
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
Princeton University,
Monday, November 25th, 2013
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Convex Structured Controller Design
Krishnamurthy Dvijotham,
Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Washington, Seattle,
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Resnick Fellows Xin Ning on "Shape-Adaptive Ultra-Lightweight Solar Concentrators" and Yiyang Liu on "Synthesis of Commodity Chemicals From Renewable Fatty Acids"
Monday, December 9th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
ARPA-E: A Fresh Perspective on Next-Generation EV Battery Technology
Ilan Gur,
ARPA-E Program Director,