Sustainability Events at Caltech
Fall 2014-2015
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
**SPECIAL SEMINAR** Seasonal modulation of mesoscale eddy turbulence by mixed-layer instabilities in the North Pacific Ocean
Patrice Klein,
Laboratoire de Physique des Oceans, Brest,
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea,
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Resnick Fellows Seminar
Two Seminars: Better Enzymes for Biofuels and Green Chemistry--Solving the Cofactor Imbalance Problem & Model Complexes for Studying Heterometallic Effects Relevant to Fuel Cell Chemistry
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Why do plants grow where and when they grow?
Kyla M. Dahlin,
ASP Postdoctoral Fellow,
Climate & Global Dynamics Division, Terrestrial Sciences,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Monday, October 13th, 2014
4:30pm
–
6:00pm
Add to Cal
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biogenic reactive oxygen species in the cycling and mineralization of manganese
Colleen Hansel,
Associate Scientist,
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Large-scale Observational Constraints on GPP in Earth System Models using Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide
Elliott Campbell,
Associate Professor,
Department of Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Merced,
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Changes in the distribution of rain in response to warming
Angie Pendergrass,
ASP Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
3:30pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ian Eisenman,
Assistant Professor,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
3:00pm
–
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Resnick Fellows Seminar
Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions in 2D Materials for Novel Solar Cell Designs & Catalysis without Precious Metals: Lessons from Nature in Sustainable Chemistry
Resnick Fellows Michelle Sherrott & Anton Toutov ,
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Tran Nguyen,
Stanback & NSF Postdoc Fellow,
Department of Environmental Science,
Caltech,
Friday, November 14th, 2014
10:00am
–
11/15
4:00pm
Add to Cal
Humanities Conference: Coping with Scarcity
Coping with Scarcity: Energy Shortages, Food Crises, Drought, and Critical Materials in the Modern World (c. 1800 to the present)
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Paleo-perspective on Ocean Heat Content and Climate Change
Yair Rosenthal,
Professor,
Department of Marine Biogeochemistry, Paleontology,
Rutgers University,
Monday, November 24th, 2014
12:00pm
–
1:00pm
Add to Cal
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Resources for Climate Models
David Rutledge,
Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu Professor of Engineering,
Department of Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
4:00pm
–
5:00pm
Add to Cal
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Island Rainfall Enhancement and the Tropical Climate
Timothy Cronin,
NOAA and HUCE Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,