Sustainability Events at Caltech
Fall 2015-2016
Monday, September 21st, 2015
8:40am
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12:00pm
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Water, Satellites and Sustainability: The California Drought, The Global Groundwater Crisis and 21st Century Realities
Jay Famiglietti,
Senior Water Cycle Scientist and JPL Water Initiative Leader,
Department of Earth Science,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Next Generation of Polymeric Membranes and Media for Sustainable Water Purification and Resource Recovery
Mamadou S. Diallo,
Associate Professor & Director of the Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Systems for Water Sustainability,
Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Enabling Large Scale Sustainable Lighting through Efficient Heat Dissipation in LEDs & Controlled Mixing of Fresh Water & Salt Water for Renewable Energy
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Submesoscale turbulence in the upper ocean
Jörn Callies,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Dynamics of Ice Stream Variability in Past and Present Climates
Alex Robel,
NOAA CGC & Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Mechanistic Insights into the Base Metal Catalyzed Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia -AND- Cytochrome P450-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer: A Platform for Green Amination Chemistry
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ocean turbulence: from micro scale to large scale circulation
Ali Mashayek,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth, Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, November 9th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Frequency Regulation, Energy Trading, and Load Scheduling in Smart Grid
Vincent Wong,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of British Columbia,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Physics of Atmospheric Instability, Lightning, and Global Warming
David Romps,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth and Planetary Science ,
UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Giant planet polar cyclones: lessons from terrestrial hurricanes
Morgan O'Neill,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Complex Polynomial Optimization and its Application to Power Systems
Cédric Josz,
Applied Mathematics,
Paris VI University,
Friday, November 20th, 2015
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
A New Perspective to Synchronization in Networks of Coupled Oscillators: Reverse Engineering and Convex Relaxation
Lijun Chen,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Sulfur intermediates coupled to O, Fe, and C: What detailed chemistry and mineralogy can tell us about bioavailability
Greg Druschel,
Associate Professor,
Department of Earth Sciences,
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis,
Friday, December 4th, 2015
11:30am
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Smart Grid Mini Workshop: Three 30-Minute Talks
Angela Zhang,
Professor,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Jianwei Huang,
Professor,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Omar Asensio,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
The UCLA Center for Corporate Environmental Performance,
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Electric Springs: A New Smart Grid Technology
Ron Hui,
The University of Hong Kong and Imperial College, UK,
Balarko Chaudhuri,
Imperial College, London,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Combining Protons and Electrons to Efficiently Generate H2 from Renewable Resources AND From the Background to Center Stage: The Unexpected Role of "Innocent" Ligands in Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis and Surface Attachment
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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