Sustainability Events at Caltech
Winter 2013-2014
Monday, January 6th, 2014
8:00am
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11:50pm
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Monday, January 13th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Changing the Paradigm of Power System Operation and Control
Janusz Bialek,
DONG Energy Chair of Renewable Energy,
Durham University, UK,
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Anthropogenic Aerosol Water: Rediscovering the Importance of Atmospheric Multiphase Chemistry
Annmarie Carlton,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Environmental Sciences,
Rutgers University,
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Scaling controls on carbon cycling from organisms to ecosystems: Insights from novel isotopic measurements in temperate forests and thawing permafrost wetlands
Scott Saleska,
Associate Professor,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Arizona,
Monday, January 27th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Distributed Smart Grid Control Model with Renewable Integration
Kiyoshi Nakayama,
Computer Science,
UC Irvine,
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Marsh collapse does not require sea level rise
Sergio Fagherazzi,
Associate Professor,
Department of Earth and Environment,
Boston University,
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
10:30am
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11:30am
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Smart Grid Seminar
Plug'n'Play Operation of Microgrids: Objectives and Strategies
Florian Dörfler,
Electrical Engineering,
UCLA,
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics of global warming
Shang-Ping Xie,
Professor,
Department of Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What can regional climate feedbacks tell us about atmospheric circulation?
Nicole Feldl,
Stan Prize Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reconstructing sulphate loading and timing of climate impacting volcanic eruptions during the Common Era
Michael Sigl,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Division of Hydrologic Sciences,
Desert Research Institute,
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
OPF Based Receding Horizon Control of RES-Equipped Grids
Luigi Glielmo,
Department of Engineering,
Università del Sannio,
Luigi Iannelli,
Department of Engineering,
Università del Sannio,
Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Energy from waste - the practical implementation of Microbial Fuel Cells
Ioannis A. Ieropoulos,
Associate Professor,
Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics,
UWE Bristol,
Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
North Atlantic jet variability and Arctic warming
Elizabeth A. Barnes,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric Science,
Colorado State University ,
Monday, March 10th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Real-Time Pricing and Load Frequency Control of Power Networks
Toru Namerikawa,
System Design Engineering,
Keio University, Yokohama, Japan,
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
Deadline Differentiated Pricing of Delay-Tolerant Demand
Yunjian Xu,
Assistant Professor,
Engineering Systems & Design,
Singapore University of Technology and Design,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
Civil Liberties in the National Security Era: What Happened to Edward Snowden?
Susan N. Herman,
National President,
American Civil Liberties Union,
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Constraining Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions using Geostationary Measurements
Peter Rayner,
Professor,
School of Earth Sciences,
University of Melbourne,
Monday, March 24th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Smart Grid Seminar
An EROI-Based Analysis of Renewable Energy Farms with Storage
Srinivasan Keshav,
Cheriton School of Computer Science,
University of Waterloo,