Multilevel Inverters For FACTS and HVDCPower Electronics provides indispensable power conversion technology to transform today's transportation and energy systems: from electric power generation to transmission, distribution, utilization and storage into more secure, cleaner and more sustainable, more intelligent, more reliable and more efficient ones. Multilevel converters/inverters have become an enabling and promising power conversion technology ...
Eric Redman is the Co-Chairman of Summit Power Group, and the President and CEO of its subsidiary, Summit Carbon Capture, which focuses on CO2 capture, including for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). He helps lead Summit's efforts on coal gasification with carbon capture, including the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Egyptian Cultural Heritage in the Digital AgeWhile we are living now in the twenty-first century at the height of the new era of Information Technology, we have behind us a rich, inherited, human culture that goes back over five millennia. With the technologies at hand today, we can preserve this heritage and examine it in an ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Laser Acceleration of Electrons: Progress Towards On-Chip Particle AccceleratorsParticle accelerators have long been at the heart of science research and have become increasingly ubiquitous in universities, hospitals, and industries. Particle accelerators today are used for everything from finding the Higgs boson, to driving x-ray lasers, to making microprocessors, to treating cancer. And, although particle accelerators have continually evolved as a result ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human ConditionWhat if you could communicate and spread physical products as easily as software or code? And what if you could modify each one to meet the specific needs of the individual? 3D printing offers just that ability, though its potential has only recently begun to be realized. We are now ...
Characterizing the Atmospheres of Low-Mass Low-Density Transiting Exoplanets NASA's Kepler Mission has revealed that the most common size of planet in our galaxy may be those from 2-3 Earth radii. Such medium-sized planets are significantly more common on close-in orbits than Neptune and Jupiter-class giant planets. We have no analog for these planets in our solar system. What ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
From the lab to the field: history and regulation of biotechnological applications in agricultureWhile molecular biology has led to many advances in our understanding of plant and microbial biology in the lab, the application of these findings to solutions to practical problems in the real world require translational research in field settings. This translational research, however, has been hindered by considerable/excessive regulation. I ...
The Bay Delta Conservation PlanPlease join Point Reyes National Seashore staff for Science Lectures, 45 minute presentations on scientific research being performed at Point Reyes and elsewhere in the California. Science Lectures are sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center at Point Reyes National Seashore.Speaker: Jerry Meral, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary of the ...
SFMC Teachers' Circle, Tatiana ShubinFor Tuesday, April 2nd Tatiana Shubin will guide the SFMC Teachers' Circle in a Parity Party! Who is Tatiana Shubin? Tatiana Shubin was born and grew up in the USSR. As an eighth grader she attended a specialized physics and mathematics boarding school in Siberia. Her experience interacting with working mathematicians kindled ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with RSVP
Extremophiles: Life At The Extremes!Microbes have managed to live at the extremes of the conditions under which we find life on Earth. Phil will describe the hunt for, and study of, these "Extremophiles" - where they've been found and what we know about how they manage to grow in conditions that are inhospitable to ...
How does an inanimate universe manage the God-like feat of creating itself from absolutely nothing? And what enables it, after pulling itself up by its own cosmic bootstraps, to continue to generate billions of years' worth of stunningly creative new forms all by itself?The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses: What's Next for Higher EducationMOOC - or Massive Open Online Courses - is the Word of the Year by the New York Times and promises to revolutionize higher education. Last year Thrun kicked off MOOC-mania and made history by offering his Stanford Artificial Intelligence class to an unprecedented 160,000 students and sparked a discussion ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Parasites Among UsImagine, if you will, a tiny creature with the ability to invade your body, hijack your cells, change your DNA, and modify you physically and behaviorally to suit its own devious goals. Sound like science fiction? Maybe, but it's also the modus operandi of the real-life parasitic organisms that live ...
Rafael Reyes, Executive Director of Bay Area Climate Collaborative, will moderate a panel of experts discussing how innovations in EV technology (including batteries, charging stations and design) can point the way to continuing mobility while offering new options for large scale solutions to energy storage.Join Acterra for a series of ...
Keeping FitStaff from the Recreational Sports Facility will present their new insights about older adult fitness and people with mobility issues and their recent purchase of new fitness equipment. Public Health Professor William Satariano will present his collaboration with New Media Center associate director, Greg Neimeier, on mobilitySpeakers: Matt Grigorieff, Coordinator, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, Free for UC Berkeley
How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do"Stereotype threat" is a problem that pervades American life, according to Claude Steele, an internationally recognized social psychologist and professor at Stanford University. An afternoon with Dr. Steele promises to be insightful and engaging.Speaker: Dr. Claude Steele, StanfordSibley Auditorium
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Predicting and Preventing Asteroid Impacts: The B612 Foundation Sentinel Space TelescopeThe B612 Foundation is building the Sentinel Space Telescope, an infrared space telescope to be launched in July 2018 that will find and track over 500 thousand Near Earth Asteroids. I will discuss what it takes to find, track, and deflect asteroids to protect our planet.Speaker: Ed Lu, B612 Foundation
Join us for a late-afternoon conversation with world-renowned psychotherapy authors on therapeutic ventures on the screen and on the page Speakers: Irvin Yalom, world-famous psychiatrist and author of "When Nietzsche Wept", "Lying on the Couch", "The Schopenhauer Cure", "Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy"Yael Hedaya, screenwriter for the critical acclaimed ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Automobile Electronics and Electrical Vehicles1. Automotive Engine and Drive Train Control Electronics: Ranjit Deshpande, VP of Engineering of Renesas2. Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure at GM: Dr Frankie James, Managing Director of GM Advanced Technology, General MotorsThis talk describes GM's approach to plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. GM is collaborating with other stakeholders to ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The New GoldThe New Leaders Initiative is hosting the next installment of its Rooted and Rising series, entitled "Water – the New Gold?". The discussion will include Brower Youth Award winner Martin Figueroa, UC-Berkeley student activist Angélica Salceda, and Colin Bailey of Environmental Justice Coalition for Water. This event will explore contemporary ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Human Evolution as Revealed by the Neandertal GenomeRichard E. (Ed) Green is an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz. He's a researcher in the exciting field of ancient DNA, where DNA from fossils are extracted, sequenced, and compared to genomes of living species. He led the analysis of DNA extracted from the 40,000 year ...
Understanding spatial patterns of biodiversity is critical for conservation planning, particularly given the need to prioritize efforts in the face of rapid habitat loss and human-induced climatic change. Biodiversity and endemism are traditionally measured using species counts and ranges. However, investigation of patterns of species distributions alone misses out on ...
Experience the wildlife and natural beauty that make Younger Lagoon an exceptional local treasure on this docent-led tour to the lagoon and its beach habitat. Younger Lagoon is excellent for bird watching and seeing animals that call the reserve's intact coastal dunes home, such as: bobcats, foxes, seabirds, raptors, and ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Science Smart Kids- Radical RecyclingRadical Recycling with Science Smart Kids offers engaging, multi-sensory, hands-on science workshops for children. Kids learn best when they are having fun!
Where: San JoseCost: Free
MAKING SMART COMMUNITIES RESILIENTRecent disasters locally and worldwide have demonstrated the difficulties in mounting fast, coordinated, and successful responses as well as the importance of incorporating citizens in preparing, responding, and communicating. The Disaster Management Initiative (DMI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Silicon Valley, develops open, interoperable solutions using smart phones, mobile devices, ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for the black balloon.For more information or if you have questions please ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
LED Lighting: State of the ArtThe future of lighting is here. What is LED Lighting? What are its benefits compared with other lighting technologies? What products are available and how are they made? Tim Benson, CEO Advanced LED LLC, will discuss how to choose the right lighting for your applications - residential or commercial, to ...
Where: San JoseCost: Advance Tickets $6.50 or $10 at the Door
April LASER Event6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking.7:00-7:25: Jesse Houldingon "Phenomena as material"Installations that use light and other natural phenomenon to explore perception...Read more7:25-7:50: Chris McKay(NASA) on "The Curiosity Mars Mission"Abstract...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'People of a Feather'Featuring groundbreaking footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes the audience through time into the world of Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. Connecting past, present, and future is a unique cultural relationship with the eider duck. Recreations of traditional life are juxtaposed ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10
What Nitrogen Deposition Can Teach Us About Birds, Butterflies, Native Plants, and the Future of Conservation Brent Plater, Executive Director of the Wild Equity Institute, will discuss the largely-unknown landscape of the Antioch Dunes. The Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge was created to protect extremely rare insects, and remains the only wildlife refuge specifically created for invertebrate conservation. An unforeseen problem threatens this dune community: nitrogen ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Friday, 04/05/13
Field Botany FridaysCome hike with ACR staff. While we hike, we may identify plants, survey for rare plants, photograph wildflowers, discuss ethnobotany or other trailside botany. Takes place the first Friday of every month.Please dress for the weather and bring at least one quart of drinking water. You may also wish to ...
The Role of Supply-Following Loads in Highly Renewable Electricity GridsDriven by renewables portfolio standards and emissions limits, electrical grids are phasing in renewable electricity generation at an unprecedented rate, primarily displacing traditional fossil fuel-powered sources. Most electricity generation by renewables is non-dispatchable, meaning that it often fluctuates unpredictably and cannot be scheduled or shifted. This makes matching supply and ...
Science Smart Kids- Wormology and CompostingWormology and Composting with Science Smart Kids offers engaging, multi-sensory, hands-on science workshops for children. Kids learn best when they are having fun
Public Star Viewing NightsJoin Sonoma State University's Physics and Astronomy department for a star party.Topic: Beehive and M67, Open clusters
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Houge Park Start PartyMeet with members of San Jose Astronomical Society for a Star Party, weather permitting.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 04/06/13
Annual Salt Pond Mud Stomp: One small step for plover lovers, one giant leap for ploverkindJoin PRBO plover biologists and our partners from the Department of Fish and Wildlife at the Moss Landing Wildlife Area salt ponds to view and help Federally Threatened Snowy Plovers and other shorebirds as they begin nesting. Put on rubber boots and walk along the margins of the drying ponds ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free for members
Golden Gate Playdate: Super Seas"S" is for sea. Join us as we celebrate seals, sea stars, and whales as our Sea-lebrities in the spotlight. We will guide you through hands-on activities designed to engage your preschooler's sense of wonder and imagination through story, song, movement, and inquiry. Together, we will take a walk inside ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $15/per child per session, 1 adult admission free
The San Mateo County Eco-Friendly Fair is a gathering of environmentally-conscious and friendly individuals, companies, and organizations, sponsored by the San Mateo County Youth Commission. Come for a day filled with vendors from all over the Bay Area featuring unique green products, food, and special finds. Engaging free DIY workshops ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Nano DaysPassport to the world of tiny things. This year NanoDays is filled with a dozen new activities. At a billionth of a meter find out how the physics of every day materials dramatically change allowing incredible new applications. Explore gold, butterflies, sun block, electricity and so much more. Complete the ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Spring Celebration: Coastal Camp Open HouseJoin us for an opportunity to learn more about our fabulous upcoming 2013 Coastal Camp season. Meet our staff, participate in a family hike, and touch the tidepool creatures in our marine lab.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free, drop-in event
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 – 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Fish Feeding FrenzyHelp Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
San Mateo County Astronomical Society Star PartyThe City of San Carlos Department of Parks and Recreation and the San Mateo County Astronomical Society have open Star Parties. These events are held in Crestview Park, San Carlos California. Dates and Sunset times are below. Note that inclement weather (clouds, excessive wind and showers) will cause the event ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Sunday, 04/07/13
Wildflower RamblesTake a Moderate 5-mile loop hike with a park docent from valley floor to ridge top to enjoy spring wildflowers in a variety of habitats. Meet at the Calero Reservoir boat launch on McKean Rd. $6 parking fee. Dress in layers, bring a camera, carry water, wear a hat and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $6 Parking
Free Day of ScienceFirst Sundays are FREE! OMCA is free all day the first Sunday of every month. Tour the building with members of the Museum's Council on Architecture at 1 pm and enjoy a Docent-led tour of the Gallery of California Art at 2 pm. Grab lunch or a snack at Blue ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Big Data for Big Decision MakersThe 30-year old spreadsheet is no match for the tsunami of information available today; yet it remains the primary tool for decision-makers. By discussing real customer use cases, CEO Harry Blount will demonstrate how The Personal Analytics Cloud (PAC) is able to leverage the aggregation capabilities and the processing power ...
