Graphic novelist and art mentor, Aaron Southerland, will hold a series of cartooning vibe sessions focused on outer space. The sessions are dedicated to the artsy students who desire to create and continue working on their own cartoon and comic characters. Aaron will provide guidance on drawing techniques using a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Direct detection and characterization of exoplanetsDirect imaging is a method to detect and study extra solar planets, which consists of spatially resolving the light of the planet from the light of the star around which it is orbiting. The method is currently sensitive to young gas giant exoplanets that still radiate the heat from their ...
What is going on with the huge pieces - plates - that constitute Earth’s crust? Plate tectonics is ultimately responsible for the earth’s highest mountains and deepest oceans, also for most earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. It was first proposed in the mid 1960s, after the discovery of DNA, and ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Potentials and Pitfalls of Second Generation Biofuel ProductionBiofuel production in the U.S. has garnered increasing attention since the 1990s due to a national interest in energy independence and potential impacts of fossil-fuel-related climate change. Switchgrass, a grass native to the Midwestern United States, improves soil quality, stores carbon deep in the soil, and provides habitat for birds. ...
