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From drones to urban air mobilityIn his talk, Some learnings from drones to urban air mobility, Sudip Mukhopadhyay will tell a story on drone application development, starting in 2007, of a select few customized end users applications. He will discuss the mistakes made and all the learnings that came along with development, such that it will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ocean engineering for exploratory science, education, and communicationPhil Bresnahan’s research seeks to build novel devices in order to enable cutting-edge oceanography as well as to design systems for use in educational and outreach settings. In this seminar, he will describe a range of engineering projects that cross the disciplines of chemical and physical oceanography. Projects include microfluidic ...
There is renewed interest among companies these days to implement and deploy AI models in their business processes either to increase automation or to improve human productivity. AI models are making their way as chatbots in customer support scenarios, as doctors' assistants in hospitals, as legal research assistants in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Characterizing coral skeletal proteins: Traditional and novel techniquesStony corals precipitatetheir calcium carbonate exoskeleton in a highly controlled biomineralization process mediated by a variety of macromolecules including proteins. Fully identifying and classifying these proteins-a part of the ‘biomineralization toolkit’-and their functions is crucial to understanding their rolesin exoskeleton formation. To date, approximately 30 such proteins have been identified ...
This presentation focuses on Mobility on Demand (MOD) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS). This includes key definitions, concepts of operation, a census of MOD public-private partnerships in the U.S., analysis of business models and use cases, and key takeaways from this analysis. The presentation also focuses on the critical ...
Over the past decade, first-principles computation has emerged as a powerful complement to experiment in the discovery of new catalysts and materials. In many cases, computation has excelled most in distilling rules for catalyst structure-property relationships in well defined spaces such as bulk metals into descriptors or linear free energy ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Computational Origami in Science, Art, and DesignComputational origami is an emerging field that combines mathematics, computer science, and engineering to study the ways that flat materials, including paper, can be folded. In this series of talks, three leaders in the field will describe their research and how they invent new ways to make things by folding.5:30 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Electric Cars 101: Everything You Need to Hit the RoadOur Electric Cars 101 workshop will discuss the wide variety of vehicles on the market today, and their respective ranges. Other topics include home and public charging, rebates and incentives, special programs for lower income drivers, buying and leasing, and tips for finding the right plug-in car for your lifestyle. ...
Where: El CerritoCost: Free
California's Rise to Water Resiliency: What Will It Take?Join Felicia Marcus, former Chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board, to discuss how we can improve water resiliency in the years to come. The talk will describe California's challenging water context, how it’s being addressed, and what else is needed in the face of climate change.
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Migration Pathways: Wildlife-Vehicle Conflicts and SolutionsJoin award-winning Conservation Photographers Josh Asel and Morgan (Mo) Heim for a conversation on what two visual storytellers will go through to document wildlife who try to traverse roads and highways. Fraser Shilling, Co-Director of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, is going to kick off the presentation with a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $8 - $10
Astronomy on Tap: Silicon ValleyHow a Research Idea Becomes a Scientific DiscoverySpeaker: B-G Anderson, SOFIA Science CenterCan you Terraform Mars with Nukes?Speaker: Carver Bierson, UC Santa Cruz
