Resourcing: The New ArchitectureGlobal interdependence, recurring financial crises and pressing environmental concerns demand that we as architects rethink our position toward resources. Sustainable architecture requires that complex solutions be built upon resource inventiveness. Accelerating the pace of innovation is especially important in regions experiencing extreme economic and environmental pressures. These challenges will be ...
Advances and New Technologies in Forensic DNADr. Nader Pourmand, assistant professor of Biomolecular Engineering at UCSC will deliver a seminar titled "Advances and New Technologies in Forensic DNA".Room 124
Converting sunlight into fuels – the role of interface catalysisEssentially all sustainable energy systems rely on the energy influx from the sun. In order to store solar energy it is most conveniently transformed into a chemical form, a fuel. The key to provide an efficient transformation of energy to a chemical form is the availability of suitable catalysts, and ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
November LASER event6:30pm-6:45pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.6:45-7:10pm: Ken Eklund on "Massively Seeking Susan: Connecting Strangers Through Gameplay / ZOROP"Don't believe those who dismiss it as some sort of game. Zorop is real, and so is the Great Zoropathetic Warp ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Book Club – Proust Was a NeuroscientistWith impressively clear prose, Lehrer explores the oft-overlooked places in literary history where novelists, poets and the occasional cookbook writer predicted scientific breakthroughs with their artistic insights. The 25-year-old Columbia graduate draws from his diverse background in lab work, science writing and fine cuisine to explain how Cézanne anticipated breakthroughs ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Science at the Theater: No Excuses: 10 ways you can fight climate changePresenters:Iain Walker's research focuses on optimizing the energy use and comfort of buildings. He's a staff scientist in the Energy Performance of Buildings Group, which is part of Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division. He's also executive editor of Home Energy Magazine.Cindy Regnier is a Project Manager in the Environmental ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Beyond Organic Farming This is the seventh of ten monthly Monday talks, as part of a talk series, offered by Close To Home, Seeing Connections on Nature. This talk will be given by Rick Knoll, a farmer who will be talking about the magic of the soil/plant interface. Plus the Knoll Farms beekeeper.
