Duncan Callaway joined the Energy and Resources Group as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2009, and he also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. Dr. Callaway's research can be categorized in three areas: modeling and control of aggregated storage devices; power ...
Lab and Lunch: Getting Intimate with a Body of WaterWhile researching their book Natural History of San Francisco Bay, science writers Ariel Rubissow Okamoto and Kathleen Wong had many intimate experiences with the Bay. Using surfboards, wetsuits, and watercraft of all sorts, they learned how to follow fingerling salmon, plant eelgrass underwater, scan the subtle terrain of the Bay ...
Activities in Considerate SystemsInformation systems are being called upon not only to help keep us organized and productive, but also to help in the fabric of the way we live. We are starting to see them as solving social problems and reducing disruption; they help people enjoy others or even increase self-awareness. This ...
On The Origin Of Experience: The Shaping Of Sense And The Complex WorldHow are we to explain the presence of our experience in the world and its many forms? This book is the product of a research journey to answer this question that begins for me in the corridors of the University of Arizona in conversations with Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose. In ...
Paolo Bosetti, Professor of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, discusses his work on LISA (Laser in Space Antenna that measures space gravity), Michelangelo (European automated manufactory system), and what these projects signal for the 21stCentury global manufacturing revolution.Speaker: Paolo Bosetti, University of Trento
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Comet ISONIf it lives up to expectations, Comet ISON (more formally, C/2012 S1) may become the most spectacular comet to be seen from Northern Hemisphere skies since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. An award-winning astronomer and well-known popular lecturer, Professor Filippenko will describe comets and their importance, as well as when and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
Exploratorium Teen Science Night!Don't miss this chance to see the new Exploratorium at this exclusive teen event that will include: MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT!San Francisco Rock Project: Come hear the thrashing riffs of this local youth program's talented house band. Performance starts at 7pmDJ Primo: This San Francisco DJ will lay down the beats ...
As a father, Jon Mooallem has watched his daughter's world overflow with animals from toys to her favorite butterfly pajamas. She has inspired him to venture into the field, often taking his daughter with him, to move beyond childlike fascination and make those creatures feel more real. Wild Ones is ...
Almost 10 years ago, we were treated to a visit by Professor Basri when he talked about the promise of the Kepler mission to discover extrasolar planets; that is, planets around stars other than our own. To borrow from Star Trek, we were truly "exploring strange new worlds." We are ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Playing The Maker: Experimantal Microcosms and Micro-scale Imaging in EcologyDave Armitage of UC Berkeley will introduce the concept of microcosms as a tool in ecological research, the history of these systems, and ongoing controversies surrounding them. He will discuss some of the research he is conducting in pitcher plant communities and his public outreach on his microscopic imaging blog. ...
Cataclysmic destruction. Surprising survival. In this new live stage performance, Radiolab turns its gaze to the topic of endings, both blazingly fast and agonizingly slow. With their signature blend of storytelling, science, and music, hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich romp through hundreds of millions of years of history to arrive ...
