Performance-based Seismic Design of the new San Francisco International Airport Control TowerThe performance-based design of the new control tower at San Francisco International Airport posed challenges due to the building site, seismicity, and architectural constraints. The tower, located only 4 km from the San Andreas Fault, is subject to very strong ground shaking, liquefaction, and permanent soil deformation. The FAA targeted ...
Distributed Energy ResourcesBroadly defined, distributed energy resources (DERs) include: a) modular electricity generation (conventional and renewables) and storage technology b) scalable "actions" such as end-use efficiency and "demand management"DERs can be deployed at or near electrical loads to address utility-wide needs (e.g. increased electric supply) and/or localized needs (e.g. distribution load carrying ...
Jack Gallant: Reverse-Engineering the Human BrainThe human brain is the most sophisticated computer system known to man, capable of impressive feats under challenging natural conditions. Reverse-engineering the brain might enable us to design artificial systems with the same capabilities. Gallant's laboratory uses a data-driven approach to tackle this reverse-engineering problem. He will discuss how this ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 standard, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
Nerd Nite East Bay #4: Swarms, Roshambo and Tech for Good!The East Bay's favorite lecture-in-a-bar-series kicks off the new year with a talk on collective behavior from Daniel Cohen of UC Berkeley/UCSF. Geologist Andrew Pike shares how he is just as interested in scissors and paper as he is in rocks, and Cal's Lina Nilsson tells us about about "cool ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8
Brilliant!Science: Decoding Human Health; Stroke of Insight: Strengthening the BrainAs a Harvard brain researcher, Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. studied the question of how the brains of people with mental disorders differ from those without. At the age of 37, her study of the brain was changed by a very personal experience. She had a stroke. As she watched her ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22/27 General, $20/25 Members
