Taking a scientific approach to science educationDr. Carl Wieman of Stanford (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2001) will join us via video conference to present how research on how people learn in combination with advances in information technology is setting the stage for a new approach to teaching and learning that can provide relevant and effective science ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Commercializing Energy Innovations â€' a panel discussion with three Stanford foundersThere are a number of pathways available for Stanford researchers to externalize aspects of their energy innovations: publications, conference presentations, industrial affiliates programs, the Office of Technology Licensing, and various entrepreneurship programs. The TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy provides one such pathway through its Innovation Transfer Program that provides seed ...
The recent observation of gravitational waves from the merger of binary black holes opens a new way to learn about the universe as well as to test General Relativity in the limit of strong gravitational interactions – the dynamics of massive bodies traveling at relativistic speeds in a highly curved ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of TransportFor decades, drivers everywhere have dreamed of having a car that drives itself. Now that Autonomous Vehicles are here, what are the implications in the Bay Area and beyond? From Tesla to Uber and Google, Autonomous Vehicles seem to be everywhere in 2016. Will we all be passengers in our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free members, $7 Students
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the UniverseWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Â In his new book, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Dr. Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces. ...
