2013 Bay Area Biomedical Device ConferenceThe SJSU Chapter of BMES is proud to announce that a truly impressive ensemble of speakers, representing the multiple facets of biomedical device development, will be speaking at the 2013 Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference. From the brilliant minds of industry professionals, academic professors, and regulatory officials, fresh ideas about ...
Where: San JoseCost: Students $10-75, Faculty $75-150, Profls $195-275
The scientific literature is one of humanity's greatest creations – a complete record of the ideas, experiments and discoveries of generations of researchers across the globe. While most of this corpus is now online, it remains as inaccessible to the public as it was centuries ago – with the physical ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 members, $7 students
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BaySkeptics in the Pub, West BayFiddlers Green, MillbraeIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly ...
Watch the setting sun and greet the rising moon at this wild edge of the continent.The half-mile trail is steep in places. Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. Meet park staff and docents at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead.The new suspension bridge is now open to the public.Limited to 50 ...
Ruth Askevold and Robin Grossinger from the San Francisco Estuary Institute will present their amazing historical maps and discuss their groundbreaking work in "forensic ecology," which is contributing to restoration efforts and galvanizing public attitudes around the Bay. Derek Hitchcock will also join the conversation to discuss current restoration efforts ...
A look back at key moments in the exponential development of the Internet and World Wide Web demonstrates the power of Federal funding of universities to drive radical societal change. Even today, when entrepreneurs are creating wave after wave of new companies, one can glimpse possible futures of Internet-enabled applications ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
FREE FALL PHYSICS: MODELING THE DOWNFALL OF FELIX BAUMGARTNERFelix Baumgartner recently leapt from a high-altitude balloon and into the history books as the first person to break the sound barrier with his own body. In the wake of this historic feat, we examine the physics of falling in a planet's gravitational field with and without atmospheric drag. Falling ...
Explore the perception and expression of color in the natural world and man-made environments. Play with color at activity stations hosted by Sharon Art Studio, learn where pigments come from in nature from the experts at Sinopia Pigments, and see what art looks like when reduced solely to its color ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
An Evening with Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs - CANCELEDDr. Paul E. Jacobs is chairman of Qualcomm's board of directors and the Company's chief executive officer. A leader in the field of mobile communications for over two decades and a key architect of Qualcomm's strategic vision, Dr. Jacobs is responsible for leadership and oversight of all the Company's initiatives ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Enough Is Enough Overwhelmed by news of climate change, unemployment, species extinction, poverty? Join us for a talk with Rob Dietz, co-author of the breakthrough book: Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources. Rob will present a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic ...
We are living in the genome age, where the productivity of DNA sequencers is advancing faster than Moore's Law. Dr. Quake will describe one contribution of biophysics to this field - the development of the first single molecule DNA sequencer. He will then go on to discuss several applications of ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Polar Bears in a Changing WorldPolar bears are as dependent on the oceans as cetaceans. They just like it frozen. But, all the oceans creatures are faced with a changing planet. Bob will discuss polar bear biology, the threats they face and share his appreciation of these great creatures. Biography: Bob Wilson is a Director Emeritus ...
The U.S. Geological Survey is cancelling its March 28th Evening Public Lecture "Preparing for California Climate Change," due to travel restrictions the agency has implemented because of the federal budget sequestration.The scheduled speaker had planned to travel to Menlo Park from La Jolla, Calif. to meet with USGS Menlo Park ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 03/29/13
Science Smart Kids- Wormology and CompostingWormology and Composting with Science Smart Kids offers engaging, multi-sensory, hands-on science workshops for children. Kids learn best when they are having fun
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Fridays with Faride: To The MoonFrom imagination to realization, NASA's Apollo program is packed with bold vision, engineering elegance, and tales of courage and shear human toil. In this Café Conversation, we will take a trip down memory lane and visit the Moon. With colorful images we will look back at the physics and challenges ...
A preeminent expert on the small wonders of the natural world, David George Gordon playfully and thoughtfully sheds light on the fascinating lives of slugs and snails in his most recent book, The Secret World of Slugs and Snails: Life in the Very Slow Lane. Covering everything from a snail's ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Meet the Animals at the Randall MuseumOn Saturdays a special selection of the Randall Museum's animal ambassadors venture from their cages, pens, and perches to greet museum visitors up-close! Kids and their families can meet rodents and amphibians, check out a Great Horned Owl, and maybe even touch a tortoise! The Randall Museum is home ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Give the Ocean a Voice: Part I Wind, Waves & the Fastest Boats in the World Who are the participants in this exciting, most prestigious sail boat race in the world? Where do they come from? What are they sailing? What is the prize? Why are they all so interested in ocean sustainability? And what are they doing about it? Find the answers to these questions ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
History of the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersJoin Ranger Bill to learn about the "When/Where/Why/What/ How," the diverse, complex, many faceted missions, goals and objectives of the USACE's "Birth" in 1775 under General George Washington.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Sunday, 03/31/13
Healthy Trails Hike, CaleroJoin park staff on a challenging 3.5-mile hike on the Los Cerritos and Pena Trails. Enjoy sweeping views of Calero reservoir and check out the beautiful Los Cerritos Pond. Meet at the park entrance off of McKean Rd. (south of reservoir entrance) with sturdy hiking shoes, sun protection, snacks and ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Easter STEAM photo scavenger huntWhat do the holidays and STEAM have in common? Find out at the Easter STEAM Photo Scavenger Hunt. Be on the lookout for vinegar dyed eggs, families from Leporidae and other figures hatched from mathematically calculated clues encapsulated in digital pixelated perspectives of your photographic artistry. We will meet by ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE!!
Monday, 04/01/13
Multilevel Inverters For FACTS and HVDCPower Electronics provides indispensable power conversion technology to transform today's transportation and energy systems: from electric power generation to transmission, distribution, utilization and storage into more secure, cleaner and more sustainable, more intelligent, more reliable and more efficient ones. Multilevel converters/inverters have become an enabling and promising power conversion technology ...
Eric Redman is the Co-Chairman of Summit Power Group, and the President and CEO of its subsidiary, Summit Carbon Capture, which focuses on CO2 capture, including for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). He helps lead Summit's efforts on coal gasification with carbon capture, including the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Egyptian Cultural Heritage in the Digital AgeWhile we are living now in the twenty-first century at the height of the new era of Information Technology, we have behind us a rich, inherited, human culture that goes back over five millennia. With the technologies at hand today, we can preserve this heritage and examine it in an ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Laser Acceleration of Electrons: Progress Towards On-Chip Particle AccceleratorsParticle accelerators have long been at the heart of science research and have become increasingly ubiquitous in universities, hospitals, and industries. Particle accelerators today are used for everything from finding the Higgs boson, to driving x-ray lasers, to making microprocessors, to treating cancer. And, although particle accelerators have continually evolved as a result ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human ConditionWhat if you could communicate and spread physical products as easily as software or code? And what if you could modify each one to meet the specific needs of the individual? 3D printing offers just that ability, though its potential has only recently begun to be realized. We are now ...
Characterizing the Atmospheres of Low-Mass Low-Density Transiting Exoplanets NASA's Kepler Mission has revealed that the most common size of planet in our galaxy may be those from 2-3 Earth radii. Such medium-sized planets are significantly more common on close-in orbits than Neptune and Jupiter-class giant planets. We have no analog for these planets in our solar system. What ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
From the lab to the field: history and regulation of biotechnological applications in agricultureWhile molecular biology has led to many advances in our understanding of plant and microbial biology in the lab, the application of these findings to solutions to practical problems in the real world require translational research in field settings. This translational research, however, has been hindered by considerable/excessive regulation. I ...
The Bay Delta Conservation PlanPlease join Point Reyes National Seashore staff for Science Lectures, 45 minute presentations on scientific research being performed at Point Reyes and elsewhere in the California. Science Lectures are sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center at Point Reyes National Seashore.Speaker: Jerry Meral, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary of the ...
SFMC Teachers' Circle, Tatiana ShubinFor Tuesday, April 2nd Tatiana Shubin will guide the SFMC Teachers' Circle in a Parity Party! Who is Tatiana Shubin? Tatiana Shubin was born and grew up in the USSR. As an eighth grader she attended a specialized physics and mathematics boarding school in Siberia. Her experience interacting with working mathematicians kindled ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with RSVP
Extremophiles: Life At The Extremes!Microbes have managed to live at the extremes of the conditions under which we find life on Earth. Phil will describe the hunt for, and study of, these "Extremophiles" - where they've been found and what we know about how they manage to grow in conditions that are inhospitable to ...
How does an inanimate universe manage the God-like feat of creating itself from absolutely nothing? And what enables it, after pulling itself up by its own cosmic bootstraps, to continue to generate billions of years' worth of stunningly creative new forms all by itself?The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses: What's Next for Higher EducationMOOC - or Massive Open Online Courses - is the Word of the Year by the New York Times and promises to revolutionize higher education. Last year Thrun kicked off MOOC-mania and made history by offering his Stanford Artificial Intelligence class to an unprecedented 160,000 students and sparked a discussion ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Parasites Among UsImagine, if you will, a tiny creature with the ability to invade your body, hijack your cells, change your DNA, and modify you physically and behaviorally to suit its own devious goals. Sound like science fiction? Maybe, but it's also the modus operandi of the real-life parasitic organisms that live ...
Rafael Reyes, Executive Director of Bay Area Climate Collaborative, will moderate a panel of experts discussing how innovations in EV technology (including batteries, charging stations and design) can point the way to continuing mobility while offering new options for large scale solutions to energy storage.Join Acterra for a series of ...
