Calendar of events for the 2019/2020 Highlight Seminar Series
The 2019/2020 Highlight Seminars Series will be held on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Maeder Hall at the Andlinger Center. Lunch will be served at 12:00 noon in the auditorium lobby of Maeder Hall.
September 19
Unraveling the impacts of humans and oceans on clouds and climate
Kimberly Prather, a Distinguished Professor and the Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC San Diego, speaks on “Unraveling the impacts of humans and oceans on clouds and climate”.
October 3
Power electronics and its application to energy systems
Professor Seth Sanders, of the University of California, Berkeley, speaks on power electronics and its application to energy systems. Time: 4:30 p.m.
December 12
Wrong, wrong, and badly wrong: conventional wisdom in the energy sector
Professor Elizabeth Wilson, of Dartmoth College, speaks on energy modeling and transforming the energy sector.
February 20
Gigatechnology: Developing sustainable urban infrastructure to solve gigaton problems
Professor John Crittenden, of Georgia Institute of Technology, speaks on “Gigatechnology: Developing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure to Solve Gigaton Problems”.
March 12
CANCELED – Addressing Climate Change as a Deeply Uncertain Risk Management Challenge: Opportunities and Barriers
Professor Robert Lempert, of RAND Corporation, speaks on risk management and robust decision-making under conditions of deep uncertainty.
April 9
CANCELED – The ITER Project: moving forward
Director General Bernard Bigot, of the ITER Organization, speaks on “The ITER Project: moving forward”.
May 14
CANCELED – Interdisciplinary research for a sustainable future
Chief Editor Monica Contestabile, of Nature Sustainability, speaks on “Interdisciplinary research for a sustainable future”.
May 14
Virtual seminar – The ITER Project: moving forward
Director General Bernard Bigot, of the ITER Organization, speaks on “The ITER Project: moving forward”.
