Events
February 2011
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Radiation Heat Transfer in a Suspension of Reacting Particles
Andreas ZGraggen,
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering,
ETH Zurich,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Cold Atoms
Jiannis Pachos,
reader in theoretical physics,
University of Leeds,
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
8:00am
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2/8
5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Defining and Scaling Coupled Hydrological-biogeochemical Processes Responsible for the Worlds Largest Mass Poisoning
Benjamin David Kocar,
postdoctoral fellow,
Stanford University,
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Nanotechnology for Sustainability: Environment, Water and Climate
Mamadou Diallo,
visiting associate in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, February 4th, 2011
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Controlling the Onset of Turbulence by Streamwise Traveling Waves
Rashad Moarref,
professor of electrical and computer engineering,
University of Minnesota,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Optical Continuous-Variable Cluster States
Nicolas Menicucci,
postdoctoral researcher,
Perimeter Institute,
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
On the Impact of Ocean Heat Transport in Warm and Cold Climates
Brian Rose,
postdoctoral fellow in atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Solar Cell Primer: From the Sun to the Lab to the Market
Dan Turner-Evans,
Caltech,
Friday, February 11th, 2011
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
9:00am
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9:01am
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Novel Materials for Energy Conservation and CO2 Remediation Systems
Amin Salehi-Khojin,
postdoctoral fellow in chemical and biomolecular engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantifying the Relation Between Work and Information-recent Results Using the Smooth Entropy Approach
Oscar Dahlsten,
research fellow,
Centre for Quantum Technologies,
National University of Singapore,
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Direct CO2 Capture from Air Using Moisture Swing Absorption
Klaus Lackner,
professor of geophysics, Earth, and environmental engineering,
Columbia University,
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
9:00am
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10:00am
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Exploring Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale in Thermoelectric Materials
Austin Minnich,
graduate student in mechanical engineering,
MIT,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
8:00am
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Multiscale Computational Simulation of Progressive Building Collapse
Sherif El-Tawil,
professor of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Michigan,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Quantum Proofs for Classical Theorems
Andrew Drucker,
graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science,
MIT,
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
9:00am
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Insights Derived from Studying the Signature of the MJO in Satellite and Lightning Observations
John Wallace,
University of Washington,
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
8:00am
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Ongoing
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Can Montana Repeal the Physics of Climate? Market of Fundamentalism and the Rise of Anti-science in the United States
Erik Conway,
JPL,
Friday, February 25th, 2011
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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