Seminars
October 2008
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Long-Term Changes in the Southern Ocean Carbon Dioxide Sink
Nicole Lovenduski,
postdoctoral research fellow in atmospheric science,
Colorado State University,
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Wave-Based Techniques for Structural Health Monitoring and the Analysis of Periodic Structures
Massimo Ruzzene,
professor of aerospace engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Learning Sparse Representations to Restore, Classify, and Sense Images and Videos
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Simple Model of Subtropical Stratocumulus Cloud Feedbacks
Peter Caldwell,
postdoctoral researcher,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Low Energy-Use Design for the Building and Its Associated Laboratories
Eric Soladay,
Lead MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) Engineer for the Robinson building redesign,
Rumsey Engineering,
8:00pm
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11:00pm
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
EnVE: A Consistent Hybrid Ensemble/Variational Estimation Strategy for Environmental Turbulent Flow Systems
Thomas R. Bewley,
professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Social Affective Neuroscience in Japan
Hidehiko Takahashi,
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, clinical neuroimaging section,
National Institute of Radiological Sciences,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
From Caltech to the Space Station and Back
Garrett Reisman,
astronaut,
NASA Space Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reconstructing Climate Deep in Earth history
John Eiler,
Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and professor of geochemistry,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A History of Water Use in the West: Lessons from Cadillac Desert
Ashley Jones,
Ph.D. Candidate,
ESE,
Caltech,
10:30am
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11:30am
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Mars Science Laboratory
Richard Cook,
project manager,
Mars Science Laboratory,
JPL,
Friday, October 17th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Revisiting Adiabatic Shear Failure
Daniel Rittel,
professor of mechanical engineering,
Technion—Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Computation and Neural Systems Seminar
Optimality in Movement Planning
Michael Landy,
professor of psychology and neural science,
New York University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
The Mars Science Laboratory
Richard Cook,
project manager,
Mars Science Laboratory,
JPL,
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special CDS/CIMMS/GALCIT Seminar
Implementation of a Titan Saturn System Mission: One Giant Leap Beyond Cassini-Huygens
Kim R. Reh,
research scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special CDS/CIMMS/GALCIT Seminar
Titan and Enceladus: What Now Beyond Cassini-Huygens?
Jonathan Lunine,
professor of planetary science and physics,
University of Arizona,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Modeling Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Engines: An Example of Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Fluid Mechanics
Guillaume Blanquart,
graduate student in computational energy sciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Radar Reflection from Naturally Occurring Metal 50 Miles Up in the Sky
Paul Bellan,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Predicting Sea Ice-Climate Interactions
Cecilia Bitz,
assistant professor of atmospheric sciences,
University of Washington,
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
California Ballot Initiatives, 1A, 2, 7, and 10
Nathan Dalleska,
lab administrator,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Civil Engineering Seminar
Earthquake-Induced Brace Fracture in Concentrically Braced Frames
Amit Kanvinde,
assistant professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
UC Davis,
Friday, October 24th, 2008
7:00am
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10:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Physical Limnology: A Review
Jorg Imberger,
professor of environmental engineering,
University of Western Australia,
11:30am
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Correlating Blogs and Business Events
Michael Olson,
graduate student in computer science,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Transient Growth in Boundary Layers: Theory, Experiment, and Implications for Transition
Edward White,
associate professor of aerospace engineering,
Texas A&M University,
4:15pm
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5:15pm
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