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UPCOMING EVENTS
In order to provide this free public programming in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, we are unable to accept email or phone registrations. Please join our email list to receive an invitation to register online. Registratoin for each event will open one week prior.
Tuesday, September 14, 7:00 p.m.
America: On the Brink
We are at the crossroads of the most significant crisis and the greatest opportunity in modern times. Three profound, world-altering events are converging to create this crisis and opportunity the warming of the earth’s atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels, the rapid depletion of global petroleum and natural gas reserves and the current long recession. As these events intensify, they will dramatically change how we live, build and relate to the natural world.
Edward Mazria is an internationally recognized architect, author, educator and visionary founder of Architecture 2030, an innovative and flexible research organization focused on rapidly transforming the U.S. and global Building Sector . Architecture 2030 developed and issued the 2030 Challenge, a measured and achievable strategy to dramatically reduce global GHG emissions and fossil-fuel consumption by the year 2030.
Tuesday, September 28, 7:00 p.m
Biocapillarity
This lecture will examine the results of recent investigations of several biological systems dominated by the influence of surface tension. Particular attention is given to elucidating natural strategies for water-repellency, underwater breathing, drinking
and walking on water. Examples are taken primarily from the world of insects, but capillary feeding in birds is also highlighted. A number of nature's ingenious designs are rationalized and serve as inspiration for biomimetic microfluidic devices.
John Bush, Ph.D. is a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of the the Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research involves an interplay between experimental and theoretical modeling techniques in the areas of Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Surface Tension-Driven Phenomena, and Biofluidynamics.
Tuesday, October 26 - 7:00 p.m.
Renewables and America’s Energy Future
Today, about 10% of all electrical generation in the U.S. is from renewables, mostly from hydroelectric sources. A U. S. National Academies Panel found that, with a sustained effort, renewables could produce 20 percent of the nation’s electricity generation by 2020 and 30 percent of electricity generation by 2030 - 2035. The major impediments to accomplishing this are issues dealing with deployment and integration.
Larry Papay, Sc.D. (NAE) is the the Sector Vice President for the Integrated Solutions Sector, a a FORTUNE 500 scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. He is a nationally recognized authority in engineering, science and technology and currently serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.
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