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Events for February 25, 2011
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AIChE Chevron El Segundo Tour
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Thinking about declaring yourself as a Chemical (Petroleum) Engineer? Interested in oil? In love with log charts and Dr. Jessen?
Come out to tour a Chevron Refinery in El Segundo with fellow AIChE Members! Process Engineers and USC alumni will be there to show hands on work in the petroleum industry. Chevron will be providing transportation.
Date: Friday, February 25th
Time: 8:30 AM to 12 PM
Location: Meet in front of RTH by 8:20 AM
Please Wear: Pants and Closed Toed Shoes
Please Bring: Government issued photo ID
Please register by Thursday, February 10th by 11:59pm to aiche@usc.edu.Location: Chevron
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: USC American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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E-Week Discover-E
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Inspire the next generation of engineers by giving local middle school students a feel... or taste! ... of what we do! 200 students from the local community will be brought to USC to spend the day participating in engaging engineering activities sponsored by Viterbi student organizations. Activities include: Strawberry DNA, Tallest Tower, Egg Drop, and Ice Cream Making!
If you'd like to get involved, please fill out this form with your availability:
https://spreadsheets1.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHlUaTBjdmVxOXpYSmhyTk40YlRYWlE6MQ#gid=0
Check out the E-Week website for more info: http://viterbistudents.usc.edu/vsc/e-week/
Questions? Feel free to email vsc@usc.edu!
Location: E-Quad
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: VSC
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USC Water Institute Seminar
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Stephen Monismith , Chair, Dept of Civil and Env Eng, Stanford University
Talk Title: : (Not quite) Everything you wanted to know about freshwater flows into the San Francisco Bay/Delta - But were afraid to ask
Abstract: I will discuss an overview of one of the central and most contentious issues facing California's management of water resources: the ecological effects of freshwater flows through the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta into San Francisco Bay and their diversion for human use. In particular, I will focus on selected aspects of the role hydrodynamic processes may play in determining how we manage the system with the aim of achieving the desired "co-equal goals" of ecosystem restoration and water supply reliability. Central to this discussion are the alternative views that argue that the fundamental problem is one of plumbing or that it is the volume of water diverted and the timing of those diversions that matters.
Biography: Stephen Monismith's research in environmental and geophysical fluid dynamics involves the application of fluid mechanics principles to the analysis of flow processes operating in rivers, lakes, estuaries and the oceans. Making use of laboratory experimentation, numerical modelling, and field measurements, his current research includes studies of estuarine hydrodynamics and mixing processes, flows over coral reefs, wind wave-turbulent flow interactions in the upper ocean, turbulence in density stratified fluids, and physical-biological interactions in phytoplankton and benthic systems. Because his interest in estuarine processes is intertwined with an interest in California water policy issues, he has been involved with efforts at developing management strategies for improving the "health" of the Bay through regulation of freshwater flow into the Bay. Professor Monismith is currently director of the Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. He was a resident fellow in Robinson House (Stanford's environment theme house) 2000-2002. He is a 1989 recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator award. Prior to coming to Stanford, he spent three years in Perth (Australia) as a research fellow at the University of Western Australia.
Host: Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme
Location: Seaver Science Library (SSL) - 150
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Kanak Agrawal
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Distinguished Lecture Series in Energy Informatics
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Prof. K. Mani Chandy, California Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Uncertain, Intermittent Power: Hurdles in Reaching Pres. Obama's Goal of 80% Renewable Energy by 2035
Series: Distinguished Lecture Series in Energy Informatics
Abstract: Wind and solar power are intermittent whereas gas, coal, and nuclear generation are not.Moreover, we cannot accurately predict the amount of wind and solar power that will be available
minute-by-minute, over the next hour, or even the next day; thus, our predictions are uncertain.
Intermittent power and uncertainty in predictions are fundamental problems in reaching an energy economy based primarily on wind and solar power. This talk describes research at Caltech in collaboration with Cal State Chico on ways of dealing with the intermittent and uncertain nature of wind and solar power. The research deals with methods of mitigating these problems by aggregating power over time by storing power, aggregating power over large geographical regions by investing in transmission, by customer response to supply (demand-response), and by pricing uncertainty. The talk covers several topics briefly and goes into a couple of topics in depth. This work is led at Caltech by Steven Low and at Cal State Chico by Christina Archer.
Biography: K. Mani Chandy is the Simon Ramo Professor and Deputy Chair of
Engineering and Applied Sciences at the California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena, California. His Bachelors is from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin from 1970 to 1987, and has been at Caltech since then. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and has received several awards. He does research on distributed systems and systems that sense and respond. He works on applications dealing with earthquakes, radiation detection, healthcare for the disadvantaged, and the smart grid.
Host: Prof. Viktor Prasanna
Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Annie Yu
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W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Building Integrated Wind Power
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Thomas Zambrano, Director for Technology Initiatives for AeroVironment
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium; Building Integrated Wind Power
Abstract: Mr. Thomas Zambrano, Director for Technology Initiatives for AeroVironment, will be speaking on "Building Integrated Wind Power" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
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USC in Bangalore
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Viterbi School of Engineering Alumni
Receptions & Special Events
Reception
Taj West End
Bangalore, IndiaAudiences: By invitation
Contact: Sudha Kumar
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E-Week Viterbi Ball 2011
Fri, Feb 25, 2011 @ 08:15 PM - 01:00 AM
Viterbi School of Engineering Student Organizations
Student Activity
Celebrate the end of E-Week with fellow engineers at a mystery location! Tickets are sold out, but bid on a date at More Than Meets the Eye, a date auction and talent show featuring wonderful Viterbi undergrads!
Check out the E-Week page for more info on the week and for Viterbi Ball:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193497847336776Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: VSC
