Past Events
April 30, 2011
As a part of MIT's "Under the Dome" Open House, the Joint Program invites all to come learn about the science and policy of climate change! Hands-on activities and demonstrations will help you visualize the current state of climate knowledge and what earth will look like when MIT is 300 years old. Students and researchers from a wide range of expertise will be on hand to answer questions and discuss global change issues.
Specific Activities include:
April 29, 2011
Speaker: Paul Sabin, Yale University [speaker's website]
April 29, 2011
William Tumas: Director, Chemical and Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
April 28, 2011
Speaker: Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland [speaker's website]
April 27, 2011
Speaker: Mark Thiemens, UCSD [speaker's website]
The observation of mass independent isotopic molecular species in atmospheres, present and past; terrestrial and extra terrestrial have lead to new understandings that would not have been otherwise recognized. This field originated and continues from a combination of recognizing and theoretically developing new quantum mechanically based isotope effects and, from measurements in a variety of environments.
April 25, 2011
Speaker: Matthew Huber, Purdue University [speaker's website]