2012 EFD Seminars
Fall 2012 Seminars
August 28, 2012
Regional climate modeling of extremes
Dr. Greg Holland
NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research , Head Climate Group
September 4, 2012
Double diffusion and methane in Lake Kivu Interfacing environmental science and engineering
Professor Johny Wuest
EAWAG/EPFL/ETH, Switzerland
September 11, 2012
Communicating controversial environmental science: reporting on the paradigm shift in conservation biology.
Emma Marris
National Journalist, Nature
September 18, 2012
Climate Modeling & Downscaling and interactions with Ecosystems
Dr. Ashish Sharma
Post Doctoral Fellow, Notre Dame
September 25, 2012
Simulations of Thermal Circulation for MATERHORN
Professor Reneta Dimitrova
Geophysical Institute, Bulgaria, and Notre Dame
October 2, 2012
Simulating Impacts of Changes in Climate and Land Use on Water Sustainability and Crop Yields
Professor David Hyndman
Professor of Civil Engineering, Michigan State University
October 9, 2012
The Gulf of California, their physics and the Salsipuedes Channel
Professor Manuel Figueroa
CICESE, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
October 23, 2012
Climate Change Adaptation for Nature
Professor Jessica Hellman
Biological Sciences, Notre Dame
October 30, 2012
River-groundwater interactions: Problems, processes, and predictions
Professor Aaron Packman
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
November 6, 2012
Edison Lecture: Homogenization Method for Multiscale Problems in Fluids Engineering
Professor Chiang Mei
Donald and Martha Harleman Professor, NAE, MIT
November 13, 2012
Dispersion in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Simulations, Observations, and Models
Dr. Jeff Weil
NCAR, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
November 27, 2012
Research in China: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Atmospheric Environments
Professor Cheng-Gang Wang
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology/
Dr. MinJuan Mao
Senior Engineer, Zhejiang Institute of Meteorological Science
December 4, 2012
Life after Geology: Simulating Lava Flows, Cities and Academic Organizations
Professor Jonathan Fink
VP for Research, Portland State University
Spring 2012 Seminars
January 24, 2012
Climate Change Science and Policy Developments
Dr. Julian Hunt
University of Cambridge
January 31, 2012
Turbulent Transport and Chemistry of Floral Volatiles
Professor Jose Fuentes
Penn State University