STEM Ed Announcement: Climate and Energy Talks

["Mort Sternheim" <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is a UMass Amherst program
 Contact Information is below.
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 The coming week is full of climate and energy-related events both in
 the Amherst area and a bit further afield.  Enjoy!
 
 
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 Monday March 26 - 3:30 pm
 Fitchburg State University Center for Conflict Studies and the
 International Studies Minor Program presents, 
 "Health, Conflict and Climate Change discussion"
 Dr. Aaron Bernstein, Harvard Medical School
 Fitchburg State University Presidents Hall in the Mazzaferro Center,
 291 Highland Ave, Fitchburg, MA
 
 
 In addition to his role with the Center for Health and Global
 Environment, Dr. Bernstein is a pediatric hospitalist at Childrens
 Hospital Boston. His work examines the human health effects of global
 environmental changes, such as climate change and the loss of
 biodiversity, with the aim of promoting a deeper understanding of
 these subjects among students, educators, policy makers, and the
 public.
 
 
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 Tuesday March 27 - 6:30 pm
 Climate, Impact, Mitigation and Adaptation: A Reflection on Our
 Future Conference presents, 
 "Climate Impact Forum: Actions for Cool Communities"
 Mark Hertsgaard, journalist
 Bishop Center, UConn, Mansfield, CT
 
 
 Mark Hertsgaard, journalist and author of several books, including
 the recently released book entitled Hot will highlight adaptation
 strategies that communities are successfully using. Join us to gather
 information and share resources with the regional and local groups
 actively working to address ways to mitigate and adapt to our
 changing world. Come to be inspired and propelled into action.  This
 event is sponsored by the University of Connecticut and the Town of
 Mansfield as part of UConns March 2629, 2012 Climate Impacts,
 Mitigation and Adaptation (CIMA) program.
 
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 Tuesday March 27 - 7:30 pm
 Five College Energy Series presents, 
 "5 College Energy Series: Coal Panel"
 Campus Center Room 101, UMass Amherst
 
 
 Professor Paul Dauenhauer, who teaches in the Department of Chemical
 Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will speak
 about his research on "clean coal".
 
 Mr. Drew Grande, who is a member of the Sierra Club, Boston and a
 statewide campaign coordinator, will speak about the organization's
 "Beyond Coal Campaign".
 
 Mr. Peter Vickery, a member of the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party,
 will speak about his campaign to convert the Mount Tom Power Plant
 from one which uses coal to one which uses a renewable source of
 energy to generate electricity.
 
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 Wednesday March 28 - 3:30 pm EDT
 Northeast Climate Science Center Colloquium presents, 
 Managing Californias Water with Climate Change
 Dr. Jay Lund, University of California Davis
 
 
 For a direct link to the webinar, click on the title above.
 For detailed webinar instructions, visit:
 http://www.cns.umass.edu/neclimate/webinar
 
 
 California has always faced challenges with managing water. Climate
 warming and sea level rise bring new challenges to the management of
 Californias water system for environmental, water supply, flood, and
 hydropower management. This talk reviews these challenges and
 discusses opportunities for their management from engineering,
 social, and economic perspectives. California and California water
 management will continue to change. But with proper management, it
 can largely prosper.
 
 
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 Thursday March 29 - 12:30 pm
 UMass IGERT Offshore Wind Energy Program Seminar Series presents, 
 "Upcoming Research Topics in Wind Power Integration"
 Bill Henson, ISO New England
 Kellogg Room (Room 118), Engineering Lab II, UMass Amherst
 
 
 Wind power technology is advancing rapidly: the materials, design
 methods, and fabrication technologies used to manufacture machines
 and components of wind plants as well as the whole plants themselves;
 the operational strategies used to optimize energy capture,
 maintenance strategies, and power system support capabilities;  and
 the overall facilitating technologies involved in better siting and
 integration of wind power into the operation of the power system. 
 These advances come as the power system itself is experiencing rapid
 technological evolution due to the wide-scale integration of
 Information Technology into all phases of grid planning and operation
 that promise to make the power system more flexible, efficient, and
 robust.  What research and development opportunities are on the
 horizon?  How can researchers adapt their investigative techniques to
 maximize the opportunities to solve the problems of today and
 tomorrow?  Wind power is positioned to play an increasing role in
 providing energy to serve load as well as ancillary services to
 support the operation of the power grid.  This talk will discuss some
 of the upcoming research topics in wind power integration as seen
 from the power system operator point of view.
 
 
 
 
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 For more details and other upcoming events, visit:
 http://www.cns.umass.edu/neclimate/
 To join our mailing list, visit:
 http://www.cns.umass.edu/neclimate/contact
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 Addie Rose Holland
 Climate System Research Center
 Department of Geosciences
 University of Massachusetts Amherst
 aholland@geo.umass.edu
 http://www.cns.umass.edu/neclimate/
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