Seminars & Workshop @ AIT
RCC User Training Series
In order to familiarize users with RCC facilities and services, the Center will conduct a series of user training as follows:
- 19-20 Sept. - Email and other Internet applications
- 21 Sept. - Remote dial-up services
- 22 Sept. - How to use facilities on RCC's UNIX computing host
- 25-26 Sept. - HTML and Web Publishing
The venue is at the RCC Auditorium. The training will be held at 12 noon on the dates listed above.
Interested persons are welcome to attend. Prior registration is not required.
Electricity Sector Reforms in Australia: An Overview
The Energy Program welcomes all interested persons to a special lecture on Electricity Sector Reforms in Australia: An Overview by Dr.
Deepak Sharma, Director, Energy Planning and Policy Program, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. This special lecture will be held on Thursday, 14 Sept. at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. in room ET-108, Energy Building.
Students of the Energy Program are expected to attend.
WEM Program Seminar, School of Civil Engineering
Associate Professor S. Geoffrey Schladow of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California, Davis, will speak on Immacolata Concezione and Beyond: the Greening of Lake Tahoe on Monday, 18 Sept., 1:00 p.m. at JICA Room (N208B, SCE Building). The seminar is organized by the Water Engineering and Management Program.
Abstract
A continuous decline in water clarity at Lake Tahoe has been observed over the last four decades. While this fact is not in dispute, the cause of this decline is not understood. The canonical view of increased lake productivity being linked to this decrease in clarity has recently been questioned, and the role of fine particles (and their origin, fate and characteristics) has been the focus of recent studies.
A one-dimensional clarity model that links lake hydrodynamics, particle dynamics and lake ecology to light attenuation, is in the process of development, with the intention of using it to address the cause of clarity decline. Accurately modeling the hydrodynamic and water quality response of a lake to a set of forcing conditions is the clearest indication that one understands the processes that are occurring within the water body. Without this understanding, the effect of any engineered or land use change in the watershed cannot be known ahead of time. Can the results of a relatively simple set of sub models be expected to yield a usable result? Do the complexities of natural systems require models so complex that their utility to resource managers is questionable? These and other questions will be discussed.
Identification of Clean Development Mechanism
Ms. Li Jingru, a research fellow from China will present a seminar on Monday, 18 Sept., 11:00 aom.-12:00 noontime. Venue will be at ET Seminar Room (Energy Program Building)
Ms. Li Jingru's seminar is based on her study entitled 'Identification of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the Power Sector of Yunnan Province in China and Assessment of Their GHG and Other Harmful Emissions Mitigation Potential' which is
under the research fellowship program of Asian Regional Research Program in Energy, Environment and
Climate-Phase II (Power Sector).
All interested persons are cordially invited.
Aspects of Cassava Fermentation
Dr. Mathew George, Senior Scientist (MicroBiology), Central Tuber Crops Research Institute
Trivandrum of India will conduct seminar on Aspects of Cassava Fermentation. The seminar will be held on
Monday, 18 Sept. from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. at BPT classroom, Bioprocess Technology Program.
All BPT staff and students are invited and other interested persons are invited to attend.