Archive for March 2019
Small, modular & economically attractive fusion enabled by high-field superconductors
SPEAKER: DR. DENNIS WHYTE DATE/TIME: MON, 03/18/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: The origin, development and new opportunities of an accelerated strategy for magnetic fusion energy based on the high-field approach are developed. This approach confinement devices are designed at the maximum possible value of vacuum magnetic field strength, B.…
Read MoreCSS 2019 Graduate Student Fellowship Announcement
CCS 2019 Graduate Student Fellowship Announcement March 12, 2019 The Center for Chinese Studies offers annual competitive fellowships for continuing graduate students in Chinese studies. Applications must be received by email by April 1, 2019. Late applications will not be considered. Applications and more information here: http://ieas.berkeley.edu/ccs/students_fellowships.html Awards include: CCS Language Study Grants Dissertation Writing fellowships MA…
Read MoreDisorder-based Instruments and Methods for Sensitive Nuclear Inspections
SPEAKER: DR. SÉBASTIEN PHILIPPE STANTON NUCLEAR SECURITY FELLOW DATE/TIME: MON, 03/11/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Verifying states compliance with international agreements requires trustworthy data. Acquiring such data requires, in turn, measurement systems that are considered secure by all parties. This is particularly challenging in cases where measurements are conducted in sensitive…
Read MoreOut for Undergrad Application Round One is Open
Out for Undergrad Application Round One is Open March 11th, 2019 If you’re not familiar with Out for Undergrad (O4U) or the O4U Engineering Conference, you can learn more about it on the website here: https://www.outforundergrad.org/. To keep it short and sweet, it is a weekend-long professional development conference for high achieving, high potential LGBTQ+ undergraduate students who…
Read MoreNE Faculty Rebecca Abergel and BioActinide group highlighted in C&EN
NE Faculty Rebecca Abergel and BioActinide group highlighted in C&EN March 4th, 2019 NE faculty Rebecca Abergel and her BioActinide group were recently highlighted in an article on Chemical and Engineering News. To read the article, please click here: https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/periodic-table/IYPT-Chemists-explore-periodic-tables-actinide/97/i9 To learn more about the BioActinide group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, click here:…
Read MoreIridium an Important Neutron Flux Monitor
SPEAKER: DR. ROBERT RUNDBERG TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBER LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 03/04/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Iridium has been used for decades at Los Alamos as a fluence monitor in underground nuclear testing. Iridium can be used to monitor three neutron spectral groups at once, thermal/epithermal, 14 MeV,…
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