This two day conference will address the issue of designing and implementing a local system of renewable energy production in California.Governor Jerry Brown has called for 12,000 MW of renewable power generated within the local power distribution grid. Implementing this effort will offer important advantages in California’s drive for clean power – development of local […]
Orientation for incoming and continuing students in master's and Ph.D. programs.Come learn about oppurtunities for you to enhance your studies through support for your research!
Orientation is for incoming and continuing students in master's and Ph.D. programs. Come learn about opportunities for you to enhance your studies through support for your research! For more information on the Luskin Center for Innovation please see the attached fact sheet.
Program evaluation methods have improved the design and effectiveness of a wide range of public policies. Yet despite the adoption of new types of EJ programs, there are relatively few applications of these evaluation methods to improve this first generation of EJ programs. This event will bring together leaders from across the country to 1) […]
The first IoES/Luskin Lunch Research Seminar of the year will take place on Monday, October 3 at 12:00 p.m. in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s large conference room in La Kretz Hall, Suite 300. The speaker is Professor Glen MacDonald from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Departments of Geography […]
In 2008, Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to establish a Committee to investigate and make recommendations on the steps needed and strategies required in response to global climate change. The National Academy report, America’s Climate Choices, was submitted to Congress in May 2011.Dr. Carnesale, who chaired this Committee, will identify and discuss key […]
Representatives from German and US institutes and manufacturers will showcase their latest developments and present concepts and solutions to overcoming hurdles that are holding back the adoption of EVs. Pressing topics such as the discussion of electric vehicle vs. hybrid vehicle, charging issues and impact on infrastructure, battery solutions, and the future of the automobile […]
November's IoES/Luskin Lunch Research Seminar will take place on Monday, November 7 at 12:00 p.m. in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s large conference room in La Kretz Hall, Suite 300.The speaker is Professor Yoram Cohen from UCLA Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, and the Luskin Center for Innovation.
2012 Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo May 15-17 in Long Beach, California ACT Expo is North America’s largest alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technologies event With soaring gas prices and mobile transportation sources being a major source of air pollution in Southern California, now is the time to plan and invest in an alternatively-fueled future. […]
RSVP: www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/kohn ABSTRACT:It is widely recognized that the fossil fuels, oil and natural gas, which currently provide almost 60% of the world's energy consumption, will be largely exhausted in a few decades. At the same time world population will have increased by an estimated 30 to 40 percent by mid-century.To avoid a catastrophic energy shortage by mid-century, […]
