2020 U.S. Transport Task Force Meeting

Hosted by Chris Holland at Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country


WHEN:  April 21 - 24, 2020
WHERE: Sonoma, CA

"Dynamic Screw Pinch Experiments and Pulsed-Power Development"

Paul Campbell, University of Michigan
CER Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: SERF 232 

"TBD"

Ronnie Shepherd, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room 

The First ZNetUS Workshop

WHEN:  January 6-8, 2020
WHERE: La Jolla Shores Hotel in La Jolla, California
REGISTER: All attendees are required to register

"Fluid and Continuum-Kinetic Modeling for High-Energy-Density fusion and Astrophysical Plasmas"

Bhuvana Srinivasan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room 

Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's

2019 SNO Conference

WHEN:  November 7-9, 2019
WHERE: Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, California

Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D21) Seminar

"Decarbonizing Aviation"
Andreas W. Schafer

WHEN: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | 2:30-4 p.m.
WHERE: School of Global Policy and Strategy Dean's Conference Room 2nd Floor

R.S.V.P. to D2Iseminars@ucsd.edu if you would like to attend.

"Physics of Light Dense Matter: Quantum and Classical Effects"

Shanti Deemyad, University of Utah
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room

"Optimization Based Microgrid and DER Modeling"

Michael Stadler, CTO Bankable Energy/Xendee Corp. CA and Senior Scientific Advisor, Bioenergy2020+, Austria
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room

7th International Workshop on Plasma Material Interaction Facilities for Fusion (PMIF2019)

WHEN:  October 22-25, 2019
WHERE: Scripps Forum in La Jolla, California

"Shaped-charge jet generation and high-energy-density laboratory experiments"

Sasha Velikovich, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room

Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D21) Seminar

"Determining the Role of Nuclear Power in Decarbonizing a World Where Costs Matter"
Peter A. Bradford

WHEN: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 | 2:30-4 p.m.
WHERE: School of Global Policy and Strategy Dean's Conference Room 2nd Floor

R.S.V.P. to D2Iseminars@ucsd.edu if you would like to attend.

2019 US-Japan Workshop on Theory and Simulations of High Energy Density Physics with Extreme Fields

WHEN:  September 21-22, 2019
WHERE: Osaka, Japan

"Vacuum Electron Devices: History and Modern Applications"

CER Seminar
Dr. Monica Blank, Power Industries

WHEN:  11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Aug. 21, 2019
WHERE: SERF 329

"Phase Contrast X-ray Diagnostics for HEDP Experiments"

CER Seminar
Dr. Pia Valdivia, Johns Hopkins University

WHEN:  11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Aug. 20, 2019
WHERE: SERF 232

Training Workshop on National Security & High Energy Density Science

Technical, Policy, and International Perspectives and Implications

WHEN:  August 8-9, 2019
WHERE: UC San Diego Campus

High Energy Density Summer School

WHEN:  July 28 - August 10, 2019
WHERE: UC San Diego Campus

"Studying quantum materials using compact pulsed-power drivers: engineering challenges and physical hurdles"

Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain, University of Rochester
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room

"Ultrafast X-ray Studies on the Dynamics of Transitions in Geophysical Materials"

Arianna Gleason, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBUII 479, von Karman-Penner Seminar Room

"Ultrafast X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions and Melting/Recrystallization in Zirconium at the LCLS"

Harry B. Radousky, Deputy Division Leader for Operations, Materials Science Division, LLNL
CER Seminar

WHEN:  11:00 a.m.
WHERE: SERF 232

2019 CER Open House

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WHEN:  May 3, 2019
WHERE: Atkinson Hall, UC San Diego

Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D21) Seminar

"Decarbonizing the Northeast Region: Hydropower, Capacity Constraints and Transmission"
By Dr. Pierre-Oliver Pineau

WHEN:  Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 | 2:30-4 p.m.
WHERE: School of Global Policy and Strategy Conference Room #3106

R.S.V.P. to D2Iseminars@ucsd.edu if you would like to attend.

Meet & Greet with ARPA-E Fellow

Lakshana Huddar will share her experiences as an ARPA-E Fellow with eligible graduate students with engineering backgrounds.  Learn more about the program.
If you would like to attend, please R.S.V.P. to cer@ucsd.edu. 

WHEN:  Tuesday, March 5, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m.
WHERE:  SERF 208

Inclusive Excellence Award Ceremony

2018 CER awardee, Dr. Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, will be recognized.

WHEN:  Friday, March 1, 2019 @ 1:30 p.m.
WHERE:  Price Center West Ballroom

Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D21) Seminar

Featuring a talk by Mike Ferry
"Steel for Fuel: How Wind, Solar and Storage are Disrupting the Future and Saving Our Planet"

WHEN:  Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | 2:30-4:00 p.m.
WHERE:  The School of Global Policy and Strategy, Conference Room #3106

R.S.V.P. to D2Iseminars@ucsd.edu if you would like to attend.

Inverse Sheath & Possible Implications for Divertor Plasmas

Michael Campanell, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
CER/MAE Seminar

WHEN:  January 30, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: EBU II, Room 479

The Advanced Reactors Summit VI & Technology Trailblazers Showcase @ UC San Diego

The U.S. Nuclear Industry Council & University of California San Diego

Conference (Advanced Registration Only)

WHEN:  January 29-31, 2019