September
10, 2021
Extreme Drought: Modeling the Risks of Climate Variability
7:00 PM PDT
Online
Speaker: Samantha Stevenson
Register at
www.ieee-bv.org/meet/2021-09-drought
Overview
Dr.
Samantha Stevensons research goals relate to understanding how large-scale
climate variability responds to changes in climate, how we can improve our
inferences of those changes using paleoclimate archives, and using that
information to improve the representation of climate variability in climate
models. In this talk, Dr. Stevenson will share what extreme weather models
reveal about megadrought events.
About the
Speaker
Dr. Samantha Stevenson is an assistant
professor in the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC
Santa Barbara, where she studies climate change impacts on the tropical Pacific
and drought in the southwest US using a combination of ocean and climate
models, field observations, and paleoclimate "proxy"
reconstructions. She is also affiliated with the Interdepartmental Graduate
Program in Marine Sciences, and collaborates closely with the UCSB Geography
Department. Prior to this she was a project scientist at the National Center
for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and was an NSF Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral
Research Fellow at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Department of Oceanography working
with Brian Powell. She completed her PhD at the University of
Colorado-Boulders Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department.
Acknowledgement
This
program is made possible by the support from the IEEE Foundation, and IEEE
Buenaventura Section appreciates having been selected for the grant
Engineering Resilience to Drought and Wildfires.
Flyer (PDF)
October
9, 2021
Girls Make STEM with Heart
IEEE
Buenaventura STEM Event for Middle School Girls
10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Thousand Oaks
Registration required. Register at www.ieee-bv.org/stem
Girls
Make STEM with Heart, the IEEE Buenaventura STEM event for middle school
girls, will be on Saturday, October 9 at La Reina High School and Middle
School in Thousand Oaks. Girls in middle school will become scientists and
engineers for a day. They will explore how science, technology, engineering
and math can help sustain our planet.
Students can choose from workshops on
chemistry, circuits, ham radio, light, robotics, solar energy, or math and
numbers; with a focus on how these technologies can be used sustainably.
Parents can attend a concurrent program
with a mix of hands on experiences that can be duplicated at home, and will
discover the future that awaits their daughters in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math (STEM). The parents program will conclude with a visit
to the classrooms to see what the students have learned.
Girls
can participate without parents attending. All students will be under the
supervision of mentors.
This
event is organized by the IEEE Buenaventura Section. The event is supported
by women and men in STEM professions and from the IEEE Foundation. Event is
free of charge, but capacity is limited. Lunch will be provided.
If you have any questions, please
contact stem2021@ieee-bv.org.
Please Note
Doors open at 9:30 AM.
Masks are required.
Flyer (PDF)
Volunteers
Needed: FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament
Once
again IEEE Buenaventura Section is supporting middle school robotics by
hosting/sponsoring the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament on Sunday, November 21. There will be 24
teams of young robot enthusiasts that will compete for a chance to go to the
regional tournament. The IEEE has been generous in its support over many
years both financially and in providing volunteers. It is a lot of fun and
you will be greatly impressed with what these young people accomplish and
their enthusiasm.
If
you are available to volunteer from 8 AM 4 PM we can definitely use you in
a variety of rolls from assisting judges, monitoring the games, and other
jobs. If you cannot help on Sunday we will also need some volunteers on
Saturday, November 20 from 3 PM 6 PM to help set up the school.
Please email Bob Rumer <bobrumer@verizon.net> to volunteer
or ask questions. Feel free to pass this on to anyone you
think might enjoy volunteering.
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