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Deploying drones to prepare for climate change
MIT News
MIT PhD student Norhan Magdy Bayomi uses drones with infrared cameras and thermal mapping to examine how building construction affects communities' resilience to the rising temperatures from climate change.
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MITEI Events Calendar: Now you can find all of MITEI’s upcoming events in one place! Check out our upcoming fall events here.
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MIT Energy Night
Friday, October 11, 7:00-9:30 pm, MIT Museum
In its 13th year, Energy Night features research and startup ideas from all sorts of energy topics and draws more than 1,000 attendees.
Register here.
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MITEI Colloquium: The age of living machines
Wednesday, October 23, 5:15-6:15 pm, Samberg Conference Center, 7th Floor
Today we’re on the cusp of a new convergence—between biology and engineering—that has the potential to be every bit as revolutionary as the 20th century’s convergence of physics with engineering that produced today’s digital technologies. MIT President Emerita and Professor of Neuroscience Susan Hockfield’s new book, The Age of Living Machines, describes some of the breathtaking new technologies that are coming our way in the energy/water/food nexus.
All Colloquium attendees will receive a free, signed copy of The Age of Living Machines, while supplies last.
Register here.
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Climate Action Symposia series: Challenges of climate policy
Tuesday, October 29, 4:00-7:00 pm, MIT Wong Auditorium (E51)
Reception with light refreshments to follow
The second of MIT's six Climate Action Symposia will include discussions on societal impacts and policy challenges of climate change, adaptations that could limit economic damages and national security risks, and other potential policy solutions. The event features three panels with speakers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Harvard, MIT, Moser Research & Consulting, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Santa Barbara, and the World Resources Institute. Read the agenda and register here.
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Atomically thin canvas for quantum optoelectronics
Wednesday, October 30, 5:15-6:15 pm, 66-110
In this presentation, Professor Hongkun Park will describe his team’s recent efforts to combine atomically thin semiconductors and nanoscale photonic/plasmonic structures to realize new platforms for solid-state all-optical information processing that work all the way down to single quantum level. In particular, he will discuss how they improve the optoelectronic properties of these atomically thin materials and how we use them to realize atomically thin mirrors and excitonic “drums.”
Register here.
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When you look at technologies like drones, they are not really designed or commonly used to tackle problems like this. We’re trying to incorporate this kind of technology to understand what kind of adaptation strategies are suitable for addressing climate change, especially for underserved populations.
—MIT PhD student Norhan Magdy Bayomi on deploying drones to prepare for climate change. |
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