News articles tagged with "environment_and_sustainability"

11/26/2014 09:31:34
New Technique Could Harvest More of the Sun's Energy
Jessica Stoller-Conrad
Solar panels convert visible light from the sun into electricity—but the sun's infrared light passes right through the panel's silicon material. Caltech researchers have come up with a method that may be able to harness that lost energy.
06/10/2013 10:01:48
Caltech's Unique Wind Projects Move Forward
Kimm Fesenmaier
Caltech fluid-mechanics expert John Dabiri has some big plans for a high school in San Pedro, military bases in California, and a small village on Bristol Bay, Alaska—not to mention for the future of wind power generation, in general.
06/03/2013 10:55:17
Frances Arnold Wins Eni Award for Renewable-Energy Work
Kimm Fesenmaier

PASADENA, Calif.—For the second year in a row, a faculty member from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been awarded the Eni Awar

04/25/2013 10:37:00
Fifty Years of Clearing the Skies
Douglas Smith
Los Angeles has had bouts of smog since the turn of the 20th century. Angelenos might now be living in a state of perpetual midnight—assuming we could live here at all—were it not for the work of Caltech professor Arie Jan Haagen-Smit.
03/15/2013 10:26:45
Agapie Named Cottrell Scholar
Brian Bell

Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) has named Theodor Agapie, an assistant professor of chemistry at Caltech, a 2013 Cottrell Schol

01/31/2013 11:16:14
Jorgensen Laboratory Awarded LEED Platinum Certification
Katie Neith
The recent renovations of the Jorgensen Laboratory included many upgrades that were designed to reflect Caltech's commitment to sustainability. Now the building has achieved LEED Platinum certification, the highest honor of the U.S. Green Building Council.
12/06/2012 00:01:15
Calculated Science
Shayna Chabner McKinney
One of the most powerful computer clusters available to a single department in the academic world just got stronger. Caltech's CITerra supercomputer, a high-performance computing cluster of the type popularly known as a Beowulf cluster, was replaced this year with a faster and more efficient system.
11/15/2012 09:11:13
Bottling Liquid Gold
Andrew Allan
If you happen to see groups of people perched in the trees along Caltech's famed Olive Walk and Beckman Mall on Friday, whacking at the branches with rakes and PVC pipes—rest assured there's nothing unusual going on. They are participants in this year's Olive Harvest Festival, just trying to gather as many pounds of olives as possible in a day's time.
11/12/2012 20:12:54
David G. Goodwin, 1957–2012
Douglas Smith
David G. Goodwin, professor of mechanical engineering and applied physics, emeritus, passed away at his home in Pasadena on Sunday, November 11, 2012, after a five-year battle with brain cancer and a struggle with Parkinson's disease that began in 1998. He was 55 years old.
11/08/2012 19:09:17
How to Grow an Entrepreneur
Ann Motrunich
Recent Caltech grads Cole Hershkowitz (BS '11) and Ka Suen (BS '12) are among many students and young alumni taking advantage of opportunities at Caltech that prepare young entrepreneurs to succeed.
10/21/2012 20:21:42
Clean-Energy Research Accelerates
Ann Motrunich
Caltech clean-energy research is accelerating thanks to the renovation of the Earle M. Jorgensen Laboratory. Transformed into a cutting-edge facility for energy science, the lab unites two powerhouse programs: the Resnick Sustainability Institute and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis.
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