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Science Pub Portland: Sensor Technologies
Sensor Technologies: How the Internet of Things is Improving Lives
With Evan Thomas, PhD, PE, MPH, Associate Professor at Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science University, and Director of the SWEETLab
May 3, 2018 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk until 2pm on the day of the event; see below for details.
Nearly a billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water, two billion have inadequate sanitation facilities, and three billion use open campfires every day. Combined, these resource limitations are among the leading causes of death, and economic and political insecurity. Exacerbating these problems are the global effects of climate change, expected to significantly impact developing countries by changing water and energy quality and availability.
At OHSU and Portland State University, Evan Thomas' team develops and implements cellular and satellite based "Internet of Things" sensor technologies designed to improve the collection of, and action on, data in global health programs. They deploy and study high efficiency cookstoves, water pumps, household water filters, sanitation systems, pedestrian footbridges and other developing world appropriate technologies. The SWEETLab has projects in 15 countries around the world, including a 1.7 million person water treatment and cookstove effort in Rwanda, and are currently monitoring the water supplies of millions of people in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Evan Thomas is an Associate Professor at Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science University and Director of the SWEETLab. Evan holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a registered Professional Engineer, and holds a Masters in Public Health from the Oregon Health and Science University. Evan was previously an aerospace engineer at NASA, working on microgravity fluid management technologies and water recovery systems spanning the range of technology readiness from research and concept development through operational spacecraft hardware flying on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Evan was a finalist for the Canadian Astronaut Selection in 2017.
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater is a ticketed event. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Advanced tickets will be available for purchase until 2pm on the day of the event. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.
Science Pub Eugene: Concussions
Post-Concussion: Does Return-to-Activity Impact Recovery?
With Li-Shan Chou, PhD, Professor and Department Head of the Department of Human Physiology and Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at the University of Oregon
May 10, 2018 | 6:30-8:30PM; Doors open @ 5PM | $5 Suggested Donation
The relative re-injury risk for individuals who have sustained a concussion has been reported to be almost 6 times greater than those with no history of concussion. However, the factors, which contribute to this increased risk, are not clearly understood. Hence, the clinical decision of when to allow individuals to return to pre-injury levels of activity remains among the most difficult decisions in sports medicine.
The ability to effectively execute motor tasks under conditions of divided attention is an important element for successful sport performance. In this talk, Dr. Chou will discuss research findings from his laboratory on how returning to pre-injury levels of physical activity affects recovery of balance control during walking, cognitive function, and symptom severity.
Li-Shan Chou, Ph.D., is a professor and Department Head in the Department of Human Physiology at the University of Oregon. He directs the Motion Analysis Laboratory, and his research falls under general areas related to biomechanics and motor control of human movement, with focuses on the investigation of mobility impairments associated with ageing, musculoskeletal diseases or injuries, and traumatic brain injury.
Science Pub Eugene is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone. No RSVP or scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks, and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Corvallis: Cycles of Rivers
The Boom and Bust Cycles of Rivers: The Vital Interconnections that Rivers Share with the Land, the Sky, and Us
With Sean Fleming, PhD, Courtesy Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University
May 14, 2018 | 6-8PM; Doors open @ 5PM | FREE
Sean W. Fleming examines how mathematics and physics can reveal the hidden secrets of rivers and offers insights into the deep relationships they have with landscapes, ecosystems and societies. Drawing on his recent Princeton University Press book, Where the River Flows: Scientific Reflections on Earth’s Waterways, he looks at topics like why rivers run where they do; how the same river can flood one year, yet dry up the next; how we forecast floods and water supplies; the impacts of climate change; and even whether rivers have “memories.” He also explores how science can help address the threats our watersheds face.
The Science Pub presentation is free and open to the public.
Due to the continuing popularity of Science Pub, we are implementing a ticketing/RSVP process. Please read the specifics below.
- Limit of two free tickets per person.
- Registration opens three weeks prior to each Science Pub and is limited to the first 100 tickets.
- Available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the link above or by calling 541-737-4717.
- Advanced registration recommended to guarantee a ticket/seat.
- Only register if you plan on attending please.
- If plans change, please cancel your reservation via your initial confirmation email or by calling 541-737-4717.
- Walk-ins welcome, but seating will not be guaranteed and is based on availability.
- Register for the Science Pub listserv by emailing events@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-4717.
Sponsors of Science Pub include Terra magazine at OSU, the Downtown Corvallis Association and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
You can also listen to their podcasts at http://communications.oregonstate.edu/podcast.
Science Pub Portland: The Melting North
Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
With Mark C. Serreze, PhD, Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Director of the National Snow & Ice Data Center
May 15, 2018 | Doors Open @ 5PM
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk until 2pm the day of the event; see below for details.
As recently as the 1980s, the Arctic was largely the same Arctic that had enchanted humankind for centuries. But over the next decade, scientists began to notice changes. There were hints that the floating sea-ice cover at summer’s end was receding, accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation. Air temperatures over some parts of the Arctic were distinctly rising, although other areas were cooling, attended by puzzling changes in weather patterns. Permafrost showed signs of warming. Although it had long been recognized that the human imprint on climate would likely appear first in the Arctic, much of what was happening had the look of a natural climate cycle. Still, the changes kept coming. Through a largely self-organizing process, scientists from around the world began to find the answers. There were remarkable discoveries, periods of confusion, and controversy. Through their efforts, by the second decade of the 21st century, the picture had cleared. We were well on our way toward a warmer and profoundly different North, essentially free of summer sea ice, with effects on climate and human systems potentially spanning the globe.
Mark C. Serreze is the Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). While his research has encompassed all aspects of our planet's cryosphere - ie snow and ice cover - he has a long standing love of the Arctic. He has conducted field work in the Canadian Arctic on sea ice and icecaps, and on the Alaskan tundra. Efforts over the past ten years have increasingly focused on trying to make sense of the rapid environmental changes being observed in the Arctic.
Dr. Serreze's new book, Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North, is now available from the Princeton University Press.
OMSI Science Pub at the Empirical Theater will be a ticketed event. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk before 2pm the day of the event. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
There will no longer be official seat reservations available at the door. You are welcome to reserve a seat with your jacket or sweater.
Science Pub OMSI is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge!
Pizza and salads will be available in our restaurant, Theory, and sandwichs and snacks from the Empirical Café. Guests can check-in at the theater entrance and find a seat before grabbing dinner and drinks. Food and drink are welcome in the theater. Parking is free for the event. Doors open at 5pm.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
A Science-Sea Weekend
Come to camp! Learn how the ocean and humans are interconnected during this Memorial Day weekend for a 21+ educational camp experience. Stay the weekend at OMSI’s Coastal Discovery Center at Camp Gray in Newport Oregon, or just come in for the day. Learn about sustainable seafood during educational talks led by scientists and members of the fishing community and hike through South Beach State Park to explore local coastal habitats. Share your dinner table with ocean experts and discuss the societal and ethical implications of our relationship to the ocean and our seafood. Each night will end with a camp favorite – s’mores over an open fire.
We'll update this listing as guest speakers are confirmed.
Saturday Day Only
- Members = $75
- Non-Member = $94
Friday-Sunday Overnight
- Member = $245
- Non-Member = $307
A Science-Sea Saturday
Come to camp! Learn how the ocean and humans are interconnected during this Memorial Day weekend for a 21+ educational camp experience. Stay the weekend at OMSI’s Coastal Discovery Center at Camp Gray in Newport Oregon, or just come in for the day. Learn about sustainable seafood during educational talks led by scientists and members of the fishing community and hike through South Beach State Park to explore local coastal habitats. Share your dinner table with ocean experts and discuss the societal and ethical implications of our relationship to the ocean and our seafood. Each night will end with a camp favorite – s’mores over an open fire.
Want to enjoy the content, but sleep in your own bed? Join us for SATURDAY ONLY of the Science-Sea weekend!
We'll update this listing as guest speakers are confirmed.
Saturday Day Only
- Members = $75
- Non-Member = $94
Friday-Sunday Overnight
- Member = $245
- Non-Member = $307
Science Pub Corvallis: Chickens & Eggs
Chickens and Eggs: Cages, Colonies or Free Range
With James Hermes, PhD, Associate Professor in the OSU Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences
June 4, 2018 | 6-8PM; Doors open @ 5PM | FREE
DETAILS TBD
The Science Pub presentation is free and open to the public.
RSVP for the Next Science Pub - LINK TO RSVP WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON
Due to the continuing popularity of Science Pub, we are implementing a ticketing/RSVP process. Please read the specifics below.
- Limit of two free tickets per person.
- Registration opens three weeks prior to each Science Pub and is limited to the first 100 tickets.
- Available on a first-come, first-serve basis at the link above or by calling 541-737-4717.
- Advanced registration recommended to guarantee a ticket/seat.
- Only register if you plan on attending please.
- If plans change, please cancel your reservation via your initial confirmation email or by calling 541-737-4717.
- Walk-ins welcome, but seating will not be guaranteed and is based on availability.
- Register for the Science Pub listserv by emailing events@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-4717.
Sponsors of Science Pub include Terra magazine at OSU, the Downtown Corvallis Association and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
You can also listen to their podcasts at http://communications.oregonstate.edu/podcast.
Science Pub Portland: Neuroscience of Morality
Psychopathy and the Neuroscience of Morality
With Octavio Choi, MD, PhD, Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Public Psychiatry Division of Oregon Health & Science University, and Director of the Forensic Evaluation Service at the Oregon State Hospital
June 7 2018 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk until 2pm on the day of the event; see below for details.
Why do some people live lawful lives, while others gravitate toward repeated criminality? Do people choose to be moral or immoral, or is morality simply a genetically inherited function of the brain, like mathematical ability? Research suggests certain regions of the brain influence moral reasoning and increasingly establishes psychopathy as a biological condition explained by defective neural circuits that mediate empathy.
In this talk, Dr. Octavio Choi will explore how emerging neuroscience challenges long-held assumptions underlying the basis—and punishment—of criminal behavior. He will talk about how neuroscience evidence is being increasingly used in criminal court proceedings to argue for mitigation, and the limitations and potential of such evidence. Finally, he will discuss moral and ethical dilemmas raised when biological causes are ascribed to criminal behaviors.
Dr. Choi is an affiliate faculty member in the Psychiatry Department of Oregon Health & Science University, and director of the Forensic Evaluation Service at the Oregon State Hospital. He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor of science in a self-designed major of computational neuroscience. He received his medical and doctorate degrees under the federally funded Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of California, San Diego. His doctorate in neurosciences was awarded for work on the molecular mechanisms of visual system development in the lab of Dennis O'Leary at the Salk Institute. Dr. Choi completed psychiatry residency at UCLA-Neuropsychiatric Institute, and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania.
During his fellowship, Dr. Choi specialized in the field of neurolaw under the guidance of Stephen Morse. Academic interests include evaluating the use of neuro-evidence in the courts, particularly in the area of lie detection with functional neuroimaging. As a forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Choi specializes in complex cases evaluating criminal responsibility involving claims of biological causation of behaviors such as brain damage, medical conditions, and medication use.
Outside of work, Dr. Choi is an avid musician and meditator, and has completed over 28 weeks of silent meditation retreat in the Vipassana tradition.
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater is a ticketed event. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Advanced tickets will be available for purchase until midnight the day prior to the event. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.
Science Pub Eugene: Coffee
Brewing the Perfect Cup of Coffee
With Chris Hendon, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Chemistry at the University of Oregon
June 14, 2018 | 6:30-8:30PM; Doors open @ 5PM | $5 Suggested Donation
Coffee is an unusual specialty beverage whose production relies on significant input from the end user. As a consumer, it is easy to attribute the quality of the cup to the technology used in its terminal preparation. Yet the quality and reproducibility of the beverage is dominated by several other underlying factors that touch the foundations of both chemistry and physics. This talk takes ground-up approach detailing some of the key variables (and how to control them) to render an improved and consistent cup of coffee through the vehicle of both espresso and filter methods.
Christopher Hendon, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of computational materials chemistry at the University of Oregon. He directs the Hendon Materials Simulation group which has diverse chemical interests ranging from electronic structure of solid-state and non-equilibrium materials to catalysis. He earned his PhD at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom and completed his post-doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before joining the University of Oregon.
Science Pub Eugene is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone. No RSVP or scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks, and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Portland: Life on Mars
Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go
With David Weintraub, PhD, Professor of Astronomy at Vanderbilt University
June 19, 2018 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk until 2pm on the day of the event; see below for details.
The story of the search for life on Mars—and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there.
Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars orbit by the 2030s. SpaceX wants to go by 2024, while Mars One wants to land a permanent settlement there in 2032. As we gear up for missions like these, we have a responsibility to think deeply about what kinds of life may already inhabit the planet--and whether we have the right to invite ourselves in.
David Weintraub tells why, of all the celestial bodies in our solar system, Mars has beckoned to us the most. He traces how our ideas about life on Mars have been refined by landers and rovers, terrestrial and Mars-orbiting telescopes, spectroscopy, and even a Martian meteorite. He explores how finding DNA-based life on the Red Planet could offer clues about our distant evolutionary past, and grapples with the profound moral and ethical questions confronting us as we prepare to introduce an unpredictable new life form—ourselves—into the Martian biosphere.
David A. Weintraub is professor of astronomy at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal with It?, How Old Is the Universe? (Princeton), Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System (Princeton), and Life on Mars: What to Know Before We Go. He lives in Nashville.
OMSI Science Pub at the Empirical Theater will be a ticketed event beginning on October 17. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Advanced tickets will be available for purchase until 2pm on the day of the event. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub OMSI is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Theory, OMSI's eatery will be open with pizza, salads and ice cream. The Empirical Cafe will be open with sandwiches and snacks. Both locations have alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. Food and drink are welcome in the theater. Parking is free for the event. Doors open at 5pm.
For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Science Pub Portland: Neurology of Sleep
Neurology of Sleep
With Kim Hutchison, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University
July 12, 2018 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk until midnight the day prior to the event; see below for details.
Presentation details coming soon!
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater is a ticketed event. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Advanced tickets will be available for purchase until 11:59pm on the day prior to the event. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.
Science Pub Portland: Hanford Nuclear Site
Hanford Hazards: Cleaning Up Nuclear Waste
With Ken Niles, Assistant Director for Nuclear Safety at the Oregon Department of Energy
August 2, 2018 | 7-9PM; Doors Open @ 5PM |
$5 advance purchase for guaranteed seats; $5 suggested donation at the door. Tickets available online or at the OMSI front desk until midnight the day prior to the event; see below for details.
Presentation details coming soon!
OMSI Science Pub at the Mission Theater is a ticketed event. To guarantee a seat at this event, please buy tickets online or at the OMSI front desk. Advanced tickets will be available for purchase until 11:59pm on the day prior to the event. Please show your ticket at the theater entrance upon arrival.
If the event sells out, we will update the website and Facebook listings accordingly. If the event does not sell out in advance, attendance will be first-come, first-served at the door and at-the-door admission will remain a suggested donation.
Science Pub Mission is a monthly event that is open to anyone and everyone – no scientific background required. Just bring your curiosity, sense of humor, and appetite for food, drinks and knowledge! For more information or to sign up for our mailing list, email: sciencepub@omsi.edu.
Dinner and drinks will be available throughout the presentation. Please visit the McMenamins Mission Theater website for a dinner menu and venue information.