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September 2023

• Sep 13 Wed

  September (Hybrid: In person & Zoom) 09/13/23

  Climate Change and California's Trees

August 2023

• Aug 09 Wed

  August (Hybrid: In person & Zoom) 08/09/23

  AI: How Can it be Used to Deceive and/or Defend Us?

July 2023

• Jul 12 Wed

  July (Hybrid: In person & Zoom) 07/12/23

  Artificial Intelligence: Thoughts on AI as a Practitioner Turned Investor

June 2023

• Jun 14 Wed

  June (Hybrid - Zoom & in person ) 06/14/2023

  Goleta Joins California's Energy Storage Transformation

  
  

May 2023

• May 10 Wed

  May (Hybrid - Zoom & in person ) 05/10/2023

  The Environmental Footprint of Global Food Production

  
  

April 2023

• Apr 12 Wed

  April (Zoom) 04/12/2023

  Human-AI Integration

  
  

March 2023

• Mar 08 Wed

  March (Zoom) 03/8/2023

  A Sneak Preview of Space Base California

  
  

January 2023

• Jan 11 Wed

  January (Zoom) 01/11/2023

  A Sneak Preview of Space Base California

  
  

December 2022

• Dec 14 Wed

  December (Zoom) 12/14/2022

  Learning to See Again with a Bionic Eye

  
  

November 2022

• Nov 09 Wed

  November (Zoom) 11/09/2022

  Paradigm-Changing Antibiotics to Combat the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis

  
  

September 2022

• Sep 14 Wed

  September (Zoom) 09/14/2022

  How to Use the Software that Controls Cellular Differentiation

  
  

August 2022

• Aug 10 Wed

  August Meeting (Zoom) 08/10/2022

  Using Gene Editing Tools to Understand DNA Repair

  
  

July 2022

• Jul 13 Wed

  July Meeting (Zoom) 07/13/2022

  The Key Exchange Problem: Cryptography in the Quantum Computing Era

  
  

June 2022

• Jun 08 Wed

  June Meeting (Zoom) 06/08/2022

  Hunting Isolated Black Holes with Microlensing

  
  

May 2022

• May 11 Wed

  May Meeting (Zoom) 05/11/2022

  The Surprising Science of Brain Organoids

  
  

April 2022

• Apr 13 Wed

  April Meeting (Zoom) 04/13/2022

  Smartphone, M.D: Smartphone and Spit Test for COVID and Flu

  
  

March 2022

• Mar 30 Wed

  March Special Meeting (Zoom) 03/30/2022

  2022 Santa Barbara County Science Fair Winners

  
  

• Mar 09 Wed

  March Meeting (Zoom) 03/09/2022

  Ocean fisheries are a critical source of income, food, and nutrition for millions of people around the world but are threatened by climate change.

  
  

February 2022

• Feb 09 Wed

  February Meeting (Zoom) 02/09/2022

  Answers to some of the most pressing biological questions--such as how cancer cells metastasize, neurons degenerate, and immune cells locate their targets--are buried deep inside the body, beyond the reach of conventional light-based imaging probes.

  
  

January 2022

• Jan 12 Wed

  January Meeting (Zoom) 01/12/2022

  Hydrogen will be an important chemical in any future energy infrastructure. Today, we use fossil fuels to produce hydrogen, but CO2 is generated as a byproduct.

  
  

December 2021

• Dec 08 Wed

  December Meeting (Zoom) 12/08/21

  Electric cars are becoming commonplace, but electric aircraft are a nascent technology.

  
  

October 2021

• Oct 13 Wed

  October Meeting (Zoom) 10/13/21

  Securing information systems against cyber threats is a critical objective for the United States.

  
  

August 2021

• Aug 11 Wed

  August Meeting (Zoom) 8/11/21

  Securing information systems against cyber threats is a critical objective for the United States.

  
  

July 2021

• Jul 14 Wed

  July Meeting (Zoom) 7/14/21

  Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees C will require that billions of tons of carbon dioxide be removed from the atmosphere.

  
  

June 2021

• Jun 09 Wed

  June Meeting (Zoom) 6/9/21

  This talk will discuss a relatively new class of materials, known as super-soft elastomers, which overcomes this limitation by exploiting a molecular architecture known as "bottlebrush" polymers.

  
  

May 2021

• May 12 Wed

  May Meeting (Zoom) 5/12/21

  Detecting the Human Fingerprint on Wildfire and Flood Risks

  
  

April 2021

• Apr 14 Wed

  April Meeting (Zoom) 4/14/21

  New Insights into Exotic Explosions from Las Cumbres Observatory

  
  

March 2021

• Mar 24 Wed

  March Extra Meeting (Zoom) 3/24/21

  2021 Santa Barbara Science Fair Winners

  
  

• Mar 10 Wed

  March Meeting (Zoom) 3/10/21

  "Building Smart Cities" with Dr. Eyal Amir, CEO of Ai Incube.

February 2021

• Feb 24 Wed

  February Meeting #2(Zoom) 2/24/21

  "A Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Update on Vaccines and Viral Variants", with Dr. Carolina Arias, Assistant Professor in UCSB's Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.

• Feb 10 Wed

  February Meeting (Zoom) 2/10/21

  "Decarbonizing California's Transportation Sector", with Professor David Lee, UCSB Earth Science department

January 2021

• Jan 13 Wed

  January Meeting (Zoom) 1/13/21

  The Perseverance Rover and the Search for Ancient Life on Mars

  
  

  The Perseverance rover, developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, is on its way to Mars.

December 2020

• Dec 09 Wed

  December Meeting (Zoom) 12/09/20

  Dr. Abu-Omar talks about plastic waste and what problems it represents and how it can create value.

April 2020

• Apr 08 Wed

  Cancelled: April Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 4/8/20

  Santa Barbara Science Fair - 2020 Winners

March 2020

• Mar 11 Wed

  March Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 3/11/20

  Dr. Carolina Arias, Assistant Professor in UCSB's Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, with "A Viral Lecture: Understanding the World of Viruses and Outbreaks"

February 2020

• Feb 12 Wed

  February Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 2/12/20

  Next-generation electronics are needed to support the emerging Internet of Everything, with its promise of ubiquitous computing, sensing, and connectivity. Professor Kaustav Banerjee from UCSB will explain how atomically-thin two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides, can be use to create energy-efficient nanoscale electronic devices.

January 2020

• Jan 08 Wed

  January Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 1/8/20

  Jim Breen, president of the Air Show Network, will speak about the logistics and challenges of putting on air shows that include the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, and more in "Behind the Scenes at an Airshow." 

December 2019

• Dec 11 Wed

  December Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 12/11/19

  Dr. Michelle O'Malley, UCSB Chemical Engineering, on her research into developing microbes for cellulose breakdown for biofuel generation

November 2019

• Nov 13 Wed

  November Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 11/13/19

  Dr. Mike Eddy, VP at Resonant, on the future of 5G technology and deployment

October 2019

• Oct 09 Wed

  October Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 10/09/19

  Ivan Bercovich, senior manager at Amazon Alexa, with an Alexa Overview

September 2019

• Sep 11 Wed

  September Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 09/11/19

  Craig Lewis, executive director of the Clean Coalition, on Community Microgrids

August 2019

• Aug 14 Wed

  August Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 08/14/19

  Dr. Raphaële Clément from UCSB Materials will speak on future battery chemistries.

July 2019

• Jul 10 Wed

  July Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 07/10/19

  Annual panel on Technical Employment in Santa Barbara

June 2019

• Jun 12 Wed

  June Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 6/12/19

  If your last patent filing was more than 2 years ago, your assumptions about patents are probably out of date.

May 2019

• May 08 Wed

  May Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 5/8/19

  As healthcare spending approaches one fifth of the GDP, this talk will review some underlying trends that are driving the changes we see in healthcare.

April 2019

• Apr 10 Wed

  April Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 4/10/19

  Santa Barbara Science Fair - 2019 Winners

March 2019

• Mar 13 Wed

  March Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 3/13/19

  Buildings consume 39% of global energy (more than industry or transportation). Regulations around the world are increasing the pressure to make buildings more efficient.

February 2019

• Feb 13 Wed

  February Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 2/13/19

  Buildings consume 39% of global energy (more than industry or transportation). Regulations around the world are increasing the pressure to make buildings more efficient.

January 2019

• Jan 09 Wed

  January Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 1/9/19

  How can you protect yourself against Cybercrime?

December 2018

• Dec 12 Wed

  December Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 12/12/18

  In our eighth year of an unprecedented drought - Building water supply resiliency.

November 2018

• Nov 14 Wed

  November Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 11/14/18

  Natural systems--such as climbing geckos and wandering vines--are incredibly robust, adaptable, and capable of handling certainty in their environments.

October 2018

• Oct 10 Wed

  October Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 10/10/18

  In astronomy the only way to get a bigger signal is to build a bigger telescope or make a better camera for an existing telescope.

September 2018

• Sep 12 Wed

  September Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 09/12/18

  Dr. Denise Montell's lab at UCSB has discovered that many different types of cells can recover from the brink of death.

August 2018

• Aug 08 Wed

  August Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 08/08/18

  35 million tons of food are lost or wasted annually in the United States alone.

July 2018

• Jul 11 Wed

  July Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 07/11/18

  Yearly Employment Panel

June 2018

• Jun 13 Wed

  June Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 06/13/18

  Thermal Management for Challenging Applications

May 2018

• May 09 Wed

  May Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 05/09/18

  Clean Energy Storage

April 2018

• Apr 11 Wed

  April Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 04/11/18

  Santa Barbara 2018 Science Fair Winners

March 2018

• Mar 14 Wed

  March Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 03/14/18

  Active Live Scientific, Inc.

February 2018

• Feb 14 Wed

  February Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 02/14/18

  Millimeter-wave Integrated Circuits for 5G Backhaul and Handset Applications

January 2018

• Jan 24 Wed

  January Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 01/24/18

  Helping footwear brands to make better shoes.

December 2017

• Dec 13 Wed

  December Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 12/13/17

  35 million tons of food are lost or wasted annually in the United States. Sensors for Food Safety.

November 2017

• Nov 08 Wed

  November Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 11/08/17

  Using a microscopic mirage to chemically identify and map materials.

October 2017

• Oct 11 Wed

  October Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 10/11/17

  Smarter Sensors and Wearable Devices for Medicine

September 2017

• Sep 13 Wed

  September Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 9/13/17

  Technical Employment Panel

August 2017

• Aug 09 Wed

  August Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 8/9/17

  Reverse engineering the sense of touch.

July 2017

• Jul 12 Wed

  July Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 7/12/17

  SmartFarms: Using Internet of Things to turn Analytics into Farm Implements

June 2017

• Jun 14 Wed

  June Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 6/14/17

May 2017

• May 10 Wed

  May Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 5/10/17

  Dr. Patrick Daugherty, President & CEO of Serimmune Inc., on disease-specific antibodies

April 2017

• Apr 12 Wed

  April Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 4/12/17

  The SEC and its members fully support the Santa Barbara Science Fair, and we are pleased to recognize the winners and their mentors at this month's SEC meeting.

March 2017

• Mar 08 Wed

  March Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 3/8/17

  Dr. Burton Tripathi of TrueVision on "The future of microsurgery - the digital transformation"

February 2017

• Feb 08 Wed

  February Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 2/8/17

  Dr. Galen Stucky will present several examples of UCSB projects that have addressed century-old problems. The first case was in response to a request from the Office of Naval Research to find a better solution for managing uncontrolled hemorrhaging on the 2004 Iraq battle field. This problem has a recorded history of over 5500 years.

January 2017

• Jan 11 Wed

  January Luncheon Meeting (Goleta) 1/11/17

  Daniel Price is the CEO of Bread Inc, a California startup with a mission to make IoT product design faster, easier, and less expensive. Bread Inc is located in Santa Ynez, and has grown from 2 to 10 employees over the last year.