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Menas Kafatos

  

What We Know About Climate Change: Guest Lecture Apr. 4th with Dr. Kerry Emanuel of MIT

March 24, 2014 by | Events

A leading authority in climate change, MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel, PhD, will speak in the Irvine Lecture Hall the evening of Friday, April 4th – and you’re invited! This exciting, thought-provoking event is sponsored by the MIT Club of Southern California, Schmid College School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CEESMO and Wells for Wellbeing. EVENT DETAILS 5:30

Dean Kafatos Receives an IEEE Leadership Award

November 9, 2011 by | News

Menas Kafatos, Ph.D., dean of Chapman’s Schmid College of Science and Technology, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Leadership and Professional Service award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Orange County Section.   He received the award at IEEE-OC’s annual awards banquet, held Oct. 29 in Costa Mesa, Calif.   The award

Schmid College Wins Major Grant to Study Climate Change Impact on California Agriculture The $848,000 three-year grant will support advanced computational modeling to project the effects of climate change

May 26, 2011 by | News

The Schmid College of Science at Chapman University has been awarded a major grant to study the agricultural impact of climate change in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the $848,000 three-year grant will support advanced computational modeling to project the effects of climate change, allowing scientists and

Dr. Kafatos Calls for Vigilance in Wake of Japan’s Reactor Crisis Quoted in Orange County Register

March 16, 2011 by | News

Menas Kafatos, Ph.D., dean of the Schmid College of Science, was interviewed by the Orange County Register and KCAL9 regarding whether the United States should worry about radiation from Japan’s damaged nuclear reactors reaching the Pacific coast. Dr. Kafatos agreed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s statement that no present danger existed, but advised vigilance by

Technology’s New Role in Weather, Earthquake Forecasting OCTANe Innovation Lecture Series is on December 9th

December 1, 2010 by | Events

Forget the old jokes about Southern California’s weather being changeless. Weather forecasting in Southern California is critical when it comes to fires, floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards. A number of advanced systems in computing and observations have been installed at Chapman University that are either operational or in advanced development. Talking about these new technologies

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