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Where are the emissions: Unravelling small and large methane sources in the US oil and gas sector

Pierce Hall 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Worldwide concerns over the catastrophic impacts of unmitigated climate change have motivated governments, industry, and interested stakeholders toward the development, adoption, and implementation of strategic actions to quickly reduce the global emissions of climate warming pollutants. This presentation will unpack the past decade of scientific research on US oil and gas methane emissions, exploring the various methane emissions measurement approaches across multiple spatial scales as well as the major themes in the literature regarding the characteristics of facility-level methane emissions, basin-to-basin variability, and the relative importance of small methane sources compared to large methane emitters.

Climate and Sustainability Career Expo

Gutman Conference Center 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, United States

Interested in a career in climate and sustainability? Come connect with over 60 employers, including the World Bank, Ceres, Natural Resources Defense Council, Avangrid, Carbon Reform, the Department of Energy, The Food Project, Green Corps, the MA Attorney General's Office, Morningstar, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, E3 and many more. Registration required, sign up today!

Rising Tides: Integrating Situated Visualization, Augmented Reality, and Public-Participation Technology to Create an Accessible Platform for Localized Climate Change Visualization and Discourse

Zoom

Narges Mahyar is an assistant professor at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, whose research is situated at the intersection of human-computer interaction, information visualization, social computing, applied machine learning, human-centered artificial intelligence, and design. She applies a community-centered design approach to build novel social computing and visualization tools to empower the general public to engage in real-world sociotechnical issues, such as urban planning and climate change, by enabling them to share their ideas and comments for shaping future policies.

In this lecture, Mahyar will speak about her project to discover innovative techniques to integrate situated visualization, augmented reality, and civic technology to design and build a mobile platform that simulates the localized impact of climate change, thereby providing Boston residents with an immersive experience of climate change visualizations and empowering them to contribute comments and ideas on climate change issues. The platform will benefit the movement towards more equitable resilience by creating new opportunities for the public, especially the underserved communities, to raise their voices and join the discourse.

Her recognition in the field has been repeatedly confirmed through many accolades for her research, including seven best or honorable mention paper awards from top conferences in her field. She holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Victoria. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Computer Science department at the University of British Columbia from 2014 to 2016 and in the Design Lab at the UC San Diego from 2016 to 2018.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS: FLEET ROBOTICS & TENDER FOOD

Science and Engineering Complex 150 Western Ave., Allston, MA, United States

Join us for the next Industry Insights event featuring Michael Bell, co-founder and CTO at Fleet Robotics, and Christophe Chantre, co-founder and CEO at Tender Food. Come learn how two startups from SEAS—and incubated at Greentown Labs—have turned their research into products that aim to reduce environmental harm. The speakers will also share advice on how to join an early-stage startup and how to spin out a company from Harvard. The conversation will be moderated by Paul Hayre, Executive Director of the Harvard Grid.