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(2023 August 5) Geoengineering to Mitigate Climate Change – Is there a Role for Aerospace? with Dr. Marty Bradley

  • 1.  (2023 August 5) Geoengineering to Mitigate Climate Change – Is there a Role for Aerospace? with Dr. Marty Bradley

    Posted 04 Aug, 2023 20:48

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    AIAA LA-LV 8/5 Section Special Lecture

    (A hybrid event: In-person and on-line on Zoom)

    Saturday, August 5, 2023, 11 AM - 12:40 PM PDT (Add to Calendar)
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    Free Admission to the public.

    RSVP/registration is required for seats arrangement & logistics.
     

    Special Lecture in Aerospace

    Geoengineering to Mitigate Climate Change

    – Is there a Role for Aerospace?

    Lecturer

    Dr. Marty Bradley

    Sustainable Aviation Consultant & Fellow of the AIAA

    Adjunct Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Practice at USC

    Senior Technical Fellow for electric aircraft and sustainability at Electra.aero

    Retired Boeing Technical Fellow for advanced technology concepts and propulsion

    (The speaker will present in person.)

    In-person attendance is recommended as it facilitates more interaction and networking with the speaker and other attendees! Online attendance welcome. Please join us!

    (Donations are welcome and appreciated, but not required for admission. See the QR Code and Link at the bottom of this notice.)

    Location

     Culver City Julian Dixon Library, Meeting Room

    4975 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230

    (South of Hwy 10, North / East of Hwy 405, and West of Hwy 110)

    (Library parking available on the back of the library, at the end of the entrance.)

    (Conveniently located near the Sony Pictures Studios, the Wende Museum, Santa Monica Airport, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, and Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area.)

    (also online for a hybrid event)

    (This event is not sponsored by the Culver City Julian Dixon Library Library)
     

    Tentative Agenda: (All Time PDT, (GMT -0700))

    10:30 am: Check-in, Networking

    11:00 am: Introduction and welcome

    11:10 am: Presentation + Q/A

    12:40 pm: Networking, Adjourn.

    02:00 pm: Leave Meeting Room by 2 pm PDT.

    Dr. Marty Bradley, Sustainable Aviation Consultant and Educator, mkbradle@usc.edu. Dr. Bradley is a AIAA Fellow with 39 years of aerospace experience and is now a consultant and educator focused on sustainable aviation. He is an Adjunct Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Practice at USC and teaches AIAA short courses in Sustainable Aviation and Electric Aircraft.

    Geoengineering, using technology to counter the effects of climate change, is a controversial topic. Some think the idea is counterproductive, as it diverts attention and resources away from reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. Others feel it may be the only way to mitigate runaway climate change and buy enough time to truly convert to low carbon energy sources. Should we be studying how to use high altitude systems for observation or to alter atmospheric chemistry, or deploying reflector or scattering objects with space systems, or other possible solutions in geoengineering applications? 

    Some recent research studies recommend that we should be researching aviation enabled geoengineering applications, despite the high current levels of uncertainty:

    "Model results indicate that solar geoengineering could offset most climate change..." – Ken Caldeira, Stanford University, National Academies Workshop June 20, 2023

    "An operational SRM [Solar Radiation Modification] deployment is the only known approach that could be deliberately implemented to cool the Earth within a few years" -  Bala, Caldeira, et al. One Atmosphere: An independent expert review of Solar Radiation Modification research and deployment, United National Environment Programme, 2023

    Join us for a lecture and discussion of this issue at this special AIAA Los Angeles Section event.

     Culver City Julian Dixon Library, Meeting Room

    4975 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
     
     

    Disclaimer: The views of the speakers do not represent the views of AIAA or the AIAA Los Angeles-Las Vegas Section
     [AIAA Los Angeles-Las Vegas], [contact@aiaa-lalv.org], [https://www.aiaa-lalv.org]


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