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Why We All Need “Bright Ice”: Bright Ice Initiative’s innovative, local and collaborative approach to reducing climate risk with Dr. Leslie Field, Bright Ice Initiative Date/Time: Tuesday, June 17, 6-7 pm Pacific Time This talk will describe the work of Bright Ice Initiative (http://www.brighticeinitiative.org) and its focus on increasing the reflectivity of ice to slow the disastrous impact of glacial melting. Bright Ice Initiative works in regions of critical need to codevelop and evaluate solutions with and for communities living under the greatest threat. By preserving and restoring reflectivity to vital glacial regions, the pace of temperature rise can be reduced, potentially lessening sea level rise while protecting ecosystems and species from catastrophic loss. Speaker(s): Leslie Field, Agenda: 6:00 pm Introduction of speaker 7:00 pm end Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/486177

Since the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the integrated circuit in 1958, microchips have fueled scientific advancements, manufacturing innovations, and economic growth. Today, DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) will advance the next generation of microsystems to disrupt the underlying technology, disrupt current manufacturing, and create new markets. This requires unique insight to discover fundamentally new ways of creating advanced circuits that will dramatically alter and exceed the current state-of-the-art in microsystems. This will involve: - Using the power of light at the microscale in three dimensions with advanced photonics; - Harnessing quantum mechanical phenomena for sensors and computers that break traditional classical limits; - Developing a toolbox of organic and biological molecules and hybrid bioelectronics that will leverage living system phenomena and connect back to traditional microsystems; - And advancing technologies for affordable, rapid, and sustainable microsystems fabrication to enable a new domestic manufacturing ecosystem that leverages commercial scaling and drives strong economic growth. Join Dr. Whitney Mason to learn about how DARPA is reimagining microsystems, and upcoming opportunities to engage with DARPA in this effort. Speaker(s): Dr. Whitney Mason Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/487904