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NCSSM programs are streamed live and archived for later viewing. Click on the links on the right hand side of the table below to access the archived video on the date and time the program is scheduled to occu. |
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| May 24, 2012 - 3:30pm | Summary and Implications of Our Renewable Energy Seminar Series |
I will begin by engaging with students about what they have learned in past sessions about policy and problems of renewable technologies being put into practice. We will identify 3-4 common problems of implementation. Then I will begin slides, and... |
Archived Video |
| May 10, 2012 - 3:30pm | Biomass Energy: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Biomass and Relationship to Energy Balance and Transportation |
Our planetary energy balance has been oscillating throughout our planet's history, and has only recently stabilized (the Holocene). However, human combustion of fossil fuels, along with a host of other carbon releases we have induced, have set in... |
Archived Video |
| May 3, 2012 - 3:30pm | Harvesting the Wind |
Renewable Energy Sustainability Consultant Bob Mitchell gives students an overview of wind energy and how modern windmills can be used to harvest the wind's power. Mitchell discusses new technologies, what is required to work in the energy field, and... |
Archived Video |
| April 30, 2012 - 4:30pm | NASA to Land at Triangle High School, Bringing Wonder of Space Station |
Durham, N.C. – NASA will touchdown at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) as part of the space agency’s Destination Station awareness campaign that promotes the International Space Station Program. NASA... |
Archived Video |
| April 26, 2012 - 5:30pm | Solar Energy: Solar Thermal Power or The Warmth of the Sun |
Photovoltaic (PV) panels that convert light directly into electricity are what most people think of when solar power is mentioned, but the light from the sun can also be converted to heat, and used to heat water or air, or even run air conditioners (... |
Archived Video |
| April 19, 2012 - 5:30pm | Important Characteristics of Solar Cells and Solar Cells Using Nanotubes |
I-V curves, wiring of solar cells in series and parallel, fill factors, and efficiencies of solar cells will be discussed. Third generation solar cells include layering dyes on titanium dioxide nanotubes. These solar cells can then be used to... |
Archived Video |
| March 29, 2012 - 3:30pm | Solar Energy: Introduction to Photovoltaic Cells |
In this presentation, students will learn the fundamentals of solar photovoltaics as well as how to design a basic solar-powered system. After learning the fundamentals, students will have a hands-on opportunity to assemble a portable iPad charger. ... |
Archived Video |
| March 27, 2012 - 4:30pm | Nanotechnology: An Introduction and Overview of the Current Nano-landscape |
On Tuesday March 27 at 4:30 in the lecture Hall there will be a presentation entitltled Nanotechnology: An Introduction and Overview of the Current Nano-landscape by the Research Director and Marketing Manager of COIN (nanotechnology network),... |
Archived Video |
| March 27, 2012 - 3:30pm | Variations on the Wire Problem |
In this session we will discuss a classic optimization problem, "How do we cut a piece of wire and bend the pieces into regular polygons to enclose either minimum or maximum area?"
To help students make sense of this problem, Chris... |
Archived Video |
| March 22, 2012 - 5:30pm | Basic Electricity; The Physics of Electricity; Not Your Grandfather's Electricity |
Steam Turbine method of electricity generation; DC vs AC; the smart grid and magnetic inductionBasic definitions of current, voltage, and resistance will be discussed along with the formulas that determine their relationships, and calculations of... |
Archived Video |
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