Presentation by Dafna Tachover. Are cell phones and Wi-Fi harmful? Ms. Tachover is an attorney who led a Supreme Court case in Israel which led to the strictest limitations in the world on the use of Wi-Fi in schools.
Presentation by Thinniam Rengarajan. Scientific ballooning has been in use for over 100 years. What can we do with balloons? How do balloons compare with aircraft and satellites? T. N. Rengarajan has a Ph.D. in High Energy Physics.
Climate change is a major sustainability issue of the 21st century. We can meet our present energy needs and still address climate change. Michael Unger, co-founder of “Engineers for a Sustainable Future”, discusses the causes of climate change and what we can do about it.
Presentation by Penny Okamoto. Gun violence in the United States claims 33,000 lives a year. More than 70,000 people are injured by gunshots yearly. Ms. Okamoto has been working to reduce gun violence since 2000 when she was the Coordinator of Volunteers for the Million Mom March in Portland.