Research Clinics at the Engineering Library begin today. Every Thursday
during the semester, come in to room 105 in the Engineering Library for
help with your library questions and research.Time: Thursday from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Engineering Library room 105
Who: Anyone who needs help, no appointment is necessary!
The exhibition on display on the first floor of the Engineering Library in Friend Center examines a number of Khan's major tall buildings systems in concrete and steel. Featured works include the John Hancock Center, the Willis Tower (formerly known as Sears Tower) and the Brunswick Building, all in Chicago, Illinois, as well as One and Two Shell Plaza in Houston, Texas.
Through models, photographs, panels that illustrate the relationship between forces and form, Khan's personal notebooks and the accompanying books, one experiences the process of engineering design.
The models presented in this exhibit were made by students enrolled in a new class taught in Fall 2010, CEE 463: A Social and Multi-Dimensional Exploration of Structures. By focusing on Khan's works, the students made engineering analyses of his designs and examined the social context in which he worked.
Exhibition Co-Curators: Sigrid Adriaenssens and Maria E. Moreyra Garlock
March 29, 2011 at 4:30pm
Lewis Library 138
Michael D. Gordin, Professor of History
This talk explores the early history of nuclear weapons, a moment when the status of these devices was still in many respects up for debate and their future uncertain. Beginning with the integration of the atomic bomb into American plans for forcing a surrender of the Japanese government in the summer of 1945, up to the aftermath of the Soviet detonation of their first nuclear test (thus breaking the American atomic monopoly) in summer 1949, the emphasis will be on what people knew (and didn't know) about these weapons, and how that state of knowledge or ignorance shaped the perceptions and decisions of military officers, politicians, scientists, and the broader public.
Copies of Prof. Gordin's books "Red cloud at dawn : Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly" and "Five days in August : how World War II became a nuclear war" will be available for sale and signing.
Time: Wednesdays from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Where: Engineering Library room 105
Who: Anyone who needs help, no appointment is necessary!
The fourth in the Lewis Science Library book talk series features Dr. Martha A. Sandweiss, Professor of History at Princeton University who will discuss her book “Passing Strange : A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line”.
Join us on Wednesday, April 28th at 4:30 p.m. in Lewis Library Room 138. More Information
