How many barrels of oil per day were spewing into the Gulf of Mexico after the BP disaster? Desperate for an accurate assessment, the federal government pulled together a high-stakes task force that included two 91̽»¨Engineering faculty members — James Riley and Alberto Aliseda. Hear the inside story of this intensely challenging assignment and an engineering perspective on the disaster and its aftermath. Part of 91̽»¨Engineering’s fall lecture series.
7 p.m. 120 Kane (free but registration is required — see calendar).