Planet Water: Complexity and Organization in Earth Systems

Rafael Bras
March 30, 2009
Running Time: 55:54

Rafael Bras, dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California at Irvine, returned during his leave from MIT to deliver the 2008–2009 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture. Professor Bras's expertise is surface hydrology and hydrometeorology and his work encompasses many aspects of Earth's water cycle. He has contributed to significant international projects that include the development and construction of tidal gates to protect the city of Venice against flooding, and he is known for his pioneering ideas about the deforestation in the Amazon region. Read more at MIT News.

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Peter Eagleson
Spring of 1993

The 1992–93 Killian Award Lecturer is Professor Peter S. Eagleson, recognized internationally for his work in hydrology and hydro-climatology. A native of Philadelphia, Professor Eagleson received the BS degree in 1949 and the MS degree in 1952, both from Lehigh University, and the ScD in 1956 from MIT. He was a second lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers and served as assistant operations officer with a construction battalion in Okinawa in 1949–50. Read more at MIT News.

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