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Coordinates: 34.138°N 118.125°W. Caltech's 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is located in Pasadena, California, approximately 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is within walking distance of Old Town Pasadena and the Pasadena Playhouse District and therefore the two locations are frequent getaways for Caltech students.
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) [a] is a private research university in Pasadena, California. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advances and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences. [10] [11]
Joseph B. Dabney, owner of the Dabney Oil Syndicate, [15] was a trustee of California Institute of Technology. Dabney Hall of the Humanities, a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dabney, is one of the four corner buildings of Caltech's central courtyard. It was built in 1927.
Jacqueline G. Gish, PhD 1976; Northrop Grumman Technology Fellow; recognized for significant contributions to the development of high-energy lasers, development of diagnostics for plasma and laser programs, and leadership of efforts on chemical lasers and solid state lasers; member of National Academy of Engineering [18]
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States. [1] Founded in 1936 by Caltech researchers, the laboratory is now owned and sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and administered and managed by the California Institute of Technology.
The Beckman Institute at Caltech was chartered by Caltech in 1987. [1] The institute building was designed by architect Albert C. Martin, Jr. in a Spanish style with a pool and a central courtyard. It was dedicated on October 26, 1989, and opened in 1990. [1] : 339–344 The building included four levels of laboratory space, libraries, and ...
The Computation and Neural Systems ( CNS) program was established at the California Institute of Technology in 1986 with the goal of training Ph.D. students interested in exploring the relationship between the structure of neuron-like circuits/networks and the computations performed in such systems, whether natural or synthetic.
California Institute of Technology alumni. Wikimedia Commons has media related to California Institute of Technology alumni. People who attended Caltech, a small university in Southern California, with a strong tradition of science and technology.