Tours have been organized for the combustion research laboratories at the two leading research universities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. The UC Berkeley tour is on Sunday, 3 August, prior to the commencement of the Symposium, while the Stanford University tour is on Saturday, 9 August, just after the conclusion of the Symposium.
Stanford University Tour
This is a guided tour with limited capacity. At this point the tour is full and no additional signups are being permitted. It is strongly recommended that participants take the bus transportation from the Hyatt Regency, but participants may find alternate transportation to the university as long as they meet up with the rest of the group in front of the Stanford Faculty Club no later than 10:15. Two buses will depart from the Hyatt Regency at 09:00. After regrouping in front of the Stanford Faculty Club, half of the participants will embark on a guided “walking” tour of the Stanford campus while the other half will tour the Stanford combustion labs. Between 11:45 and 13:00, participants will have free time and can purchase their own lunch, coffee, souvenirs, etc. in Tressider Memorial Union, the Stanford Bookstore or at other places on campus. At 13:00 the participants that toured the campus in the morning will tour the combustion labs while the other group will take the guided walking tour. At 14:30, participants will reboard the buses and return to the Hyatt Regency, with an estimated arrival time of 15:45.