Past Events
February 13, 2008
Speaker: Professor Jefferson Tester
Focus On Climate Change
Series of multi-departmental events from Feb. 12th to 14th that emphasizes on the links between fields of study in MIT and climate change. It also connects interested students with resources available to make a change in our MIT community and beyond.
What role can Chemical Engineers play in the efforts to better understand and mitigate climate change? Come hear Prof. Jefferson Tester discuss his research and his perspective on the connection between chemical engineering and climate change.
February 12, 2008
Professor Ronald Prinn will present a lecture as a part of Focus On Climate Change, a series of multi-departmental events from Feb. 12th to 14th that emphasize the links between fields of study in MIT and climate change. The Focus on Climate Change series also aims to connect interested students with resources available to make a change in our MIT community and beyond.
February 11, 2008
Climate change is making it increasingly clear that we need sustainable energy--a supply that does not destroy our other resources--and a habit of using energy efficiently. To understand how this will be affecting you and your life choices, we need to look at the Big Picture. What are the biggest obstacles to sustainable energy? What is being done right now? How will this be affecting your career? Come and see what the experts have to say.
February 11, 2008
Speaker: MIT professors Michael Greenstone, Jefferson Tester, Leon Glicksman and Sarah Slaughter. Climate change is making it increasingly clear that we need sustainable energy--a supply that does not destroy our other resources--and a habit of using energy efficiently. To understand how this will be affecting you and your life choices, we need to look at the Big Picture. What are the biggest obstacles to sustainable energy? What is being done right now? How will this be affecting your career? Come and see what the experts have to say.
February 02, 2008
Speaker: Lee Lynd, Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, NH. Selected results will be presented from a near-complete, multi-institution project entitled "The Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future," which seeks to identify scenarios in which biomass provides a significant fraction of energy services and to recommend policies that foster this outcome while honoring sustainability and environmental objectives.
February 01, 2008
Second movie in a double feature (first film is Blue Vinyl).