Community News for the week of September 22, 2025

Week of September 22, 2025

Note: The following announcements are as of September 19.


Events and Seminars

September 22: Student Seminar: 3:00 p.m. in 66-110.
– Kyle De Matias, “Cyclotide Engineering for Radiotheranostics”
– Sanjay Garimella, “Confined Fluid Thermodynamics & Transport in Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene Nanochannels, & 2D Polyaramids”
– Adithya Sreenivasan, “Elucidating Topology-property Relationships in Reprocessable Thermoset Networks through Molecular Simulation”

September 22: Special talk by Dr. Azim Dehghani, Principal AI Scientist at Johnson & Johnson. 5:00 p.m., 16-220. [Details]

September 26: Charles L. Cooney Lecture, 3:00 p.m., 66-110.
Neurochemical Probes to Study the Formation of Stable Peer-relationships“, Markita Landry, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

September 29: Student Seminar: 3:00 p.m. in 66-110.
– Kento Abeywardane, “Interaction-aware Generative Modeling for Bioisosteric Drug Design”

September 29: Science Communication Workshop with ComSciCon, 4:00 p.m., 32-123. [Details]

October 1: The 2025 Nano Summit, 8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., MIT Schwarzman College, 8th fl. [Details]

October 3: ChemE Seminar Series: 3:00 pm. 66-110.
“Advancing Scientific Discovery in Catalysis with Artificial Intelligence”, Hongliang Xin, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech

October 14: Materials Day Symposium and Poster Session. 8:00 a.m., Kresge Auditorium. [Details]

October 29: “Collaborating for MIT’s Future”, poster session, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Walker Memorial [Details]

November 7: MIT Energy and Climate Night at the Engine. [Details]


See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>


Thesis Defense

September 22: Nathan Stover (Green Lab), 3:00 p.m., 66-360 and zoom link will be provided.
Rational Engineering of In Vitro Transcription for RNA Synthesis


See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

October 10: Application due for Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellowship at Purdue. [Details]

Search for more faculty positions around the world at PolytechnicPositions.com


See listing of upcoming career-related events, workshops, and company info sessions>>


Other Announcements

September 29: Application due, 2026 MIND (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) Prize. [Details]

September 30: Application due for a Day of Climate grants. [Details]

October 1: Application due for Splash, Teach an in-person class on anything to high school students (11/22-23) [Details]

October 3: Application due for the Debenedetti Travel Award for Professional Development. [Details]

October 10: Submission due for the 2026 Koch Institute Image Awards. [Details]

October 24: Submission due for the Course X Holiday Card Design Contest. [Details]

Food@MIT Guide: How to access healthy & affordable food at MIT. [Details]

Student Support Services (S3): Help in an accessible & respectful environment. [virtual & walk-in locations]

MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: Signup to connect with MIT alumni for career conversations. [Details]


REFS (Resources for Easing Friction and Stress): Feeling stressed? We are here to help.
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