Community News for the week of February 17, 2025

Week of February 17, 2025

The following announcements are as of February 14.


Events and Seminars

February 18: ChemE Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Nicholas King, “Richer Descriptions of Viscoelastic Nonlinearity in Time-Varying Flows”
– Melissa Manetsch, “Quantifying and Tuning Local Electric Fields in Confined Catalytic Systems”

February 19: GradEL Coaching Series with Di Ye. 5:00 p.m. (dinner provided) [Register]

February 20: ChemE Seminar Series, 4:15 p.m. in 66-110
Surfactants, Colloids, and Electrolytes: Complex Fluids for Energy and the Environment“, Fernando Temprano-Coleto, Ph.D., Princeton University

February 24: ChemE Seminar Series, 4:15 p.m. in 66-110
Unravelling Structure-function Relationships through Kinetic and Spectroscopic Assessments for Sustainable, Atom-efficient Chemical Processes“, Rachel A. Yang, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

February 25: MIT.nano: Navigate Your Way to a Career in Semiconductors. MIT Media Lab, 4:00 p.m. [Details]

February 27: New GradEL Workshop & Coaching Series. 5:00 p.m., Room 32-124 (dinner provided) [Register]

February 27 – March 3: European Career Fair. [Register]

March 1: MIT African Students’ Association: Cultural Night 2025! La Sala De Puerto Rico, 4:00 p.m. [Details]

April 25: Save-the-Date: ChemE Plant Propagation Exchange. 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. in 66-201. [Details]

May 7: MIT Polymer Day 2025! [Details]


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


Thesis Defense

 TBA


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


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

MISTI: MIT-Portugal Summer Internship. [Apply Now!]

March 19: Application due for funded PKG Fellowship for Summer 2025. [Details]

April 4: Application due for the Peter J. Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. [Details]

University of Central Florida: Undergrad Summer Research Internship in Low-Carbon Methanol Production from Stranded Methane (TEMP) [Details]

MIT Graduate Community Fellow: [See current positions and apply]

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

February 21: Poster submissions due for MIT Complex Adaptive Systems Conference 2025. [Details]

MIT Spouses & Partners Connect: Language Conversation Exchange events. [See Calendar]

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.
Email: refs-x@mit.edu | Website: web.mit.edu/refs-x/