Community News for the week of November 18, 2024

Week of November 18, 2024

The following announcements are as of November 15.


Events and Seminars

November 17: Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project: Visionaries & Ventures Convention. [Details]

November 17: Graduate Students: Ashdown House Brunch, 12.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. [Details]

November 18: ChemE Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
– Brittney Sunday, “Towards Efficient Bioprocess Development through Application of Machine Learning”
– Samuel Degnan-Morgenstern, “Learning the Material Physics of Graphite Electrodes through Image Inversion”

November 18: Dresselhaus Lecture: Understanding battery function—new metrologies, new chemistries, and new insights, Clare Grey, DBE, FRS, Cambridge University, 4:00 p.m., 10-250. [Details]

November 19: Advanced neutron imaging & applications in energy, additive manufacturing & nuclear safety. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Prof. Markus Strobl, Center of Neutron and Muon Science, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland. [Details]

November 20: Election Impact: Creative Reflection, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., 76-156. [Sign-up]

November 20: CAPD: Exploring Grad School Beyond MIT: Alumni Perspective, virtual, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. [Details]

November 22: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Designing Microporous Catalysts to Overcome Material and Reaction Limitations“, Michele L. Sarazen, Princeton University.

November 25: ChemE Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
– Jihye Roh, “Higher-level Strategies for Computer-Aided Retrosynthetic Planning of Complex Molecules”
– Nicholas Sbalbi, “Modeling the Role and Size of Clusters in Multivalent Assembly”

December 4: MIT Life Sciences & Health Collaborative Conference, 8:00 a.m.– 6:30 p.m., W16. [Details]


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


Thesis Defense

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


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

November 19, 20: Info sessions for Caltech’s WAVE Fellows program (apply by 1/10/25). [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

December 9: Application due for J-WAFS 2025 Water & Food Seed Grants. [Details]

December 15: Interest response due for CMS.306 Making Comics & Sequential Art (spring 2025). [Email Jason Wiser ]

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]

Become an iREFS to offer confidential, peer-to-peer conflict management coaching and support to graduate students at MIT! Email irefs-contact@mit.edu


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