Week of September 18, 2017
The following announcements are as of September 15.
Events and Seminars
September 18: ChemE Communication Lab: Career Bootcamp! Bring your resumes, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. in 66-110. [Details]
September 20: GCWS’s Feminist Unbound Speaker Series begins. [Details]
September 20: Undergrads – January Scholars in France – travel to Paris over IAP, Jan. 2-17, 2018, info session and dinner, 5:00 p.m. in 14N-217. [Details]
September 20: MIT-EAPS Lecture: “What Do Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Portend?” 4:00 p.m., 54-100(LL) [Details]
September 21: MIT.nano Tool Talks: Next Generation Electron Microscopy! [Details]
September 21: “Technology, Leadership, and the Courage of Conviction” Dr. Hector Ruiz, Former Chairman and CEO, Advanced Mirco Devices. [Details]
September 25: MIT Language Conversation Language Lunch (12 p.m. in the Bush Room)
September 25: Grad Students, Putnam Associates Info Session (Ace the Case Workshop) at MIT. 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. [Details]
September 25: Estee Lauder info session, 5:00-7:00 p.m. apply through CareerBridge.
September 27: “The Road To Mars” Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX, 4:00 p.m. in 10-250.
September 27: Career Fair Week – “Coffee Chat” Get to Know ExxonMobil. 7:00 p.m. 4-270.
September 29: Student Clean Energy Symposium 2017, at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. [Details]
September 30 – October 1: 2nd International Conference on Chemical Engineering (CHEME-2017) – Dubai. (Paper due 9/16) [Details]
October 2: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110.
– Nian Liu, “Understanding lipid synthesis through Metabolic Flux Analysis for enhanced biodiesel production”
– Naveed Ali Bakh, “Development and Use of Modeling Techniques and Continuous Biomolecule Detection Towards Informing Clinical Decisions”
October 3: Grad Students: “Young Professionals Seminar – Effective Communication…” 5:00 p.m. in 46-3189.[Details]
October 3: AIChE Industrial Networking Information Session. 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in 66-110.
October 5: MIT Entrepreneurship Speakers Series, Jocko Willink, “Technology Startups as the Business World’s Navy SEALs” [Details]
October 6: Grad Students, 4th annual Teaching at Teaching Intensive Institutions conference at Westfield State University. Interested? contact odge@mit.edu.
October 11: Materials Day 2017. [Details] (poster registration due October 6)
November 6: Graduate Education in Medical Sciences info. Sessions, 10:00 am, in E25-401 . [Details]
See ChemE calendar for more listing of events and seminars >>
Thesis Defense
TBA
See ChemE calendar for more events >>
Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities
October 4: Undergrads – Kick-Start Your Career with UPOP. [Details]
October 20: Application due for PKG funded fellowships for IAP ’18 Applications for IAP projects. [Details]
Estee Lauder: Full-time and internship positions. Contact Eric Xu at erxu@estee.com
Sikes Lab: Three UROP opportunities [Details]
Course 1: Two UROP opportunities. [Details]
For more listing of upcoming career-related events, workshops, and company info sessions visit the Career Advice and Support page.
Other Announcements
September 29: Application due for 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. [Application Details]
Dr. Jeff Siirola’s on-line course on “Industrial Chemical Technology” is now available.
New Interdisciplinary Program for Undergrads. [Minor in Polymers and Soft Matter]
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/
