Week of April 11, 2022
The following announcements are as of April 8.
Events and Webinars
April 11: Student Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Emily Krucker-Velasquez, Nathan Wang
April 11: MIT Research Slam – Public Showcase, virtual, 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. [Register]
April 11-15: Graduate Womxn at MIT (gwaMIT) Leadership Conference. [Details]
April 11 – 17: Graduate Student Appreciation Week Events. [Details]
April 13: Starr Forum: Governing the Unpredictable: Disasters, the State, & Futures. 4:30 p.m. [Register]
April 15: ChemE Seminar Series: 3:00 p.m. in 66-110. Zoom and/or livestream link will be shared.
“Big Data and Machine Learning for Nanoporous Materials Characterization and Discovery”, Yongchul Greg Chung, Pusan National University
April 18: 2022 TDC-MIT Transportation & Infrastructure Virtual Summit, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. [Details]
April 21: The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series, 4:00–5:00 p.m. in 10-250. [Details]
April 22: ChemE Seminar Series: 3:00 p.m. in 66-110. Zoom and/or livestream link will be shared.
“From ab Initio Inspired to Coarse‐grained Models for Aqueous Solutions and Biomolecules”, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Princeton University
April 22-23: Celebrating MIT Spouses & Partners Connect’s 50th Anniversary. [Details]
April 30: MIT Graduate Student Gala, New England Aquarium. 7:00 p.m. [Tickets]
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
Thesis Defense
April 11: Kaylee Schickel (Braatz Group), 11:00 a.m., zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
“Design and Analysis of Methods to Eliminate Oscillatory Behavior in Bioreactors for Viral Vaccine Manufacturing”
April 13: Neil Dalvie (Love Group), 12:00 p.m., 32-141, zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
“Product and Host Engineering for Low-cost Manufacturing of Therapeutic Proteins in the Yeast Komagataella Phaffii”
April 15: Yining Hao (Sikes Group), 10:00 a.m., zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
“Applications of Engineered Proteins in Redox Biology and Biomarker Detection Assay Development”
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
UROPs, Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities
April 23: Application due, Summer Teaching Fellow for Experiential Ethics. [Detials]
UROP: Summer 2022, the MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium. [Details]
C-Zero: Hydrogen Energy startup company is hiring for engineering positions in Santa Barbara, CA. [Details]
DxLab Inc is seeking a Research Associate. [Details]
Robert Bosch LLC: Computational Material Science Internship position. [Details]
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs – hiring instructors & mentors for MOSTEC 2022! [Details]
Associate Advisor and Orientation Leader applications are open and deadlines are approaching. [Details]
Wind Energy Technologies Office Research Fellowship. [Apply now]
PureTech Health: Open position, Senior Manager – External Innovation. [Details]
MIT Office of Sustainability (MITOS): Open positions for student fellows! [Details]
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs: Now hiring part-time instructors & mentors. [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
April 11: Submission due for Grad Arts Showcase (4/25). [Detials]
April 11: Application due for Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize. [Details]
April 14: GradEL Spring 2022 Workshop 4: Project Management Methodologies. [Register]
April 15: Application deadline extended for Experiential Ethics Course. [Apply now!]
April 16: Application due for Climate & Sustainability Scholars Program. [Details]
April 19: FREE CPR certification at MassCPR! [Details]
April 30: Application due for Dow 2022 BEST Symposium. [Apply]
May 16: Application due for J-WAFS Travel Grant for Stockholm World Water Week. [Details]
Ethics for Engineers: the course will be offered in the fall of 2022. [Website]
Food@MIT Guide: How to access healthy and affordable food at MIT. [Details]
Student Support Services (S3): Help in an accessible & respectful environment. [virtual & walk-in locations]
SERC Scholars Program: Undergraduate research opportunity. [Details]
Grad Students: Didja know about GradLink? [Details]
TA Peer Mentoring Program for non-native English speakers. [Register]
MIT Martin Trust Center: Online tutoring is open to all MIT students who want to make things. [Details]
MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: Students, 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
REFS (Resources for Easing Friction and Stress): Feeling stressed? We are here to help.
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