Community News – Week of April 4, 2022

Week of April 4, 2022

The following announcements are as of April 1st.


Events and Webinars

April 4: Student Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Mary Joens (Swan & Doyle Labs), Wan-Ni Wu (Smith Lab), Adam Beitz (Galloway Lab)

April 4: Beyond the Binary: a Panel Discussion on Gender Diversity, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Virtual Event. [Register]

April 4: Starr Forum Webinar: The Wider Implications of the War in Ukraine, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. [Register]

April 6: CEE webinar, “Mussel-Inspired Materials: From Molecular Mechanics to Application”, Prof. Phillip Messersmith, 4:00 p.m. [Details]

April 6: Engineering Networking & Recruitment Event (Semiconductors), 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Lobby 3. [Register]

April 8: ChemE Seminar Series: 3:00 p.m. in 66-110. Zoom and/or livestream link will be shared.
“Development of Chemical Recycling Approaches for Plastic Waste”, Gregg Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

April 8: MIT Biotech Group Career Fair. 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. [Details]

April 11: Student Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Emily Krucker-Velasquez, Nathan Wang

April 11-15: Graduate Womxn at MIT (gwaMIT) Leadership Conference. [Details]

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

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


Thesis Defense

April 5: Caroline Nielsen (Barton Group), 2:00 p.m., 66-360 and zoom link will be provided on the day of the defense
Nonsmooth Methods for Process Integration

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 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]

C-Zero: Hydrogen Energy startup company is hiring for engineering positions in Santa Barbara, CA. [Details]

DxLab Inc is seeking a Research Associate. [Details]

Pfizer (Groton, CT): Career opportunity in Manufacturing Process Development. [Detials]

Robert Bosch LLC: Computational Material Science Internship position. [Details]

MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs: now 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]

Merck: Open full-time position: Senior Scientist in the Chemical Engineering R&D group. [Details]

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 5: Grad Students: application due to serve on the MIT Presidential Search Committee. [Details]

April 9: Boston Datathon for Chemical Engineering Students. [Details]

April 11: Application due for Benjamin Siegel Writing Prize. [Details]

April 30: Application due for Dow 2022 BEST Symposium. [Apply]

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]

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