Week of February 10, 2020
The following announcements are as of February 7.
Events and Seminars
February 10: Student Seminar: 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Kevin Silmore, “Collective Mode Dynamics: A Method for Fast Relaxation of Statistical Ensembles”
– Seunghyeon Kim, “Autocatalytically Photoinititated Chromogenic Polymerization for Colorimetric Biodetection”
February 13: All students: LEED Green Associate (GA) Training, 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 pm. in 66-156. [Details]
February 23: Annual Machine Learning Across MIT Retreat at Endicott House! [Sign-up by Feb.12]
March 7: MIT Robo-AI Exchange. [Details]
March 9: Spring 2020 Roads of Academia workshop with Prof. Matthew Shoulders, 5:00 p.m – 6:30 p.m. in 32-144. [Details]
May 1-3: Chemical Biophysics Symposium – University of Toronto. [Registration is now open!]
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
Thesis Defense
February 10: Li-Chiun Cheng (Doyle Group), 9:00 a.m., E17-517.
“Structure, Rheology and Applications of Thermally-Gelling Nanoemulsions”
February 10: Te-Chun (Jim) Chu (Green Group), 1:00 p.m. in E17-517.
“Revealing aromatics formation in combustion using experimental and modeling methods”
February 14: Matthias von Andrian (Braatz Group), 10:00 a.m., E17-517.
“Fast Stochastic Model Predictive Control under Parametric Uncertainties”
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities
February 15: Application due for Internships in Argentina and Uruguay for undergraduate students. [Details]
NIH-funded post-baccalaureate training program – University of New Mexico. [Details]
Search for more faculty positions around the world at PolytechnicPositions.com
For more listing of upcoming career-related events, workshops, and company info sessions, visit the Career Advice and Support page.
Other Announcements
February 10: Paper submission due for MIT A+B Applied Energy Symposia (May 17-19) [Details]
February 11: Grant application due for 2020 pK-12 Learning Grant. [Details]
February 21: Application due for grad student speakers, Science in the News DayCon 2020. [Details]
March 19: The MIT (Mysterious) Book Exchange event – Recommend a book! [Details]
April 6: Application due for Benjamin Siegel Prize – open to all students. [Details]
MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: Students, 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/
