Week of May 1, 2023
The following announcements are as of April 28.
Events and Seminars
May 1: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Sneha Kabaria, “Harnessing Reecombinase-mediated Editing and Antisense Transcription for Tuning Gene Expression Levels and Noise”
– Brittany Lende, “Dissecting the Role of MAPK in Highly Efficient Cellular Reprogramming”
May 1: Inauguration of Sally Kornbluth, 18th President of MIT, 3:00 p.m. Killian Court. [Details]
May 2: Sidney-Pacific & Ashdown for a climate change & sustainability panel. 6:00 p.m. [RSVP]
May 3: Workshop: Examining the Diversity Practices in Faculty Search & Junior Faculty Mentoring. 12:00 p.m. [Register]
May 4: Solve at MIT Opening Plenary: “Unlocking Our Collective Potential” 1:00 p.m., W16. [Register]
May 5: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Nanomaterials Enable Delivery of Genetic Material Without Transgene Integration in Mature Plants,
Prof. Markita Landry, University of California, Berkeley
May 8: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Shuting Shi, “Engineering Approaches to Low-Cost, High Volume Production of Protein Vaccines”
– Nicholas Matteucci, “A Mathematical Framework for the Modeling and Design of Redox-mediated Electrochemical Systems”
– Jisoo Kim, “Development of Self-organized Tissue with Perfusable Multivascular Network for Organ Engineering”
May 8: The 2023 MIT Graduate Women of Excellence Award Reception, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., E-52. [RSVP]
May 8: Bio x Climate Seminar with Lowercarbon Capital, 4:00 p.m., 32-141. [Details]
May 9: MITei event: Energy innovation for a net-zero future. 5:30 p.m. in 32-123. [Register]
May 12: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
“Engineering the Electrical Response of Suspensions of Conducting Particles“, Prof. Jeffrey J. Richards, Northwestern Univ.
May 15: Department Award Ceremony, 3:00 p.m., 66-110, (Dessert Reception to Follow in 66-201)
May 17: GSC Acoustic BBQ, 5:00 p.m. at the Stata Ampitheater. [Sign up to perform]
May 18-19: MIT/Harvard/Northeastern Ethics of Technology Conference. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. [Details]
June 23: 21st Annual Koch Institute Symposium, “Cancer Vaccines”. 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., W16. [Details]
June 26: Bristol Myers Squibb Women in Chemical Engineering Event. [Register]
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
Thesis Defense
May 4: Minju Chung (Manthiram & Román Labs), 12:15 p.m., 2-105 and zoom link will be emailed
“Electrochemical Alkene Epoxidation Using Water as the Oxygen Source“
May 5: Bertrand Neyhouse (Brushett Lab), 2:00 p.m., 56-154 and zoom link will be emailed
“Rational Design Strategies for Redox Flow Batteries”
May 8: Brianna Lax (Wittrup Lab), 3:00 p.m., 76-156 and zoom link will be emailed
“Mechanistic Elucidation & Therapeutic Improvement of Anti-CTLA-4 Therapies”
May 12: Haley Beech (Olsen Lab), 2:00 p.m., 2-105 and zoom link will be emailed
“Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of Polymer Gels to Elucidate Topology-Property Relationships”
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities
MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, & Science: Paid instructor and TA positions. [Details]
MIT Graduate Community Fellow: [See current positions and apply]
MIT Office of Sustainability (MITOS): open position for student sustainability researchers. [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
May 15: Application due for the ChemE Rising Stars Workshop for Women. [Details]
June 21-23: TEE Conference in MIT and Harvard University. [Registration is open]
MIT Energy and Climate Club (MITEC): Graduate students sign up to present your research. [Details]
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]
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.
Email: refs-x@mit.edu | Website: web.mit.edu/refs-x/