Week of May 9, 2022
The following announcements are as of May 6.
Events and Webinars
May 9: ChemE Department Awards Ceremony, 3:00 p.m., 66-110. (Reception to follow in 66-201)
May 9: MIT Fast Forward, One Year In: An MIT Climate “Plug-In”, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m., E52 [Livestream]
May 9: Book Talk with Cathy Park Hong, author of “Minor Feelings”, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., 32-124/Zoom [Details]
May 12: OGE Spring Financial Literacy Workshop, Pivot: An Introduction, 11:30-1:00 p.m. [Details]
May 12: DaVinci Lecture: Kathryn Hansen, “What’s Driving You So Hard? Thinking About Honor”, 5:30 p.m., 4-163. [Details]
May 19: GSC Red Sox Game event at Fenway Park, 7:00 p.m. [Tickets]
May 27: OneMIT Commencement Ceremony. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Killian Court. [Details]
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
Thesis Defense
May 10: Sun Jin Moon (Sikes & Stephanopoulos Labs), 9:30 a.m., 66-360, zoom link will be provided.
“Toward Quantitative Understanding of Compartmentalized NADPH Metabolism in Cancer Cells”
May 10: Matthew Johnson (Green Lab), 12:00 p.m., 66-360, zoom link will be provided.
“Automatic Generation and Analysis of Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms”
May 11: Sarah Cowles (Wittrup Lab), 10:00 a.m., 76-156, zoom link will be provided.
“An Affinity Threshold for Maximum Efficacy in Anti-PD-1 Cancer Immunotherapy”
May 11: Aditya Limaye (Willard & Manthiram Labs), 3:00 p.m., 66-110, zoom link will be provided.
“Physical Models and Statistical Methods for Understanding Electrochemical Kinetics”
See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>
UROPs, Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities
May 15: Application due for ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship Opportunity. [Details]
May 20: Application due – summer program: Using Big Data to Solve Economic & Social Problems. [Details]
May 22: Application due for Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar. [Details]
Terraform Industries: Summer internship opportunity at a green-tech startup. [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]
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
May 15: Application due for Gaia DR3 Hackathon. [Details]
May 16: Application due for J-WAFS Travel Grant for Stockholm World Water Week. [Details]
September 23: Application due for Future Leaders event at NCSU. [Details]
gwaMIT (graduate womxn at MIT): Apply to be an executive board member. [Apply]
MIT Spouses & Partners Connect: Language Conversation Exchange events. [Details]
GSC Academic, Research and Careers – seeking new chairs! [Apply]
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.
Email: refs-x@mit.edu | Website: web.mit.edu/refs-x/
