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ISSUE #117

The Collaborating on Climate Edition

3Q: Robert Stoner discusses clean energy for India

Robert Stoner, deputy director of MITEI and director of the Tata Center for Technology and Design, comments on energy and development opportunities and challenges in India and how MIT is supporting the country's transition to a low-carbon future.

WHAT TO READ

Hardworking undergraduates enrich MIT's energy ecosystem

MITEI

Students Jessica Cohen '22, Ryan Sander '20, and Dana Dabbousi '19 on what has inspired them to pursue energy studies.

VP for research Maria Zuber urges outward-facing collaborations at MIT Climate Night

MIT News

Event with MITEI director Robert Armstrong and Environmental Solutions Initiative director John Fernández showcases ways the Institute is reaching outside its walls to make new contributions on climate change.

Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2019

MIT News

Faculty members Edward Boyden, Paula Hammond (MITEI faculty affiliate), and Aviv Regev recognized for “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

Elon Musk and the Tesla automation strategy: A disruptor in vehicle safety or not?

Forbes

In Forbes opinion piece, MIT research scientist and "Mobility of the Future" study member Bryan Reimer says driver attention and behavior remain critical elements.

New polymer films conduct heat instead of trapping it

MIT News

Material developed by MIT researchers may replace many metals as lightweight, flexible heat dissipators in cars, refrigerators, and electronics.

President Reif announces six climate change symposia starting this fall

MIT Climate

Starting this fall and ending on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, MIT will hold a series of six campus symposia on the urgent challenges of climate change and climate action.

WHAT TO LISTEN TO

Batteries and storage

Professors Donald Sadoway and Yang Shao-Horn discuss researching, developing, and scaling energy storage technologies with guest host Bruce Gellerman of NPR station WBUR.

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TIL about geoengineering

MIT alumnus Janos Pasztor joins host Laur Hesse Fisher to explain geoengineering: what it is and the different technologies that are being researched. They also dive into the opportunities and challenges presented by geoengineering, and what difficult decisions we might need to make as a society.

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WHERE TO APPLY

Open positions at the MIT Energy Initiative

Join us in transforming the world’s energy systems. Job openings at MITEI include Events Project Coordinator, Postdoctoral Associate, and more.

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Co-Managing Director for the MIT Clean Energy Prize

Are you ready to lead the oldest and largest student run venture competition in the energy space? The MIT Clean Energy Prize is looking for a Co-Managing Director for 2019-2020. Applications are due May 10th.

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Climate change represents a global problem, and the only way that we can really address it is to partner with as many organizations and people as we can.

— Maria T. Zuber, Vice President for Research and E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics

Read more about MIT Climate Night →

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BEFORE YOU GO...

60 watts
per meter per kelvin

The amount of heat conducted by a new polymer film that has been developed by professor Gang Chen. Typical polymers tend to conduct heat at around 0.1 to 0.5 watts per meter per kelvin, making this new polymer film over 300 times more thermally conductive.

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