Community News for the week of February 10, 2025

Week of February 10, 2025

The following announcements are as of February 7.


Events and Seminars

February 10: ChemE Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Erin Sturd, “Investigating the Energetics of Condensable Gas Transport of Poly(arylene ether) Copolymer Membranes”
– Shelbe Johnson, “Discovery of Broadly Neutralizing Influenza Antibodies using High-Throughput Technology”

February 13: ChemE Seminar Series, 4:15 p.m. in 66-110
Designing Electrochemical Solar Fuels to Operate in Variable Conditions, Kyra M. K. Yap, Stanford University

February 13: EEL Lab Seminar: Understanding the Non-covalent Interactions within Polymer Materials Leads to More Advanced Performance. 2:00 p.m. [Details]

February 18: ChemE Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110
– Nicholas King, “Richer Descriptions of Viscoelastic Nonlinearity in Time-Varying Flows”
– Melissa Manetsch, “Quantifying and Tuning Local Electric Fields in Confined Catalytic Systems”

February 20: ChemE Seminar Series, 4:15 p.m. in 66-110
Surfactants, Colloids, and Electrolytes: Complex Fluids for Energy and the Environment“, Fernando Temprano-Coleto, Ph.D., Princeton University

February 25: MIT.nano: Navigate Your Way to a Career in Semiconductors. MIT Media Lab, 4:00 p.m. [Details]

March 1: MIT African Students’ Association: Cultural Night 2025! La Sala De Puerto Rico, 4:00 p.m. [Details]

May 7: Save-the-date for MIT Polymer Day 2025! [Details]


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


Thesis Defense

 TBA


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


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

MIT Graduate Community Fellow: [See current positions and apply]

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

February 10: Paper Submission due for GEM Bio Workshop at ICLR 2025. [Details]

February 15: Application due for  CU-Boulder Young Scholars Summer Research Program. [Details]

MIT Spouses & Partners Connect: Language Conversation Exchange events. [See Calendar]

Food@MIT Guide: How to access healthy & affordable food at MIT. [Details]

Student Support Services (S3): Help in an accessible & respectful environment. [virtual & walk-in locations]

MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: 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/