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Short Programs

MIT Professional Education - Short Programs offers courses of 2-5 days in length on the MIT campus during the summer. Short Programs are geared to working professionals in engineering and science, and they attract a worldwide student body with many different interests. Students from industry, government and academia come to learn from MIT experts and bring actionable information back to their organizations. MIT Short Programs reach a broad spectrum of students who can communicate industry perspectives.

In keeping with the strong interest in energy on campus as well as off campus, Short Programs will offer the following courses for summer 2009: 

• Biofuels from Biomass: Technology and Policy Considerations (G. Stephanopoulos)
• Design of Motors, Generators, and Drive Systems (J. Kirtley and S. Leeb)
• Energy in the Context of Climate Policy: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities (M. Webster )
• Geological Carbon Sequestration: Science, Technology, and Policy (R. Juanes, H. Herzog )
• Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks (M Ben-Akiva)
• Nuclear Plant Safety (M. Kazimi, N. Todreas)
• Organic, Molecular and Nanostructured Electronics – Physics and Technology (V. Bulovic, M. Baldo)
• Present and Future Internal Combustion Engines: Performance, Efficiency, Emissions, and Fuels (Heywood and W. Cheng)
• Risk-Informed Operational Decision Management (G. Apostolakis)
• Solar Energy: Capturing the Sun (D. Nocera)

For a complete list of topics and course descriptions, please visit the Short Programs website.

MIT Professional Education will continue to build its portfolio of energy courses to reflect the needs of professional students, the organizations they serve and the problems that confront society.