Spotlights: Education
Introducing Bonnie Lam, Eni-MIT Energy Fellow
Bonnie Lam arrived at MIT in September along with 38 other MIT Energy Fellows—graduate students supported by MITEI’s member companies. With support from Eni, an Italian energy company and MITEI founding member, Lam will be collaborating with MIT’s Sub-Threshold Circuits Group in efforts to reduce the energy consumed by computers and other electronic devices. Posted 27 August 2008
MIT students create low-cost solar cooker/heater
SolSource Tibet, a team of students from MIT and Qinghai Normal University in Tibet's Amdo region, has created this lightweight, low-cost solar cooker and heater. The device could have an incredible impact on a huge population of rural Tibetans and communities in the Himalayan region. Posted 25 July 2008
New MIT Energy Club co-presidents:
Making a difference, starting now
Amy Fazen and Lara Pierpoint, the recently appointed co-presidents of the MIT Energy Club, are on a mission to reach out and touch students, young women scientists, alumni, and others who want to do something about the energy crisis and climate change. Posted 26 June 2008
MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests
A team led by MIT students has just completed and successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world &mdash one they think has the potential to revolutionize energy production in both industrialized and developing countries around the world. Posted 19 June 2008
Harnessing sunlight on the cheap
A team of MIT students has spent the last few months assembling a prototype for a concentrating solar power system built from simple, inexpensive materials. Posted 27 May 2008
MIT's advanced all-electric Porsche
Using high-tech batteries, technical know-how, and lots of persistence, MIT students have converted a Porsche 914 into an electric vehicle. Posted 9 April 2008
MITEI presents Energy Education Blitz
MIT professors gave a crash course on upcoming spring classes across MIT departments. Topics ranged from energy conversion and building technology to climate change, sustainable business, and the philosophical history of energy. Posted 31 January 2008
Pedal-powered laptop
MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. In a class project, they designed and built an exercise bicycle that uses “pedaling power” to charge a laptop computer. Posted 19 September 2007
Kabcenell Foundation awards MITEI $1 million for new curricula
A $1 million gift from the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation is giving the MIT Energy Initiative's Energy Education Task Force a big boost in its ability to develop new curricula and strengthen existing programs. Posted 13 July 2007
The winds of change: MIT aims sky-high to reduce emissions
A 12-foot diameter wind turbine on MIT's 29-story Eastgate tower would help make a dent in MIT's electric bill, offset CO2 emissions and serve as an educational resource for future student projects related to energy and wind. A team of undergraduates provides the lowdown on aiming for energy up high. Posted 11 June 2007
Fresh air: MIT campus education campaign pays off
Scientific equipment called fume hoods—widely used in industry, hospitals and universities—are big energy users. An MIT student's review of fume hood use in one building led to a laboratory education campaign resulting in significant savings and a chance to improve MIT's energy and carbon footprint. Posted 23 May 2007
