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EECSenergy news |
MIT opens new ‘window’ on solar energy --Cost effective devices expected on market soon, MIT News Office, July 10, 2008 |
MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills Nanowire mesh can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, MIT News Office, May 30, 2008 |
| Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency, MIT News Office, March 20, 2008 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/thermoelectric-0320.html |
| MIT Builds Efficient Nanowire Storage to Replace Car Batteries, Popular Mechanics, Feb. 29, 2008 http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4252623.html |
MIT Re-Generator Sustainability Events: Dinner Feb. 21, 6pm Stata R&D Commons fourth floor (bldg 32) http://sustainability.mit.edu/Generator |
Energy Efficient Microchip-TI& Kwong-Chandrakasan Lab/MTL MIT News Office, Feb. 5, 2008; MITEI site, March 13, 2008 |
EECS faculty/student projects selected for MITei Seed/Ignition Funding: No watt left behind (Kirtley, Leeb ) Harnessing collective intelligence to address global climate change (Abelson, Karger) Electrochemical cell evaluation and design for MIT nanotube-enhanced ultracapacitor (Kassakian, Schindall) Nitride-based electronics for high-efficiency power conversion (Palacios) |
Thermoelectric materials are one key to energy savings--Dresselhaus Lab MITei News website, Dec. 11, 2007 |
New battery alternative-Schindall Ultracapcitor MITei News website, Oct. 19, 2007 |
Efficient Photovoltaic Power--without the sun--Kassakian Lab MITei News website, Sept. 29, 2007 |
MIT energy news & events |
| Reimagining Energy by Susan Hockfield Thursday, September 11, 2008; Page A17, Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/AR2008091002722.html |
| MIT Energy Initiative and Bosch announce energy collaboration June 23, 2008 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bosch-0623.html |
| Everything new under the sun MIT group will chart the course for solar energy, MIT Future of Solar Energy Study, May 29, 2008 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-study-0529.html |
| MIT Energy Initiative launches MIT Future of Solar Energy Study, including EECS Prof. Vladimir Bulovic. This group is the third in a series of faculty led, interdisciplinary studies that explore the contribution that different energy technologies could make to meet the future energy needs of the United States and the world. |
| Clean Energy Revolution: Creating a Transformational Student Movement An Event with Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
authors of "The Death of Environmentalism & Break Through" March 3, 2008 at 6:00 pm in 6-120 |
| MIT Students create and install solar micro-generator in Lesotho Africa to provide affordable energy http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-lesotho-tt0227.html |
MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners: Almost $2 million to fund energy projects, January, 2008 |
Recipients of MITei seed grants for energy research, January, 2008 |
| MIT News Office energy news http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/energy.html?topics= |
| MIT News Office energy news archive http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/energy-archive.html |
| MITei (MIT energy initiative) news -- recent http://web.mit.edu/mitei/news/index.html |
| MITei news archive http://web.mit.edu/mitei/news/spotlights/archive.html |