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The MIT Energy Week kicks-off the Conference with a week long schedule of events and activities that allows students to understand their role in the energy challenge. The energy week is designed to facilitate a positive student perception about their role, big or small, in the energy challenge. The events and activities include:
- Tours to large operational power plants, and nuclear reactor systems to educate students on the physical size, energy production capacity, functionality and operability of these systems
- Hands-On displays that communicate the scale of the energy challenge and leave a thought-provoking impression on the students. For example, one display will be a bicycle that powers a laptop from the mechanical energy generated by pedalling
- Campus Greening opportunity will make students better energy consumers by learning and engaging in retrofitting projects
- Lecture on the Future of Oil & American Energy Security
Retrofit Project - Hands-on Activity
Monday, April 7, 2008 - First Project from 2:30pm to 5:30pm
& Second Project from 6pm to 9pm
Location: MIT Student Center, 1st Floor |
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In collaboration with MIT's Department of Facilities, students will have the opportunity to learn about, then engage in a hands-on campus retrofitting project (occupancy sensors or vendor misers). This will be an awesome opportunity to understand retrofits, meet some cool people, and green campus! Students will be provided with 1 hour of training to create a good understanding of the products / technologies required to accomplish the project. DINNER WILL BE SERVED. Email Adam Siegel at asiegs@mit.edu or Chris Kempes ckempes@mit.edu if you have any questions. Signup by clicking the link below: |
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=phiwttH7LFKMpof08GR0yCA |
Mirant Kendall Cogeneration Facility Tour
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 10am to 11:30am
Location: 265 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 |
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25 students will visit the Mirant Kendall Cogeneration Facility that generates 170 MW of power. The tour will include a walk-through around the gas turbine equipment and an information session highlighting the operations of this facility. Email Varun Dhanuka at vdhanuka@mit.edu if you have any questions. First-come first basis. Signup by clicking the link below:
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Lecture: The Future of Oil
and American Energy Security by S. Rob Sobhani
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from noon to 1pm
Location: E51-325, MIT Campus
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Rob Sobhani is the President of Caspian Energy Consulting, where he represents American business interests overseas. Before Caspian, he was a Professor as Georgetown Univeristy, where he earned his Ph.D. in Government. Rob Sobhani lectures on a variety of international relations topics with a specialty in American energy security and the Middle East. Rob Sobhani is frequently called upon as an expert on a variety of television and radio programs and he regularly publishes articles, policy papers and opinion pieces in prominent national daily and weekly publications. He is also the author of a book on Israel's relations with Iran.
Email Angelique Mercurio at mercurio@mit.edu if you have any questions. |
MIT Nuclear Reactor Facility Tour
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 from 1pm to 3pm
Location: 138 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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20 students will visit the MIT Nuclear Reactor Facility that generates 5 MW of power. The tour will include a walk-through around the recator equipment and an information session highlighting the operations of this facility. Email Varun Dhanuka at vdhanuka@mit.edu if you have any questions. First-come first basis. Signup by clicking the link below: |
| http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pdWWKTlQSx1FoTE8kBRYqYw |
36-hour "Power Biking"
Thursday, April 10, 2008, 6am to Friday, April 11, 2008, 6pm
Location: Building 10 Dome, MIT Campus |
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36-hour "power biking" features a bike-powered laptop created by MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering students, volunteers from across the school are invited to do some carbon-free computing while they work out. The modified exercise bicycle had an adjustable laptop computer where the handles would be and makes it easy to check your email, watch your favorite shows online and read electronic documents while peddling. Power biking will give participants a new understanding of how much mechanical energy it takes to generate electricity and provide simple energy-conservation tips. Email Malaika Thorne at mthorne@mit.edu if you have any questions. Signup by clicking the link below:
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| http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pVdafWk6uve9Birq7VXkUFQ |
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