Recent Videos posted to Outreach, volunteerism, public service on MIT Video

MSRP 2012 - Edgar Blanco

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:30:11 GMT

Recorded 7/24/12

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MSRP 2012 - Student Presentation #5

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:30:11 GMT

Recorded 7/24/12

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MSRP 2102 - Student Presentation #6

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:30:11 GMT

Recorded 7/31/12

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MSRP 2012 - Graduate Admissions Panel

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:03:37 GMT

Recorded 7/19/2012

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MSRP 2012 - Student Presentation #4

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:03:51 GMT

Recorded 7/17/12

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MSRP 2012 - Student Presentation #3

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:30:10 GMT

Recorded 7/10/12

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MSRP 2012 - Student Presentation #2

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:30:10 GMT

Recorded 6/26/2012

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MSRP 2012 - Alesia Latson

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:03:50 GMT

Alesia Latson - 6/28/2012

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MSRP 2012 - Frank Dale Morgan

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:30:11 GMT

Frank Dale Morgan - 6/26/2012

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MSRP 2012 - Fellowship Preparation - Dr Frances Carter and Dr. Patricia Ordoñez

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:03:34 GMT

"Fellowship Preparation," recorded 6/21/12.

Presenters: Dr. Frances Carter PhD & Dr. Patricia Ordonez

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MSRP 2012 - Dana Moshkovitz

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:30:11 GMT

MSRP Faculty Presentation Breakfast - 6/19/12

Dana Moshkovitz on graduate school, research, and her work in theoretical computer science.

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MSRP 2012 - Student Presentation #1

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:30:11 GMT

MSRP 2012 - Faculty Presentation Breakfast - 6/19/12

"Algorithmic Construction of Sets for k-Restrictions."

MSRP 2012 - Graduate Student Panel

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:03:35 GMT

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Recorded 6/14/12

MSRP 2012 - Blanche Staton

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:30:12 GMT

Recorded 6/12/2012

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Obscura Day at the MIT Edgerton Center

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:42:12 GMT

In the spirit of Doc Edgerton’s famous aphorism, “Tell everyone everything you know,” the MIT Edgerton Center opened its doors on April 28 to participate in Obscura Day.

The Interphase Program at MIT

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:41:01 GMT

Interphase is a rigorous seven-week summer residential, academic and community-building program for admitted MIT freshmen that instills subject mastery of calculus, physics and chemistry, and helps them explore their cultural identities through reading, writing and discussion. In addition, students take physical education classes, participate in laboratory research with faculty mentors, and engage in small-group learning activities and workshops designed to develop their analytical thinking and communication skills.

MSRP 2011 Closing Luncheon

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:24:51 GMT

Dr. Francis Carter & Dr Patricia Ordoñez Rozo: Fellowship Preparation

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:48:03 GMT

How to Fund Your Graduate Education

Dr. Francis Carter and Dr. Patricia Ordonez Rozo guide MSRP participants in creating a successful fellowship applications by tackling tough questions, fears, and common misperceptions.

Presenters:
Dr. Francis Carter PhD
Dr. Patricia Ordonez

Student Presentation #6

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:32:13 GMT

In this last Student Presentation for the 2011 program, a group of students present Professor Linda Elkins' paper on the Formation of Early Water Oceans on Rocky Planets. The research process used mathematical, chemical, and in depth scientific analysis to see how oceans formed on planets like Earth.

Presenters: Matt "Bulldog" Anthony, Joel Johnson, Garielle Stiggers, Jackie Gambo, Tsehai Grell, Thoth Gunter

Cesar Hidalgo

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:19:56 GMT

Cesar Hidalgo emphasizes some methods to simplify data complexities, and how measurements can be distorted. His closing remarks on producing information involve embedding generated knowledge in peoples minds, just like an app store.

Keypoints include:
*Aggregation
*Making products requires putting in more capitol and labor
*Property taxes
*Value networks, Bipart chains operations

Linda Elkins-Tanton

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:09:31 GMT

Linda Elkins, professor in Earth Science, opens her talk with a quote saying, " Work when you can and do your absolute best." Elkins also reveals that she did not get to where she was today via the "traditional path". In her academic year as a sophomore, she started a research project handed down by her professor with end results that were successful, but her fear of not knowing every answer to a question kept her from presenting her work. From this experience, she mentions "If you feel unconfident, fake it till you make it because nobody is expecting you to know everything." As years past, she ran her own company and learned how to manage a team, building and managing a budget, and much more which in turn elevated her skills once she went back for her PhD. She leaves remarks by saying, "Go to grad school if you're passionate, make contact with your advisors because their influence is what influences your career, and be tough."

Mark Behrens

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:57:31 GMT

Professor Mark Behrens reviews in more detail and touches on key elements of his research that the students in video (Student Presentation #5) discussed. In describing his work, Behrens offered "think of looking through color filters." The filters eliminate any unnecessary or unforeseeable data, and when you combine all the filters together, the yield reveals amazing overlaps and patterns.

Student Presentation #5

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:51:27 GMT

Like all research, we start with a problem, question, or hypothesis. In this presentation, six graduate students aim to discuss the connections between the dividing beta family of stable homotopic spheres and the congruences of q-expansion of modular forms. In simple terms, think of constructing and mapping out spherical groups into other spheres.

Presenters:
Sebastian Palacios, Maria Sevillano, Alejandro Ginory, Arturo Ayala-Navarro, Cesar Torres, Liliana Ruiz, Professor Mark Behrens

Graduate Admissions Panel

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:35:56 GMT

In this session, four professors from various departments and answer questions in regards to the graduate admissions process. All application processes are similar, however key differences are highlighted below. For the Electrical Engineering Department & Computer Science, applications are submitted online and read by 78 - 120 professors, each individual application is read by 5 - 7 professors. The committee looks for whether applicants can do good research, independence, excitement, and passion. Requirements for both entrance and/or while in program: 3 Recs, Tech Qualifying & Research Qualifying Exam, becoming a Teaching Instructor, write a PhD thesis and Defendant to the Public. For the Chemical Engineering program, applications are submitted via paper format and read by three or more faculty, and submission of Statement of Objectives. The committee is looking for motivation and any indicators in whether applicants will succeed in the program if grades are shaky. For the Physics Department, applications are submitted online and read by 20/70 faculty while paying attention to incoming student chemistry (ie: # of astrophysicists vs. # particle physicists) and taking a holistic approach, but also looking for independence, analytical and course skills. For the Biological Engineering department, applications are submitted online and read by 15-20/30 faculty, of the admissions offers there is a 70% yield, and of the process itself: there is a two part division. A) Invitation. (Here students who are invited back to campus have the ability to cointerview and are required to participate in a poster session to talk about their research.) B) Admission

Graduate Admissions Panel:
Ed Bertschinger : Professor & Department Head of Physics
Paula Hammond : Bayer Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, Former Head of Graduate Admissions
Leslie Kolodziejski : Professor & Graduate Officer for Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Forest White : Associate Professor & Graduate Officer for Biological Engineering

Lorna Gibson

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:53:48 GMT

July 12, 2011 - Professor Lorna Gibson, received her Bachelor's from the University of Toronto and her PhD from the Universoty of Cambridge. With her background in Civil Engineering, in this session she talks about cellular cells and its connection to medical material and human need. Through her research, she studies cellular cells through stress strain behavior, dimentional approach for modeling and producing equations, energy absorption, and live cell imaging.

Student Presentation #4

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:43:30 GMT

July 12, 2011 - In this student presentation, based on Robert Hook's research, the students talk about the effect of pore size on cell adhesion in Collagen-GAG scaffolds. Porous cells and its connection to natural and mechanical engineering are represented through skin scaffolding, tissue engineering, and mechanical structuring of buildings.

Presenters: Laura Havener, Hellen Lopez, Veronica Molina, Jukkrit Noppakunkajorn ,Broc Wursten, Ken Wilson, Constantin Berzan

Student Presentation #2

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:27:49 GMT

June 21, 2011 A group of graduate student present Dr. Cesar Hidalgo's work on The Building Blocks Of Economic Complexity. The stepping stone, Adam Smith and his work in trying to understand why different countries had differing diversity of capabilities, the students used a Method of Reflection for quantification purposes in which they validated their findings by producing a model. They strived to understand why countries were linked to products and vice versa, why products were not linked to products, and countries not linking to other countries. In addition, with their model they aimed to demonstrate and predict future product exports. Presenters: Angel Asant, Maha Haji, Kathryn Meehan, Gloria Nyankima, Dominique Rice, Raspberry Simon, Dr. Cesar Hidalgo.

Jacquin Niles

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:12:41 GMT

Jacquin Niles, Professor of Biological Engineering, with a main focus on Malaria research presents his work. Malaria, an asexual parasite infecting disease usually transferred by insects and animals, contributes a high mortality rate in Africa and South Asia especially within children. Based on this disease, Niles work gives precedence to finding out how Malaria works using RNA aptamers, equalized heme, and cellular networks.

Student Presentation #3

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:33:59 GMT

In this presentation, seven grad students talk about their collective objective based on Professor Niles research: to figure out how cellular networks function and the role that small molecules play in these networks through gene knockout, RNA interference studies, and hybird studies. RNA apatamers' main function is to bind to a specific molecule. This material is great for gene expression, can be developed invitro, can be expressed inside a cell, and is useful in exploring protein based networks. To prove Prof Niles hypothesis, an equalized heme based synthetic pathway model was created.

Presenters: U'kevia Bell, Mobolaji Akinpelu, Brian Perea, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Lopez, Dalziel Soto, Ramses Saavedra, Jose Mugiel Veleta, Prof. Jacquin Niles

Student Presentation #1

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:08:19 GMT

June 14, 2011 - Understanding Individual Human Mobility Patterns is a presentation in which the presenters and audience reflect on how people move and what effects result in their movement. Some highlights for understanding why people move are for: tracking disease propagation, behavior human insight, and data for research.

Panelists: Maria Oaula Angaria, Melissa Cruz, Eden Dahan, Darrel Deo, Matthew Moore, and Ismar Rosa

Renetta Tull

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:45:47 GMT

June 9, 2011 - 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the workforce and academia through communication. Using her unending pursuit of excellence, Dr. Tull begins the interactive lecture by asking all students to take notes and warning the audience that they will be communicating at one point within the seminar. She asks the audience for a brief introduction and an academic asset that they have to offer and uses these responses to further encourage them to become more active in their fields. In this lecture, Dr. Tull touches on ten key points: 1. Don't be intimidated. 2. Overcome Fear. 3. Understand the Culture. 4. Break through Barriers. 5. Cross-Train. 6. Combat Shyness. 7. Play well with others. 8. Produce & Perform. 9. Be responsible. 10. Show & Prove.

Marta Gonzalez

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:03:47 GMT

June 14, 2011 - Marta C. Gonzalez ntegrates methods of complex systems with statistical physics approaches, computational sciences, geographic information systems and network theory to characterize and model human dynamics. Her current research explores human mobility patterns using mobile phone communication, propagation of mobile phone viruses and urban transportation models. Her work also addresses the analysis of networks' organization in relation to their attributes in social systems and spreading dynamics. González received the Licentiate in physics, from the Universidad Simon Bolivar in 1999, the Magister Sc. in physics, from Central University of Venezuela in 2001, and earned her Ph.D. in physics (Dr. rer. nat), at Stuttgart Univarsität in 2006. (source: http://mitworld.mit.edu/speaker/view/1216)

Graduate Student Panel

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:30:37 GMT

June 6, 2011 - In this 2011 MSRP orientation session, six current graduate students give advice and answer questions regarding MIT and graduate community, as well as academia in general and occupational work.

Panelists: Zinzile Brooks, Obioma Ohia, Daniel Soltero, Maria Telleria, David Hill.

Ten Years of IDEAS

Wed, 04 May 2011 17:22:19 GMT

A tribute to the tenth anniversary of the MIT Public Service Center's IDEAS Competition, including special thanks from past winners to mentors Sally Susnowitz, Amy Smith, and Alison Hynd. Videography by Shannon O'Brien, editing by Josh Kastorf.

Escuchen Trailer

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:48:50 GMT

Escuchen Trailer

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:30:50 GMT

MSRP 2010

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:05:15 GMT

Meet the students of MIT's 2010 MIT Summer Research Program.

Paolo Lazano

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:45:03 GMT

Recorded 7/29/2010

Student Presentation #6

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:40:52 GMT

"Electrospray Emission From Nonwetting Flat Dielectric Surfaces." Recorded 7/29/2010

Calvin Mackie

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:08:57 GMT

Recorded 7/27/2010

Matthew Wilson

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:09:24 GMT

"Reading the Minds of Rats." Recorded 7/22/2010

Student Presentation #5

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:04:14 GMT

"Hippocampal Replay of Extended Experience," Recorded 7/22/2010

Gayle R. Slaughter

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:06:31 GMT

"Doing Your Best on the Graduate Record Exam," recorded 7/20/2010

Prof. Janet Conrad

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:36:58 GMT

"Booster Neutrino Experiment" - Recorded on 7/15/2010

Student Presentation #4

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:34:36 GMT

"Neutrino Odyssey" - Recorded on 7/15/2010

Community Service Presentations

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:54:56 GMT

Recorded on 7/13/2010

PA Research Presentations

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:39:27 GMT

Recorded 7/8/2010

A Taste

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:40:17 GMT

A glimpse of Kallari in Tena for MIT PSC Alumni Service Trip to Ecuador. Sorry it is so low quality, this is all the upload we can do.

Applying to Graduate Schools

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:28:47 GMT

Recorded on 7/6/2010

Prof. Cullen Buie

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:07:55 GMT

"Electrokinetics for Energy and Surface Science Applications" - Recorded 7/1/2010

Student Presentation #3

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:02:51 GMT

"An Electro-osmotic Fuel Pump for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells" - Recorded 7/1/2010

Dr. Derek Greenfield

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:54:48 GMT

Recorded 6/29/2010

Una-May O'Reilly

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:45:20 GMT

"Emergent Design: Opportunities for Agent-based Computation." Recorded 6/24/2010

Student Presentation #2

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:42:24 GMT

"An Interactive Artificial Ant Approach to Non-Photorealistic Rendering," Recorded 6/24/2010

Renetta Tull

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:46:06 GMT

"Understanding the Mentor-Mentee Relationship." Recorded 6/22/2010.

John Ochsendorf

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:13:41 GMT

Recorded 6/17/2010

Student Presentation #1

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:12:14 GMT

"Real-Time Limit Analysis of Vaulted Masonry Buildings," recorded 6/17/2010

Frances Carter and Patricia Ordonez

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:57:15 GMT

Recorded 6/15/2010

Rural Household Sodium Hypochlorite Production

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:55:40 GMT

disinfect water with a dynamo, 2 d-cell non alkaline batteries, a couple wires, and a water bottle

Blanche Staton and Phillip Clay

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:11:57 GMT

Recorded 6/10/2010

Graduate Student Panel

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:03:17 GMT

Recorded 6/8/2010

Tish Scolnik

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:46:59 GMT

Tish Scolnik ('10 Course 2) received two Fellowship awards from the Public Service Center to continue her work on the design of small-business wheelchairs in Tanzania, which was inspired by the ideas and skills she gained from a Service Learning course entitled Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries. She has worked on appropriate attachments like a collapsible desk and an umbrella holder that enable wheelchair-bound individuals to operate businesses from their wheelchairs. She was also part of the winning IDEAS Competition 2008 team, Leveraged Freedom Chair, which proposed a wheelchair that would allow individuals to navigate rough terrain in developing countries. She is a Truman Scholar and one of Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women in 2009.

Semmie Kim & Caroline Huang

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:46:02 GMT

Caroline Huang ('10, Course 9) founded the MIT branch of Camp Kesem in her freshman year and has continued to coordinate the summer camp for children of cancer patients for the last three summers.

Ryan Jackson & Jason Scott

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:44:52 GMT

Jason Scott ('10 Course 7) and Ryan Jackson ('10 Course 6) worked closely with the MIT Public Service Center during their senior year to create a public service opportunity for graduating seniors to spend a week before commencement using their MIT education to benefit a community by engaging in public service. There were two groups of seniors that traveled to Philadelphia, PA, and Hamlin, WV, to assist local schools with math, science, and engineering curriculum development.

Grace Lee & Shammi Quddus

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:44:29 GMT

Grace Lee ('10 Course 7) was the President of the MIT chapter of Habitat for Humanity (HFH). With the help of Public Service Grants, Grace Lee and MIT Habitat for Humanity volunteers have worked to provide Habitat families typically living in inadequate shelters with good homes. As HFH president, Grace Lee has transformed a small club that performed one event each year to a club that now has a large volunteer base, increased visibility, and co-sponsors a Habitat home. Last year, HFH helped to finish several homes in the surrounding areas of Boston. Grace is also the recipient of the Priscilla King Gray Award for Public Service in 2009. Shammi Quddus ('10 Course 7) and her partner, Ejaj Ahmad, spent the summer of 2009 in Shammi's hometown of Chittagong, Bangladesh implementing their community service program, Building Bridges Through Leadership Training. It was one of two MIT projects awarded the Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship. Shammi worked to create create dialogue between different peer groups in the spirit of active citizenry, while engaging students in class lectures, reflection, volunteerism, and community service work that totaled 670 hours. Shammi and Ejaj hope to form the Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center. Shammi hopes the Center will become a full-fledged training institute for young students and professionals.

Chris Moses

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:42:53 GMT

Chris Moses ('10 Course 9) was awarded a Davis Projects for Peace Fellowship and participated in the Public Service Fellowship and Grants programs to continue his work with the telemedicine-based health care delivery system called Sana (formerly MocaMobile). Chris is traveling to Manila this summer to launch a new collaboration between universities in Metro Manila and provincial health offices in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao, Philippines. He plans to work with local software engineers in Manila to customize the Sana telemedicine system to deliver primary care with a focus on child and maternal health, and will train health workers to carry out initial pilot studies in Mindanao.

SEED Academy

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:47:37 GMT

The Saturday Engineering Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Academy is an academic enrichment and career exploration program for public high school students from Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

HockTourPart2 - Hacking, Course 2 lounges, 2.009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:16:04 GMT

ASPEm Site Visit at Laran Bajo: Agrement to Quit Meeting

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:45:47 GMT

6/10/09

ASPEm Site Visit at Laran Bajo: Before the Organizing Meeting

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:26:57 GMT

6/12/09

ASPEm Interview: Dan Organigrama

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:24:54 GMT

6/10/09

ASPEm Site Visit: Rolling Adobe

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:24:04 GMT

6/15/09

ASPEM Site Visit: The Professor Gets His Hands Dirty

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:52:13 GMT

6/15/09

ASPEm Interview: Dan I

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:50:21 GMT

6/12/09

ASPEm Site Visit: An Adobe Volcano

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:21:47 GMT

6/15/09

ASPEm Site Visit at Laran Bajo: Signing Agreememt

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:14:07 GMT

6/10/09

ASPEm Site Visit: Talking Participants

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:03:05 GMT

6/15/90

ASPEm Site Visit: Shoveling Adobe

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:55:59 GMT

6/15/09

Segundo Rabanal

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:09:09 GMT

CODEHICA

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:43:23 GMT

Jaime Mok 3

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:37:57 GMT

Asesoria Legal

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:43:54 GMT

Luis Pena, Humay

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:58:10 GMT

NI Ica APORTES - organigrama, flip

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:12:06 GMT

Yngrid Mesonas, promotora trabajando para la ONG APORTES, explicando un orginagrama de APORTES

NSV LNEsp APORTES - people talking with ngo_thumb

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:00:06 GMT

NSV LNEsp APORTES - people talking with ngo

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:57:51 GMT

Voces del Pueblo: a video abstract

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:40:41 GMT

The first goal of "Voces del Pueblo" was to survey current methods of feedback between communities and NGOs. 23 NGO representatives were interviewed, 18 construction sites were visited, and over 35 hours of footage were taken in the first stage of the project. After meticulously documenting this broad spectrum of what practices currently exist for monitoring and evaluating projects, the next stage of the project was executed. This stage's goal was to implement a new feedback loop. After selecting and settling into a small town called Manco Capác, situated amidst farmlands, we taught a month-long videography course for community members ages 12 - 28. We learned how to handle a video camera, plan a film, take effective shots, edit with intention, and advertise to a larger audience. The class resulted in four student produced films that commented on the current state of reconstruction, corruption of the government, and differences in living standards within their community. After three months of analyzing and recording the social and organizational dynamics of this complex problem, there is now a total of 55+ hours of footage. The goal now is to assemble this information into a film-equivalent research paper for "publication" via screenings in Boston as well as Peru. barretta@mit.edu atalsma@mit.edu

MSRP 2009 Closing Luncheon

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:56:34 GMT

Held on 8/6/2009.

Sundiata Jangha

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:44:16 GMT

"Has AAA Got You Covered? - Building Effective Mentoring Relationships from the Bottom Up" Recorded on 7/28/2009

Prof. Ki Goosens

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:49:12 GMT

"The Stressed Brain: Searching for New Methods to Reduce Pathological Fear" - Recorded on 7/23/2009

Student Presentation #5

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:48:19 GMT

"Changes in Brain microRNAs Contribute to Cholinergic Stress Reactions" - recorded on 07/23/2009

Fellowship Panel with Dr. Robbin Chapman

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:56:18 GMT

Recorded 7/21/2009.

Cynthia Breazeal

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:08:38 GMT

"Robotic Behavior." Recorded on 7/16/2009

Student Presentation #4

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:04:11 GMT

"The Role of Expressive Behavior for Robots that learn from people." Presented 7/16/09

Community Service Presentations

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:24:35 GMT

MSRP Students present their community service projects. Recorded 7/14/2009.

Graduate School Admissions Panel Discussion

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:25:03 GMT

Recorded 7/7/2009

Scot Frank

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:01:07 GMT

Scot Frank is a co-inventor of SolSource, a portable solar concentrator that can be used for heating the home, cooking and electricity generation. It was created to withstand the high winds of remote mountainous regions. Scot Frank and fellow teammates of SolSource Tibet received an IDEAS Award from the MIT IDEAS Competition in 2008 for their innovative design of the solar concentrator. In 2009, Scot found himself on two IDEAS teams, HeatSource and Global Citizen Water Initiative, in which both teams received awards to continue their work and implementation of their ideas. Scot has also received two other Public Service Fellowships that helped to inform his project work in solar and heat energy and water quality issues.

Tish Scolnik

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:31:05 GMT

Tish Scolnik ('10 Course 2) is a co-inventor of the Leveraged Freedom Chair, a lever-powered wheelchair to assist in the ease of wheelchair travel in developing countries. Tish and her team of fellow inventors won a 2008 IDEAS Competition Award for their design of the Leveraged Freedom Chair. While taking the service learning course "Wheelchair Design for Developing Countries" in her freshman year, Tish was inspired to make a difference in the lives of the physically challenged. She has traveled to Tanzania several times after receiving Public Service Fellowships from the PSC to implement another one of her ideas of a small-business wheelchair, in which the physically disabled are given the opportunity to operate businesses from their wheelchair. In addition to her work on wheelchair design, she has received a Truman Scholarship, one of 60 juniors in the nation, to continue her work in public service.

Zehra Ali

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:17:22 GMT

Zehra Ali (G Course 4) is a co-founder of Ghonsla, a developer, producer, and installer of renewable insulation for low-income housing in Northern Pakistan. Zehra and the rest of her Ghonsla team members, Emmanuel Arnaud, Mubarik Imam, and Monica Le, won an IDEAS Competition award in 2008 for their high quality and affordable housing insulation made from agricultural and urban waste. By improving home energy efficiency and thermal comfort, Ghonsla hopes to reduce indoor air pollution, prevent deforestation, and increase disposable income in poor communities.

Gareth McKinley

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:46:28 GMT

"Adventures in Complex Fluids." Recorded 7/2/2009