A new type of electric vehicle
A new type of electric vehicle
A team of MIT students has been working on testing a rapid-recharging system that could help to change public perceptions about electric vehicles and their practicality. They have already done extensive testing of the system with an individual battery cell and with a motorcycle they converted ...
A View From Industry
A View From Industry
09/19/2008 10:40 AM KresgeGary Cowger, SF '78, Group Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations, General Motors CorpDescription: GM knows you'll be skeptical, says Gary Cowger, but this icon of American business has committed to transforming itself via a comprehensive regime ...
America's Leadership in Clean Energy
America's Leadership in Clean Energy
10/23/2009 12:00 PM KresgePresident Barack Obama, 44th President of the USDescription: In welcoming President Obama, MIT President Susan Hockfield summarizes the vast array of energy innovation at MIT, including the MIT Energy Initiative and the student"led 1700 member Energy Club, and ...
Annual Technology Day Report 2010
Annual Technology Day Report 2010
06/05/2010 KresgeDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MITDescription: Note: This video has some audio problems, which get resolved at early on with some help from an audience member, presumed to be a Course VI alum. MIT President Susan Hockfield delivers a general update on the Institute to MIT ...
Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Mobility
Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Mobility
12/08/2009 32"124Emilio Frazzoli, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and AstronauticsDescription: If you had half a million dollars, would you opt for a passenger car that could drive itself (called an autonomous vehicle) or would you choose a new Ferrari? Emilio Frazzoli provides a number of ...
Celebrating Science and Engineering Breakthroughs II
Celebrating Science and Engineering Breakthroughs II
03/28/2011 3:30 PM KresgeAngela Belcher, Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Biological Engineering; Christine Ortiz, Dean for Graduate Education MIT, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Sara Seager, Professor of Physics and ...
Energy and Emissions Logging in Road Vehicles
Energy and Emissions Logging in Road Vehicles
11/30/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Sanjay Sarma, Professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringDescription: Soon, after checking under the hood and kicking the tires, we will be scanning our car's on"board diagnostic system (OBD). Sanjay Sarma has been investigating ways to ...
Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, ...
Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's ...
05/07/2009 4:30 PM Sheraton BostonWilliam Aulet, SM '94, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Jacques Beaudry"Losique, SM '92, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy; U.S. Department of Energy; ; Christina Lampe"Onnerud, Founder and CEO, ...
Energy Innovation at Scale
Energy Innovation at Scale
09/22/2010 2:00 PM 32"123Steven E. Koonin, PhD '75, Undersecretary for Science, U.S. Department of EnergyDescription: The United States urgently needs a transformation of its energy supply both to address climate change and for reasons of energy security. To meet this immense challenge, the ...
Energy: The Past Must Not Be Prologue
Energy: The Past Must Not Be Prologue
10/15/2008 5:15 PM 10"250George Shultz, PhD '49, Former Secretary of StateDescription: There are few people who have spent as much time wielding high"level influence in Washington as George Shultz, and in such a variety of roles (Secretary of Labor, Treasury and State, plus the Office of ...
Formation of {100} stripes in a LiFePO4 nanoparticle
Formation of {100} stripes in a LiFePO4 nanoparticle
When a LiFePO4 nanoparticle is held at 50% state of charge and cracks and dislocations cause a loss coherency in the [001] direction, a {100} stripe morphology is formed. Phase-field simulation of a 500x500nm particle.
Formation of {101} phase boundaries in a LiFePO4 ...
Formation of {101} phase boundaries in a LiFePO4 nanoparticle
When a LiFePO4 nanoparticle is held at 50% state of charge, coherency strain leads to the formation of {101} phase boundaries. Phase-field simulation of a 500x500nm particle.
From IT to Cleantech: New Sources of Innovation
From IT to Cleantech: New Sources of Innovation
12/04/2008 3:45 PM Wong AuditoriumShai Agassi, Founder & CEO, Better PlaceDescription: Imagine a response to oil dependence and climate change that offers people around the world a new and improved version of the car, premised on redesigning infrastructure top to ...
Fuel Cells and Portable Power Solutions
Fuel Cells and Portable Power Solutions
02/21/2006 6:00 PM MuseumDonald Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry; Department of Materials Science Engineering; Description: Please don't get Donald Sadoway going on hydrogen power, a much-hyped government alternative to fossil fuel. "If anyone thinks the answer to the ...
High-Performance Rechargeable Batteries for Sustainable ...
High-Performance Rechargeable Batteries for Sustainable Transportation and ...
A talk presented by Professor Don Sadoway on January 11, 2010 as part of the MIT Energy Initiative's Energy Futures Week. The road to sustainability is paved with advanced materials. Advances in rechargeable batteries would enable widespread adoption of practical ...
How Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Made
How Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Made
Technology Review visits Leyden Energy's pilot production line in Fremont, California to see how batteries are made.
Lunch with a Luminary : Angela Belcher
Lunch with a Luminary : Angela Belcher
The MIT Museum presents MIT Professor Angela Belcher in a Lunch with a Luminary event, part of the 2009 Cambridge Science Festival. Prof. Belcher, Germehausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, discusses her life, work, and current interests in this ...
Moderate discharge of a LiFePO4 nanoparticle
Moderate discharge of a LiFePO4 nanoparticle
At moderate current (I/I0=.01), phase separation is observed but with less ordering than at slow current.
Nanoscale Engineering for High Performance Solar Cells
Nanoscale Engineering for High Performance Solar Cells
05/12/2009 6:00 PM MuseumVladimir Bulovic, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Description: How much energy does it take to turn on a lightbulb? Way too much in the U.S., where 22% of all electricity gets channeled into illuminating homes, ...
Opening Remarks/How the Brain Invents the Mind
Opening Remarks/How the Brain Invents the Mind
06/06/2009 9:00 AM KresgeDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Rebecca Saxe, PHd 03, Assistant Professor of Cognitive NeuroscienceDescription: In trying financial times, Susan Hockfield remains optimistic and committed to pursuing MIT's massive, multi"year initiatives ...