Former Dean for Student Affairs Shirley McBay, founder of the Public Service Center, speaks at the PSC's 15th anniversary celebration on Nov. 18. Former MIT First Lady Priscilla Gray, Professor Emeritus Robert Mann and Professor John Kassakian, director of the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems, were honored for their support of PSC. The center supported 1,975 students this year in volunteer programs, grant-funded projects, the IDEAS competition and fellowships. Photo / Donna Coveney
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on December 3, 2003.
MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.