Energy

Oct. 6 energy debate to feature presidential campaign reps

October 1, 2008

Graduate student in urban studies and planning Michael Hogan, left, andÂ Larry Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, discuss Hogan's thesis on government rules and renewable energy technologies.

Renewable energy regulations may miss the mark, says MIT graduate student

Research shows different approach is needed

October 1, 2008

CMSE wins six-year, $19.2m NSF grant

September 23, 2008

MIT senior Christopher Love and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can be used to prevent forest fires. Love works here with a test tree behind the copper-plated insulated door of MIT's Faraday cage.

Preventing forest fires with tree power

Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees

September 23, 2008

Ray Magliozzi, right, of NPR's 'Car Talk,' listens to MIT students and staff on Sept. 19. Magliozzi and his brother, Tom, who are alumni of MIT, toured the campus to see up-and-coming energy technologies being developed at the school. From left are sophomores Mike Roberts and Rachel Roberts of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team, and MIT staff member Brenda Richard.

Click and Clack glimpse cars of the future

NPR's Magliozzi brothers in 'chock-full' tour of MIT

September 19, 2008

Team Heliotrope demonstrates its sun-tracking technology that won first prize in an MIT competition aimed at developing innovative energy technologies. At left is team member George Whitfield, a graduate student in materials science. His teammate and fellow grad student Vyom Sharma is at right. The third member, Forrest Liau, is not shown. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('madmec-4-enlarged.html','','w...

Sun-tracking device wins student prize

Window coatings, wind generators and power unit also win

September 19, 2008

Rudie Berkhout's "Delta II" is among the works of art that make up the MIT Museum's second annual winter holography exhibition.

MITEI awards second round of seed grants

September 18, 2008

Agenda for the MIT Energy Fellows Fall Symposium

September 17, 2008

MIT President Susan Hockfield speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17.

Hockfield continues push for energy R&D boost

September 17, 2008

$25K X-Prize offered for best 'green idea' video

September 16, 2008

On Capitol Hill, Deutch stresses all-out energy approach

Calls for carbon tax, efficiency improvements, and new agencies

September 12, 2008

Susan Hockfield testifies before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on the need to boost energy research funding.

Hockfield urges Congress to unleash 'energy revolution'

Says increased federal R&D funding key to progress

September 10, 2008

Hockfield to urge boost in U.S. energy research funding

September 9, 2008

Portable Light textiles charge in the sun in a Huichol village in the Tateikie region of the Sierra Madre, Mexico. A Huichol man in the Sierra Madre uses a Portable Light textile to charge his cell phone and place a call to check market prices.

Kennedy's Portable Light wins Tech Award

September 9, 2008

Chiang challenges freshmen to follow their passions

August 26, 2008

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