[Mitworld] Ochsendorf on Engineering in the Ecological Age, Buonassisi on Next Generation Solar Cells

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 42 |  June 10, 2009

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Engineering for the Ecological Age: Lessons from History
May 1, 2009

As composers know Mozart, and philosophers know the works of Plato, says Ochsendorf, the next 
generation of engineers must review the works of their forebears, if they’re to maintain 
existing infrastructure, and create better designs for the future.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/673

Speaker:
John Ochsendorf
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, MIT
2008 MacArthur Fellow


Event Host:
Program in Science, Technology and Society

"The 21st century is going to be a wild ride in terms of natural resources. We need to rethink 
the ways we’re using and consuming resources, and the way we meet our needs and live the affluent 
lifestyles we’re accustomed to while dealing with climate change, when carbon emissions reach 
levels unseen for a few hundred thousand years."
-John Ochsendorf

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Next Generation Solar Cells<BR>Lowering Costs, Improving Performance and Scale
May 5, 2009

According to Tonio Buonassisi, we’re “on the cusp” of achieving a competitive technology for 
capturing the limitless energy of the sun. Buonassisi, in conversation with an MIT Museum audience, 
describes how, with the work of MIT and other researchers, photovoltaics may finally be 
coming into its own.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/675

Speaker:
Tonio Buonassisi
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT


Event Host:
MIT Museum

"The sun is a nuclear reactor, about 100 million miles away, producing orders of magnitude more 
energy than we’re actually consuming. If we could only capture a small percentage of the energy 
reaching the Earth’s surface, we’d be in good shape."
-Tonio Buonassisi

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In The Pipeline:

Nanoscale Engineering for High Performance Solar Cells

Presented By:
MIT Museum Soap Box Series

Speaker:
Vladimir Bulovic
KDD Associate Professor of Communications and Technology
MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 

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