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MIT faculty and students are helping to put advanced research on
energy and sustainability in the public's eye. President Susan
Hockfield pointed to an impressive flow of inventions when she
shared a White House podium with President Barack Obama on March 23
as he called for a historic level of federal funding for clean
energy research. For full impact, of course, these innovations must
become part of industry practice—and that is where MIT's
Professional Education office comes in.
Professional Education students are scientists, engineers,
technologists, and business leaders who are decision-makers in their
fields. Short Programs, which parallel MIT's own research
priorities, offer MIT educational opportunities to talented
practitioners who can incorporate this new knowledge in industry and
government settings.
This summer, Short Programs is offering a range of renewable energy
courses and you are encouraged to apply soon to participate in this
special educational opportunity.
Read more about our
Renewable Energy Courses below:
Biofuels from Biomass: Technology and Policy Considerations
G. Stephanopoulos | June 15-19, 2009
** Must apply by May 15 before 12:00
pm to reserve your space. **
This course will review the state-of-the-art of
genetic and bioprocessing technologies of plants and microbes
aiming at cost-effective biomass to biofuel conversion along
with related environmental, economic and agricultural policy
issues. |
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Energy in the Context of Climate Policy: Strategic Challenges
and Opportunities
M. Webster | July 13-17, 2009
Overview of energy technologies and fuels and their
prospects in a world with greenhouse gas restrictions. Course
will also review the current state and likely future direction
of climate policies. Focus is on technical and economic
tradeoffs between alternative technological pathways for energy,
and the use models for such analyses. |
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Geological Carbon Sequestration: Science, Technology, and Policy
R. Juanes, H. Herzog | July 20-22, 2009
This course covers the scientific, technological, and
regulatory aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS), with an
emphasis on the geological storage component. It provides an
understanding of the role of carbon sequestration in the climate
change mitigation portfolio, site selection and evaluation of
risk, and the role of policy in establishing a market and
business opportunities for CCS and clean coal. It will be of
interest to scientists, engineers, managers and policy makers
working in the area of energy, and especially those involved in
strategies for climate change mitigation. |
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Solar Energy: Capturing the Sun
D. Nocera | July 27-31, 2009
This course will focus on sunlight, a sustainable and
renewable carbon-neutral energy source. Science targeting
efficient utilization of solar energy is inherently
interdisciplinary, involving biology, inorganic and organic
synthesis, solid state chemistry and physics, electrochemistry,
chemical kinetics and mechanism, and theoretical and This course
will focus on sunlight, a sustainable and renewable
carbon-neutral energy source. Science targeting efficient
utilization of solar energy is inherently interdisciplinary,
involving biology, inorganic and organic synthesis, solid state
chemistry and physics, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics and
mechanism, and theoretical and computational chemistry/biology.
In addition, it involves concepts of homogeneous and interfacial
science between solids, liquids, and gases. The course will
focus on the science needed from these disciplines to develop
the fundamental enabling science that will contribute to and
ultimately lead to a solution of delivering clean energy, in the
form of chemical fuels, produced from the sun. |
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