The Discussion Series was the MIT Energy Club’s first standing series and is still core to the Energy Club’s mission. The Discussion Series aims to bring together a cross-section of the MIT community to discuss advanced energy problems and topics in an informal on-campus setting. Energy Club Discussions are led by MIT Graduate Students.
Please contact Rebecca Dell with questions regarding the series or to volunteer to lead a discussion.
Discussion Series Archives
(Click here to view upcoming Discussion Series events instead.)Energy Discussions: Electrifying the Developing World
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, May 13, 2010
Leader: Rhonda Jordan
Location: 26-204Energy Discussions: Potential Impact of US Climate Policy on Personal Vehicle Transport
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, May 06, 2010
Leader: Valerie Karplus
Location: 26-204Energy Discussions: Unconventional Natural Gas
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, April 29, 2010
Leader: Paul Murphy and Frank O'Sullivan
Location: 26-204Energy Discussions: Renewables in China
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, April 22, 2010
Leader: Prof. Edward Steinfeld
Location: 26-204Energy Discussions: Agriculture
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Leader: Christina Ingersoll
Location: 26-210 (NEW ROOM)Energy Discussions: Desalination--Water and Energy
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, March 04, 2010
Leader: Karan Mistry
Location: 26-204Energy Discussions: Offshore Wind
12:00-01:00PM Thursday, February 25, 2010
Leader: Kathy Arujo
Location: 4-145Demand Response - Managing Peak Electricity Demand
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, February 04, 2010
Leader: Dan Livengood
Location: 26-204Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Deal with Climate Change
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, November 19, 2009
Leader: Thomas Malone and Robert Laubacher
Location: 26-204Nonproliferation and Nuclear Power
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, November 12, 2009
Leader: Blandine Antoine
Location: 26-204Consumers and Energy Management
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, October 29, 2009
Leader: Kat Donnelly
Location: 26-204Batteries for Transportation
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, October 01, 2009
Leader: William Woodford
Location: 26-204Passive Efficiency in Buildings
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, September 17, 2009
Leader: Steve Ray
Location: 26-204Emissions Markets: SO2 to CO2
06:00-07:00PM Monday, June 29, 2009
Leader: Stephan Feilhauer
Location: E19-319Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution, a Book Talk
12:30-02:00PM Thursday, April 23, 2009
Leader: Bill Bonvillian and Chuck Weiss
Location: E19-319Ocean Energy Technology
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Leader: Susan Skemp (Center for Ocean Energy Technology)
Location: E19-319Gazprom's Politicization of Energy and the January Shutoff of Europe's Gas Supply
07:00-08:00PM Thursday, February 19, 2009
Leader: Mladen Nešic (Fletcher)
Location: R&D PubThe Internal Combustion Engine's Role in the Future of Distributed Generation
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, December 11, 2008
Leader: John Pendray
Location: Thirsty Ear PubFuture grid and challenges to getting there
06:00-07:00PM Thursday, November 13, 2008
Leader: Christopher James Walti
Location: R&D PubMetabolic Engineering for Biofuels
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Leader: Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer
Location: Thirsty Ear PubSolar-To-Fuels: The Importance of Making Oxygen
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Leader: Yogesh Surendranath
Location: NW35 Thirsty Ear Pub (in the New Ashdown 235 Albany St.)Learning from Brazil's Biofuel Production
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Leader: Daniele Cesano
Location: Thirsty Ear PubDevelopment and Financing of New Power Plants
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Leader: Michael Hogan
Location: Thirsty Ear PubAutomotive Engine Technology
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Leader: RJ Scaringe and Craig Wildman
Location: Thirsty Ear PubLarge-Scale Solar: Thermal vs. PV
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Leader: Eerik Hantsoo
Location: Thirsty Ear PubThe ABC's of the New Energy Bill
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Leader: Jeff McAulay, Don MacKenzie, Gary Shu
Location: R&D Pub, 4th Floor, Stata CenterGasification: An old solution to new problems?
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Leader: Rory Monaghan
Location: Thirsty Ear PubEnergy Infrastructure from the Vantage Point of Carbon Capture and Sequestration
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Leader: Jim McFarland
Location: Thirsty Ear PubNuclear Power: Myths and Realities
06:00-07:00PM Sunday, October 07, 2007
Leader: Lara Pierpoint
Location: Thirsty Ear PubA Battery Revolution?
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Leader: Dave Bradwell
Location: Thirsty Ear PubU.S. Energy Policy: Cars and light trucks in transportation
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Leader: Chris Evans
Location: Thirsty Ear PubEnergy 101: Energy Overview
06:00-07:00PM Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Leader: Daniel Enderton, James Schwartz, Justin Anderson, Kristian Bodek
Location: Thirsty Ear Pub
