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  Greg Stephanopoulos engineers cells for more efficient biofuel production - February 17, 2013
  Karen Gleason finds a new way to produce a less expensive solar cell - February 13, 2013
  Profs Anderson and Langer create a polymer film that can generate electricity from water vapor - January 10, 2013
  MITEI’s Energy Futures profiles undergraduate energy work in 10.27 - December 10, 2012
  The Economist discusses Michael Strano’s work to make solar cells more efficient (*paid subscription needed), September 2012
  The Strano Research Group develops an all-carbon solar cell to harness infrared light - June 21, 2012
  Michael Strano discusses in Physics World his discovery of thermopower waves (pages 16-17) June 1
  Karen Gleason’s solar cell printing discussed in the May 2012 MIT Spectrum
  Kris Prather’s biofuel work discussed in the May 2012 MIT Spectrum
  Gleason student Miles Barr wins 2012 Lemelson-MIT Student Award - March 7, 2012
  Professor Martin Bazant reveals why the hottest new material for rechargeable batteries works so well - February 8, 2012.
  "Tinkering on the Atomic Scale", Michael Strano's research include new approaches to solar energy, novel water purification systems, and a tattoo that could change how diabetics monitor the disease - November 7, 2011
  Karen Gleason's printed solar cells could one day power iPads (Bloomberg News) - July 26, 2011
  Professor Alan Hatton discusses capturing greenhouse gases in the Boston Globe - July 25, 2011
  Dr. Steve Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, discussed energy innovation at The Hoyt C. Hottel Lectureship - September 23, 2010
  Professor Michael Strano: New antenna made of carbon nanotubes could make solar cells more efficient by concentrating solar energy - September 13, 2010
  USNews discusses Professor Strano’s electricity-creating carbon nanotubes - August 10, 2010
  Professor Paula Hammond and team use carbon nanotubes to improve battery capacity - June 18, 2010
  Professor Karen Gleason prints solar cells on paper (CNN - May 6, 2010)
  Mass High Tech highlights Strano and Hammond energy work - March 2010
  Professor Michael Strano finds carbon nanotubes could create electricity - March 2010
  Professor Paula Hammond and postdoc Avni Argun produce new way to build membranes for fuel cells - February 2010

 

Arun Majumdar, ARPA-E director, announces Energy Fellows Program during MIT talk - January 2010

 

Graduate student Arman Haidari’s predictive simulations can monitor carbon sequestration - January 2010

 

Professor Paula Hammond shows virus-created solar cells and batteries to President Obama - October 2009

 

Professor Paul Barton and associate Tom Adams propose a zero-emissions power plant- December 2009

 

Professor Bill Green wins the American Chemical Society’s top prize in fuel chemistry for his work in creating alternate fuel and engine systems
  Professor Martin M. Bazant: MITEI seed grant for “Theory of ultrafast Li-ion battery materials" - October 2009
  Professor T. Alan Hatton: MITEI seed grant for "Development of nanoparticle-laden molten salts for heat transfer in high-temperature solar and nuclear applications" - October 2009
  Professor Robert E. Cohen: MITEI seed grant for "Nanoengineered surfaces for subsea separation of fluid-fluid (oil-water) mixtures" - October 2009
  Eco-friendly option for coal power plants - graduate student Ashleigh Hildebrand - November 2008
  MIT Biodiesel student group wins national contest - February 2007

 

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Betar Gallant and Seung Woo Lee and professors Yang Shao-Horn and Paula Hammond
From left, students Betar Gallant and Seung Woo Lee and professors Yang Shao-Horn and Paula Hammond, in one of the labs where the use of carbon nanotubes in lithium batteries was researched. [Read more]
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Assistant Professor Kristala Prather
Photo: Len Rubenstein

Assistant Professor Kristala Prather’s message to the Senate was that biofuels have a lot to offer but aren’t a quick fix.
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