Meeting the Entropy Challenge: An International Thermodynamics Symposium in Honor and Memory of Professor Joseph Henry Keenan

An International Thermodynamics Symposium
In Honor and Memory of Professor Joseph Henry Keenan

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Accommodations

Arrangements have been made at two hotels close to the symposium. Please note that the first week in October is a particularly busy week for Boston hotels due to peak foliage season. Approximately 6,500 tourists will be competing for hotel rooms at inflated rates, so make your reservations at the discounted rates listed below as early as possible. Mention the Keenan Symposium to receive the discount.

Marriott Hotel

The Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel is located two blocks away from MIT, steps away from the symposium venue, the Broad Institute with the group code, KMGKMGA. If you are arriving earlier or staying later than the room block, you will need to contact the hotel to get the block rate. Click here to book this hotel online.

Location: View location on Google Maps
Discounted rate: $269 per night (plus tax)

Holiday Inn Select

The Boston Government Center Holiday Inn Select is located across the river from MIT, about one mile from the symposium venue. Public transportation and taxi service are available between the hotel and MIT. Click here to visit the hotel’s website.

Location: View location on Google Maps
Discounted rate: $229 per night (plus tax)

 

Joseph Henry Keenan (1900–1977) is regarded as a noted authority in thermodynamics, whose interests have extended from jet and rocket propulsion, to the properties of steam, to gas turbines, to the development of the conceptual foundations of thermodynamics.