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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Symposium - Panel 1
Video: MIT TechTV
"Perspectives on the Unfolding Spill: What happened, coping with the oil, evidence of the environmental impacts of the event"
Moderator: Maria Zuber Eric Adams (Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering) - Plumes and mixing
Elizabeth Kujawinski (Associate Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI) -- Dispersants
Alex Slocum (Professor, Mechanical Engineering) -- Engineering processes for stopping the spill
Jerry Milgram (Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering) -- Oil spill collection
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Symposium - Panel 2
Video: MIT TechTV
"Planning the Response: Establishing the impacts and identifying the parties at risk"
Moderator: Amy Glasmeier Wyman Briggs (Preparedness Specialist, US Coast Guard) - Preparedness and response
Earthea Nance (Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Studies, University of New Orleans)
James Dien Bui (Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation) - Organizing a coalition of fish/seafood harvesters
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Symposium - Panel 3
Video: MIT TechTV
"Moving Ahead: Engineering Challenges of Deep Water Drilling and Future Oil Resource Recovery"
Moderator: Andrew Whittle Nancy Leveson (Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics) -- Reducing accidents in the oil and gas industry
Roland Pellenq (Visiting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering), -- Materials
Kim Vandiver (Dean for Undergraduate Research & Professor, Mechanical Engineering) -- Drilling and production in deepwater
Outer space suits
Video: MIT Museum
Research by the MIT Space Policy and Society group has the possibility of shaping the most important human space policy decisions in a generation. On view in this exhibit is the space suit designed by Professor Dava Newman, as well as other artifacts relating to exploration of outer space.
McGovern Institute
Video: John Rubin Productions/McGovern Institute; additional editing: Melanie Gonick
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT is led by a team of world-renowned neuroscientists committed to meeting two great challenges of modern science: understanding how the brain works and discovering new ways to prevent and treat brain disorders.
Modeled phytoplankton types on cubed sphere
Animations: Oliver Jahn, Chris Hill, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, and Mick Follows (MIT) and the ECCO2 Project (MIT/NASA)
Dominant phytoplankton types during 1994-1998 from a high-resolution ocean and ecosystem model. Colors represent the most dominant type of phytoplankton at a given location.
