15.366  Energy Ventures

LAST REMINDER

Hi everyone:

We are missing 2 responses to the peer review survey. If you are one of the two, please respond ASAP so we can get grades finalized and submitted.

I will close the survey tomorrow morning at 10AM ET.

Thanks,

Kevin

Announced on 17 December 2013  12:52  a.m. by Kevin Berkemeyer

Greentown Labs Tour over IAP (Jan 27)

Hi class:

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) is organizing a tour of Greentown Labs new facility in Somerville over IAP on January 27 from 1-3pm. MITEI will provide a shuttle from MIT over there.

If you're not familiar with Greentown Labs, check 'em out: http://greentownlabs.org. I would definitely encourage you to tour the facility, especially if interested in moving your business forward.

If interested, please RSVP here: https://mitei.mit.edu/calendar/energy-startups-greentown-labs-mit-ipo

Thanks!

Kevin

Announced on 15 December 2013  5:12  p.m. by Kevin Berkemeyer

REMINDER - PEER REVIEW/GRADES

If you haven't done so already, please fill-in the survey for peer grades by tomorrow at noon. This is required!

Here's the link: https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ctHX9U5v1PqWWW1

Kevin

Announced on 15 December 2013  4:45  p.m. by Kevin Berkemeyer

Peer Reviews/Grades (Please Complete by Monday!)

Hi Class:

Great job everyone on the final presentations! Good to see all of the hard work and progress over the semester come together. Really looking forward to how everyone does in the 100k.

As one last task, we would like you to evaluate and grade your team members, accounting for the effort that everyone has contributed. Please assign a number between 1-100 for each team member, including yourself (totaling 100). Please also feel free to leave any comments.

Survey link: https://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ctHX9U5v1PqWWW1

Please complete by Monday at noon.

Thanks,

Kevin

Announced on 14 December 2013  11:58  a.m. by Kevin Berkemeyer

Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship

15.366:

Thought you all may be interested in the following fellowship:

MIT has recently partnered with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to take part in the Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship, a graduate fellowship on the circular economy for design, engineering and business students. The official press release can be found here. The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimizes, tracks, and hopefully eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design. More information on the circular economy can be found here. Case studies on the circular economy can be found here.

The ODGE (Office of the Dean for Graduate Education) will nominate up to ten graduate students to apply to this opportunity. Please distribute the below and attached information to your graduate students as you see fit.

What: The Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship is a fellowship program for graduate students and their faculty mentors on creative and innovative thinking around the circular economy. The program takes a multi-disciplinary approach with input across design, engineering and business. It is developed and run in partnership with a Core Team of three leading UK academic institutions – Cranfield University, Imperial College London and London Business School.

-Circular Economy Innovation Project: During the Fellowship, students undertake their chosen Circular Economy Innovation Project, as part of their graduate study – focusing on creative and innovative models, concepts and tools – which contributes towards the acceleration to the circular economy.
- Summer School: A key element of the program is an all-expenses paid, intensive week-long summer school for students and their faculty mentor at Cransfield University in the UK from June 23-27, 2014. Faculty mentors must commit to attend the summer school (all expenses paid) with the applicant to be eligible for this fellowship. During the summer school week they interact with the circular economy as an innovation framework, through workshops, lectures and challenge-based tasks, placing particular emphasis on developing a systems thinking perspective to addressing challenges.

- CE100 Annual Summit: As part of the week long summer school mentioned above participants have the opportunity to network with the Foundation’s flagship business program, CE100, at their Annual Summit, which takes place during the same week at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London.

Website: http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/higher_education/global_campus/schmidt
Where: Cranfield University, London, UK
When: Summer school- June 23-27, 2014

Fellowship Benefits:

Student
• £2000 (approximately $3,200) financial award paid to the student upon receipt of a completed Circular Economy Innovation Project
• Week-long, fully-paid summer school on the circular economy in the UK (This includes flights, visas, insurance, travel and subsistence within the UK during the week including accommodation, food, transportation) and all the resources necessary for the individual workshop sessions).
• Access to an online knowledge-building and support facility throughout the program
• Platform for deeper engagement and cross-pollination by sharing emerging circular economy practices with our international network of university and business partners, who are working together on circular economy innovation

Faculty Mentor
• A financial honorarium of £2000 or approximately US$3200 (50% paid in July 2014, 50% paid upon submission of the student’s completed Circular Economy Innovation project).
• Week-long, fully paid summer school on the circular economy, in the UK (This includes flights, visas, insurance, travel and subsistence within the UK during the week (accommodation, food, transportation] and of course all the resources necessary for the individual workshop sessions).
• Access to an online knowledge-building and support facility throughout the program
• Opportunity to discuss the wider opportunities to embed circular economy thinking within the university curriculum and explore other cross-disciplinary collaborative initiatives
• Platform for deeper engagement and cross-pollination by sharing emerging circular economy practices with our international network of university and business partners, who are working together on circular economy innovation

Eligibility and Requirements
Application for the 2014 Fellowship Program is open to postgraduate students who meet the following requirements:

1. Confirmed and accepted place on graduate course in design, engineering and / or business at one of the Fellowship Partner Universities, by 16 February 2014

2. Able to:
- attend an online interview on either Monday 24 or Tuesday 25 February 2014, if shortlisted
- attend a week-long summer school at Cranfield University, in the UK, 23-27 June 2014. More information on the summer school can be found here.
- undertake a research project as part of your course of study, during the Fellowship year
- take part in the 2014 online knowledge-building and support program

As well as input from the academic mentors and the Core Program Team (Cranfield University, Imperial College London, London Business School and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation) students also have access to Friends of the Fellowship – a pool of experts across a range of relevant disciplines who have volunteered their time to help students develop their thinking and work towards the completion of their Circular Economy Innovation Projects.

Additional innovation input and support is delivered through an online knowledge-building program, which consist of webinars with guest speakers as well as recommended reading and online forums.
Evidence of the support of an academic mentor within your home university and the availability of your mentor to attend the week-long summer school at Cranfield University, in the UK, 23 – 27 June 2014

Application task: The initial application task takes the form of a 90 second audio-visual presentation that will need to be uploaded through the fellowship’s online application process by the deadline. The task involves two parts. The first is a fixed question, which all applicants must address in their presentation. In the second part applicants can choose from one of two questions.

Part 1: How might the circular economy shape the future?
Part 2: What aspect of the circular economy intrigues you most, and why?
Or
How do you believe that your Circular Economy Innovation Project might support the evolution to a circular economy?

Each part should be dealt with separately and there should be a clear and obvious delineation between your responses to each. More information on the application task and technical requirements can be found here or in the attachments to this email.

Deadline (Internal Competition Application): Nomination packages should be sent by February 3, 2014 at 5pm electronically to ODGE Manager of Graduate Fellowships, Scott Tirrell (stirrell@mit.edu).

What should be included in nomination package: Academic transcript, CV, link to Youtube video on circular economy (see attached instructions for format and questions), letter of support from academic mentor indicating their willingness to attend the week-long summer school at Cranfield University, in the UK, 23 – 27 June 2014, and completed student agreement (attached).

Students will be notified of their successful MIT nomination by February 10, 2014. Upon selection, students will be asked to submit their online application by 5pm, February 16, 2014.

Announced on 10 December 2013  10:51  p.m. by Kevin Berkemeyer