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Hari Raya Makan-Makan & New MIT Admit Send Off

Learn More 2025-05-03 03:30:00 2025-05-03 06:30:00 UTC Hari Raya Makan-Makan & New MIT Admit Send Off Hari Raya Makan-Makan & New MIT Admit Send Off Club of Malaysia

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Please join the MIT Club of Puget Sound and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society for a fascinating look into the impacts of climate change on mountain peak elevations and the challenges associated with measuring their elevations.

 

When: May 7, 2025 from 6pm – 8pm, talk begins at 6:30pm (pizza and drinks available at 6pm)

Where: Sinegal 200 - Oberto Commons (2nd floor): Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation, Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122

 

Our speaker is Dr. Gilbertson ( MIT SB '08, SM '10, PhD '14) an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University, where he teaches statics and dynamics courses, and an advanced controls class involving robotics.  Dr. Gilbertson will be discussing his efforts to survey the current elevations of the five last remaining “icecap” peaks of the lower 48 states, which are all in WA (Rainier, Liberty Cap, Eldorado, Colfax, East Fury). These peaks are melting lower, and so now only two remain as icecap peaks. This ongoing lowering of these peak elevations has gone unnoticed since no one had been measuring these changes. His findings on the lowering of Mt Rainier  (https://www.countryhighpoints.com/mt-rainier-elevation-survey/ ) were covered in a variety of media outlets in October 2024 (https://www.countryhighpoints.com/media-coverage/)

 

Dr. Gilbertson received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. His masters research focused on developing a safety valve for offshore oil wells in collaboration with Chevron. His doctoral dissertation focused on controlling underwater robots in difficult acoustic communication environments, in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research. Before joining SU Dr. Gilbertson taught at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow, Russia, and at the Seattle Colleges.

 

Pizza and a variety of drinks will be available. Please RSVP by April 30, so we can buy the right amount of food. 

 

If you are an MIT alumnus, or otherwise have an account in this system, please be sure to log in before registering since this will connect your registration to your account.

 

Current Members of the MIT Club of Puget Sound & their guests: [Explore yearly Club membership options here] Cost is $10 per person to help offset the cost of this event.

Other Alumni +& their guests (registration opens March 22):  Cost is $20 per person to help offset the cost of this event.

For more information, please see the following:

https://www.countryhighpoints.com/

https://www.seattleu.edu/directory/profiles/eric-gilbertson-phd.php

 

Google Maps location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mhJ6wrfwzQ2KbuAo8 

Driving Directions: https://www.seattleu.edu/life-at-seattle-u/our-campus/getting-to-seattle-university/

Parking: Main Visitor lot entrance on Marion across street from Sinegal Center) https://www.seattleu.edu/transportation-and-parking-services/visitor-parking/

There is often parking along 12^th Ave. 

 

Contact

mbernard@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-08 01:00:00 2025-05-08 03:00:00 UTC [MITCPS] Surveying the Last Remaining Icecap Peaks in the Lower 48 States Please join the MIT Club of Puget Sound and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society for a fascinating look into the impacts of climate change on mountain peak elevations and the challenges associated with measuring their elevations.   When: May 7, 2025 from 6pm – 8pm, talk begins at 6:30pm (pizza and drinks available at 6pm) Where: Sinegal 200 - Oberto Commons (2nd floor): Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation, Seattle University, 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122   Our speaker is Dr. Gilbertson ( MIT SB '08, SM '10, PhD '14) an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University, where he teaches statics and dynamics courses, and an advanced controls class involving robotics.  Dr. Gilbertson will be discussing his efforts to survey the current elevations of the five last remaining “icecap” peaks of the lower 48 states, which are all in WA (Rainier, Liberty Cap, Eldorado, Colfax, East Fury). These peaks are melting lower, and so now only two remain as icecap peaks. This ongoing lowering of these peak elevations has gone unnoticed since no one had been measuring these changes. His findings on the lowering of Mt Rainier  (https://www.countryhighpoints.com/mt-rainier-elevation-survey/ ) were covered in a variety of media outlets in October 2024 (https://www.countryhighpoints.com/media-coverage/)   Dr. Gilbertson received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. His masters research focused on developing a safety valve for offshore oil wells in collaboration with Chevron. His doctoral dissertation focused on controlling underwater robots in difficult acoustic communication environments, in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research. Before joining SU Dr. Gilbertson taught at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow, Russia, and at the Seattle Colleges.   Pizza and a variety of drinks will be available. Please RSVP by April 30, so we can buy the right amount of food.    If you are an MIT alumnus, or otherwise have an account in this system, please be sure to log in before registering since this will connect your registration to your account.   Current Members of the MIT Club of Puget Sound & their guests: [Explore yearly Club membership options here] Cost is $10 per person to help offset the cost of this event. Other Alumni +& their guests (registration opens March 22):  Cost is $20 per person to help offset the cost of this event. For more information, please see the following: https://www.countryhighpoints.com/ https://www.seattleu.edu/directory/profiles/eric-gilbertson-phd.php   Google Maps location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mhJ6wrfwzQ2KbuAo8  Driving Directions: https://www.seattleu.edu/life-at-seattle-u/our-campus/getting-to-seattle-university/ Parking: Main Visitor lot entrance on Marion across street from Sinegal Center) https://www.seattleu.edu/transportation-and-parking-services/visitor-parking/ There is often parking along 12th Ave.    Club of Puget Sound mbernard@alum.mit.edu

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Come geek out with local MIT alumni at a different brewery each month. MIT alumna, Nadia Eichfeld Lundy '99, has solicited the advice of her husband, John, a certified beer judge and homebrewer of 30+ years, to select a respected and well-tested establishment in the Austin area. ICover your own tab. Look for the Tim the Beaver cardboard cutout to find us.

Paid members of MITCASA get their first drink free!

This month, we will be meeting at Lazarus Brewing Co. Their urban taproom resides at the heart of their brewery, providing an insider's view of the brewing process from grain to glass. They have a wide range of beer on tap, as well as wines and cider. Food is available from Austin Chronicles 2023 Best Food Truck, Spicy Boys Chicken which does have vegetarian options.

Be sure to RSVP so we know what size table to grab.

Contact

eichfeld@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-17 20:00:00 2025-05-17 22:00:00 UTC Engineers and Beers May - Zilker Brewing Co. Come geek out with local MIT alumni at a different brewery each month. MIT alumna, Nadia Eichfeld Lundy '99, has solicited the advice of her husband, John, a certified beer judge and homebrewer of 30+ years, to select a respected and well-tested establishment in the Austin area. ICover your own tab. Look for the Tim the Beaver cardboard cutout to find us. Paid members of MITCASA get their first drink free! This month, we will be meeting at Lazarus Brewing Co. Their urban taproom resides at the heart of their brewery, providing an insider's view of the brewing process from grain to glass. They have a wide range of beer on tap, as well as wines and cider. Food is available from Austin Chronicles 2023 Best Food Truck, Spicy Boys Chicken which does have vegetarian options. Be sure to RSVP so we know what size table to grab. Club of Austin and San Antonio eichfeld@alum.mit.edu

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MITCASA has a book club in San Antonio. We focus on popular STEM non-fiction or hard-science science fiction (not hard to read, but science-oriented) that will fit into our busy lives (no textbooks, Ph.D. theses, or thousand-page novels). We can choose other subjects, too. Each month, we’ll choose books for the following month by consensus.

The thirteenth meeting will be on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We’ll meet at Rome’s Pizza at 5999 De Zavala Road, San Antonio, TX 78249. Rome’s Pizza has counter service featuring salad’s, pasta, sandwiches, desserts, and ... wait for it … pizza.

This month’s book is The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by biology professor Roland Ennos. It is available from Amazon in paperback and hardcover form. It is also available from the San Antonio Public Library under a different title, The Age of Wood, in book, eBook, and audiobook form.

From the Amazon description:

Roland Ennos’ The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world’s most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our human experience from the earliest foragers to the modern four poster bed.

‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood…’ John Carey, The Sunday Times

In a journey to appreciate how much wood matters – and has done since prehistory – Roland Ennos takes the reader chronologically through four key phases: the impact of wooded habits on the lives of primates; human emergence and the discoveries of fire and woodwork; wood’s role in an environment both pre- and post-industrialisation; and lastly, the possible future of wood in an
increasingly technologized world.

In an original and essential investigation, The Wood Age challenges the traditional model of
historical development – stone, bronze, iron – and instead guide readers through a revealing and
innovative wooded history of the world.

Contact

steven.j.alexander@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-19 23:00:00 2025-05-20 01:00:00 UTC MITCASA Book Club - May (San Antonio) MITCASA has a book club in San Antonio. We focus on popular STEM non-fiction or hard-science science fiction (not hard to read, but science-oriented) that will fit into our busy lives (no textbooks, Ph.D. theses, or thousand-page novels). We can choose other subjects, too. Each month, we’ll choose books for the following month by consensus. The thirteenth meeting will be on Monday, May 19, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. We’ll meet at Rome’s Pizza at 5999 De Zavala Road, San Antonio, TX 78249. Rome’s Pizza has counter service featuring salad’s, pasta, sandwiches, desserts, and ... wait for it … pizza. This month’s book is The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by biology professor Roland Ennos. It is available from Amazon in paperback and hardcover form. It is also available from the San Antonio Public Library under a different title, The Age of Wood, in book, eBook, and audiobook form. From the Amazon description: Roland Ennos’ The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world’s most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our human experience from the earliest foragers to the modern four poster bed. ‘A stunning book on the incalculable debt humanity owes wood…’ John Carey, The Sunday Times In a journey to appreciate how much wood matters – and has done since prehistory – Roland Ennos takes the reader chronologically through four key phases: the impact of wooded habits on the lives of primates; human emergence and the discoveries of fire and woodwork; wood’s role in an environment both pre- and post-industrialisation; and lastly, the possible future of wood in anincreasingly technologized world. In an original and essential investigation, The Wood Age challenges the traditional model ofhistorical development – stone, bronze, iron – and instead guide readers through a revealing andinnovative wooded history of the world. Club of Austin and San Antonio steven.j.alexander@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at East Side King.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-05-28 00:00:00 2025-05-28 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - May 27 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at East Side King. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Tacodeli.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-06-25 00:00:00 2025-06-25 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - June 24 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Tacodeli. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Veracruz All Natural (at Radio).

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-07-30 00:00:00 2025-07-30 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - July 29 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Veracruz All Natural (at Radio). Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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Come join us one and all for our annual MIT Club picnic and Summer Sendoff event -- and we are back again this year at Lower Woodland Park, Shelter #3! The picnic is potluck format. We provide the basics--hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, turkey dogs, buns, condiments, plates, utensils, grills and coals, etc. You bring something to share, such as drinks, a side dish, salad, chips, dessert, etc. (No alcoholic beverages are allowed in the park.) 

We will continue our tradition of hosting a Mini-Tech Challenge Games -- and we are looking forward to help from both old and new cvolunteers!  Please contact Lola at lola@alum.mit.edu if you'd like to help out and not already involved in planning!

 

Cost = Free; please bring something to share with others

 

Contact

lola@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-08-16 19:00:00 2025-08-16 21:00:00 UTC [MITCPS] 2025 Annual Summer Sendoff & Picnic   Come join us one and all for our annual MIT Club picnic and Summer Sendoff event -- and we are back again this year at Lower Woodland Park, Shelter #3! The picnic is potluck format. We provide the basics--hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, turkey dogs, buns, condiments, plates, utensils, grills and coals, etc. You bring something to share, such as drinks, a side dish, salad, chips, dessert, etc. (No alcoholic beverages are allowed in the park.)  We will continue our tradition of hosting a Mini-Tech Challenge Games -- and we are looking forward to help from both old and new cvolunteers!  Please contact Lola at lola@alum.mit.edu if you'd like to help out and not already involved in planning!   Cost = Free; please bring something to share with others   Club of Puget Sound lola@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-08-27 00:00:00 2025-08-27 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - August 26 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Cosmic Coffee + Beer Garden. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Meanwhile Brewing. Please note that this instance of Taco Tuesday will be combined with the Harvard Welcome to Your City event.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-10-01 00:00:00 2025-10-01 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - September 30 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Meanwhile Brewing. Please note that this instance of Taco Tuesday will be combined with the Harvard Welcome to Your City event. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Salsa Limón.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-10-29 00:00:00 2025-10-29 01:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - October 28 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Salsa Limón. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

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The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday!

This month's event will be held at Taco Pegaso @ Fareground.

Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email.

Contact

dwangdt@alum.mit.edu

Learn More 2025-11-19 01:00:00 2025-11-19 02:00:00 UTC Taco Tuesday - November 18 The Harvard Club of Austin invites the MIT Club of Austin and San Antonio to Taco Tuesday! This month's event will be held at Taco Pegaso @ Fareground. Registration not required. RSVP for a reminder email. Club of Austin and San Antonio dwangdt@alum.mit.edu