It's been a while since I advertised the HEJC to the group, so I thought
I'd do it again. The Harvard Energy Journal Club is a bunch of mostly
science/engineering graduate students who get together at noon on
Mondays to discuss the technical details of energy technologies. We
mostly avoid discussions of policy and instead focus on the technical
details necessary to inform policy decisions. Pizza is served. I've been
going for a few years now, and it was the best part of my grad school
career.
This Monday, January 31, is New Member's Day, so if you're interested in
seeing what HEJC is like, it's a good day to check it out. I'm leading
the session, which is about how a power plant works, going from a simple
model of a teakettle up to something that begins to resemble a power
plant. The reading can be found here:
http://www.think-energy.net/power_plant_primer.pdf
If you're interested, you can check out the minimalist website:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
and sign up for the mailing list here:
http://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/hejc-list
Jacob