*Re: SolarFEST, June 13th 4-6 PM.*
Dear Friend, Mazur, Brenner and Aspuru-Guzik groups,
(Please forward to your research groups)
As you probably know, the four of our groups are in a collaborative effort
during the NSF SOLAR program. We are organizing an NSF SOLAR get-together to
see short presentations by the NSF SOLAR team members, and also to make a
competition of energy-related facts, to be converted in web-deployable
"Scipplets".
*a) SCIPPLET COMPETITION (Your entry is needed)
*What is a Scipplet? It is a Flash-based content piece that can be embedded
in any website. We are currently focusing on developing Scipplets about
energy.
The best way to see what they are is to go to
http://cleanenergy.harvard.edu/ and go to the bottom right of the page, to
see some Scipplets in action. You can reload the page to see more of the
ones we already have.
Each one of you is expected to send us at least one Scipplet for the
competition. It should be about energy or the environment. See the current
Scipplets: They are usually 1-6 panels of a few lines of text and associated
graphics. If you get the graphics from the web, please specify the source,
please do so if you create them yourself.
I attach a Powerpoint template for the Scipplet Competition, please send
your entry as an attachment to scipplets(a)gmx.com no later than Sunday, June
12th, 2011. The jury is led by Professor Carlos Amador-Bedolla, from UNAM,
the creator of most of the scipplets shown in the website.
*b) PRESENTATIONS
*The first part of our meeting will be short 3-slide presentations from
members of the NSF SOLAR team. We ask that each member of the SOLAR team
teams up with a member of another group (E.g. a joint Mazur-Friend
presentation, etc.) and sends me (alan(a)aspuru.com) the pairing so I can make
a short presentation schedule. The presentations should be short (~5
minutes).
*c) GROUPS GET-TOGETHER
*The rest of the time, we can enjoy food and a get-together between the
groups, as well as discussing possible spinoff projects or collaborations.
Summary
* To be able to come, you have to submit at least one Scipplet draft in
Powerpoint format to the competition.
* Food will be available at the event
* An Amazon gift certificate will be given to the best Scipplet draft.
* Please RSVP at the following Doodle Poll
http://www.doodle.com/r2chwr5hpdzstp53
* We will provide food.
*Where: June 13th 4 PM, Pfizer Hall, Mallincrodt (12 Oxford Street)
Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate Professor
Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)-384-8188 |
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu |
http://about.me/aspuru