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Prof. unveils design for new Second Phi Sig JudComm hearing tribute to Officer Sean Collier followed failed alcohol inspections MIT fraternity Phi Sigma addressing their case, accord- Kappa faced its second hear- ing to Tencer. The hearing board Cost of permanent structure by Stata is still uncertain ing with the Judicial Commit- placed sanctions on Phi Sig as tee (JudComm) of the Interfra- part of their probation, which By Kath Xu ternity Council this academic included being subject to a News Editor year after reportedly violating number of alcohol inspections. Established 1881 sanctions imposed in a hearing Another hearing for Phi Sig A year after MIT Police Officer last fall, former JudComm Chair was held in early March, howev- Sean Collier was allegedly shot Evan Tencer ’15 said in an inter- er, after the fraternity failed two and killed by the Boston Marathon view with The Tech. successive alcohol inspections bombing suspects, MIT unveiled An 18-year-old member of in early December, Tencer said. its plans for a permanent memo- Phi Sig fell four stories through The original sanctions in- rial to him. Architecture Professor a skylight on the roof of the fra- stituted after the first hearing J. Meejin Yoon revealed her design ternity’s house during a party mentioned that suspension at last Friday’s ceremony of remem- on Sept. 11, 2013, and sustained of Phi Sig would be “seriously brance for Collier. non-life-threatening injuries. considered” should it fail one or “The memorial is inspired by the Following the incident, the fra- more of its alcohol inspections. gesture of an open hand,” said Yoon ternity faced a JudComm hear- Due to extenuating circum- in an interview with The Tech. In the ing that was, according to cur- stances, Tencer said, Phi Sig was design, five solid walls of granite en- rent IFC President Haldun Anil not suspended after its second close a space at the center. Accord- ’15 in an interview, “specifically hearing and was rather kept on ing to Eric Höweler, Yoon’s archi- related to the roof incident.” organizational probation. tectural collaborator, the goal is to The decision made as a re- The sanctions from the origi- Courtesy ofEstablished Höweler + Yoon Architecture 1881open the memorial on the second sult of the hearing put the fra- nal hearing prohibited Phi Sig A rendering of the planned memorial to the late MIT Police Officer anniversary of Collier’s death: April ternity on organizational proba- from having prefrosh at their Sean Collier. The memorial will stand between the Stata Center (Building 18, 2015. tion, which allowed the hearing 32) and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research (Building 76), board flexibility in specifically Phi Sigma Kappa, Page 16 near where Collier was shot. Sean Collier, Page 14

Still no word on causes Marathon and Collier of 2 grad student deaths memorial photos pages 10-11 HST student Eliana Hechter remembered By Leon Lin tion, and faculty to come together as a com- News Editor munity to remember Eliana as a student withEstablished tremendous promise, and 1881 one who GSC group: make ‘high-impact’ MIT announced the death of Eliana F. has been lost far too soon,” a letter from sev- Hechter, a first-year medical student at Har- eral HST faculty and staff members read. vard and MIT’s joint Health Sciences and MIT did not say when or how she died. Technology program, last Friday. The causes of the deaths of both Hechter Somerville shuttle permanent A former Rhodes Scholar, Hechter held and Hadi Kasab, the MIT graduate student a doctoral degree in statistics from the Uni- who was found dead in March, were still New route reaches graduate students living off campus versity of Oxford, according to her CV. unannounced at press time. By Weixuan Li idential data and optimized this “We saw where people lived “We encourage students, administra- A spokesman for the Massachusetts shuttle route to provide the most did not correspond to shuttle medical examiner said that Hechter’s and The Somerville Saferide services to the people who have service plans,” he said. Existing Kasab’s autopsies were still “pending.” Shuttle has proven to be a “high- the most need,” Spatocco told transit options — MBTA, MIT A spokeswoman for the Middlesex dis- impact line,” according to a re- The Tech. “By saying ‘the most shuttles, EZRide — failed to “hit trict attorney said that neither case was “be- port from the Graduate Student need,’ I mean the thousands of most of the major ‘heat’ blocks lieved to be suspicious.” Council Transportation Sub- students who live in the area we observed from the data.” The Daily Star, a newspaper based in committee, which assessed the with no alternative public transit The GSC Transportation Beirut, reported in March that Kasab had Fall 2013 trial program of a new or shuttle service available to get Subcommittee tried to tackle been buried in his hometown of Kfar Shuba, Saferide route in Somerville and from campus in the evenings.” this problem in what was per- Lebanon. Still, Terrel Harris, the spokesman East Cambridge. About two-thirds of graduate haps a typical MIT way: they de- for the medical examiner, said that Kasab’s The Somerville route is the students live off campus, many veloped an algorithm and wrote autopsy required “additional testing” that first student-created, data-driv- of them in Cambridge, mostly a bunch of scripts, seeking to could take several more weeks. en bus service design at MIT, close to the Somerville/Inman maximize impact — to serve the The letter from the HST faculty and staff according to Brian L. Spato- Square area, according to gradu- most people who currently were members said that those in need of support cco G, the former chair of the ate student residential address not served. Then, they presented could turn to MIT Medical’s mental health subcommittee. data from the MIT Institutional their solution to MIT and per- Courtesy of George Bergman, Berkeley and counseling services, MIT’s chaplains, “We developed an algorithm Research section of the Office of Eliana Hechter in 2012. or the graduate education dean’s office. using the graduate students’ res- the Provost, Spatacco said. Saferide, Page 16

majority of papers — it may not to extend the policy to the thou- to MIT’s 2012 Bulletin. News Briefs sound impressive, but its actu- sands of postdoctoral researchers, “In addition to being very un- In Short ally among the highest of MIT’s and perhaps even MIT students. clear, it also leaves the department Get up close and personal with MIT seeks better peers,” said Faculty Chair Steven to decide what is appropriate for a MIT’s material consumption at the compliance with open- Hall, who reported on a five-year G/H-level subject degree… It led to confusion and public waste audit today from 10 a.m. access policy review of the policy at a faculty distinction to be inconsistency, and also unfair to 1 p.m. in front of W20 (the student Since the implementation meeting on April 16. eliminated student treatment,” said Profes- center). Students and staff will be sort- of the Institute’s open-access The policy mandates that fac- The faculty voted to remove sor Nicolas G. Hadjiconstantinou. ing through hundreds of kilograms of policy in 2009, more than 11,000 ulty members let MIT openly pub- all graduate degree requirements According to Hadjiconstantinou, garbage. articles have been posted on lish the “fruits of their research.” associated with H-level subjects graduate departments and pro- DSpace, MIT’s online archive Hall hopes to form a commit- at the faculty meeting on April 16. grams responded overwhelm- The deadline for placing commence- of research. These represent 37 tee in the fall that will consider G-level subjects are subjects ingly in favor of eliminating the ment regalia orders to the MIT COOP percent of the total number of what incentives MIT can offer to approved for graduate credit, G/H distinction when asked for is Saturday, April 26. papers published by the MIT fac- encourage authors to comply with while H-level subjects are higher- feedback during the evaluation ulty in that period. the policy more often. The com- level graduate subjects approved process. Send news information and tips to “That number is less than the mittee will also consider whether for a graduate degree, according —Victoria Messuri [email protected]. earth week sustainable campus solar-powered the benefits of SECTIONS World & Nation �����2 MIT Office of Sustainability works on a comes to MIT road trip composting Opinion �����������������4 green campus. Campus life, p. 12 Our Campus Life MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Unlocking the true Fun Pages �������������5 section looks into MIT’s Green Research Team prepares for the power of food waste, Campus Life �������10 various green issues. American Solar Challenge. at MIT and beyond. Arts ���������������������18 Campus life, p. 10 A sampling of MIT’s labs tackling global Campus life, p. 10 campus life, p. 12 Sports �����������������20 challenges. Campus life, p. 10 2 The Tech Friday, April 25, 2014 U.N. finds humanitarian aid D still blocked in Syria Dual setbacks for Obama on Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have no access to medi- cal supplies because the warring sides in the country’s civil war are blocking humanitarian relief, according to a report from the a strategic Asian tour United Nations secretary-general. The Syrian government refused to let U.N. workers deliver By Mark Landler and Jodi In Jerusalem, Israel’s announce- fixed on the fast-growing economies

worl medicine to Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus, in late Rudoren ment that it was suspending stale- of Asia. While the troubles with the March, and in early April injectable medicines were prevented The New York Times mated peace negotiations with the peace negotiations have surprised

n from being delivered to another town, the report said. Children Palestinians, after a rapprochement almost no one, the trade talks with remained beyond the reach of health workers administering po- TOKYO — President Barack between the Palestine Liberation Japan still hold some hope of yield- lio vaccines, it said, and two new cases were confirmed in April. Obama encountered setbacks to two Organization and the militant group ing a landmark deal, since it is in the The report is part of the United Nations’ second 30-day assess- of his most cherished foreign-policy Hamas, posed yet another obstacle interests of both Abe and Obama — ment of how the Syrian government and rebels fighting to over- projects Thursday, as he failed to ad- to restarting a troubled peace pro- a bet on the future rather than an ef- throw it have complied with a Security Council resolution order- vance a trade deal that undergirds cess in which Secretary of State John fort to clear the enmities of the past. ing them to allow humanitarian aid to enter besieged towns. his strategic pivot to Asia and the Kerry has been greatly invested. Frailties also were on display atio The report calls the denial of medical aid “arbitrary and un- Middle East peace process suffered The setbacks speak to the com- in Jerusalem, where Prime Minis- justified, and a clear violation of international humanitarian law,” a potentially irreparable breakdown. mon challenge Obama has had ter Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and says 216,015 people lack access to medical supplies that have Obama had hoped to use his visit in translating his ideas and ambi- acted swiftly to suspend talks after been blocked from entering towns or removed from convoys. It here to announce an agreement un- tions into policies. He has watched his Palestinian counterpart, Presi- does not say by whom, but offers examples that point to govern- der which Japan would open its mar- outside forces unravel his best-laid dent Mahmoud Abbas, signed a deal ment forces. kets in rice, beef, poultry and pork, a plans, from resetting relations with seeking to reconcile his Fatah fac- —Somini Sengupta, The New York Times critical step toward the trade pact. Russia to managing the epochal po- tion, which dominates the Palestine But Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was litical change in the Arab world. Liberation Organization and leads

& N An Ivy League newspaper may not able to overcome entrenched In one sense, the latest grim the West Bank government, with resistance from Japan’s farmers in news from the Middle East offers a Hamas, the Islamist group that con- be going mostly online time for the president’s visit. rationale for Obama to keep his gaze trols the Gaza Strip.

NEW YORK — The battle over the future of newspapers has found an unlikely flash point, above a Pinkberry on the fringes of Columbia University’s Manhattan campus. There, on Wednesday night, in the offices of the university’s orld Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe student-run newspaper, the Columbia Daily Spectator, its editor announced a plan to stop printing daily and switch to a weekly edition beginning in the fall. The Spectator would be first Ivy League newspaper to make such a move. W settle hiring collusion suit The announcement has pitted a group of the paper’s alumni who are angered by the decision against those who view the By Nick Bilton employees by agreeing to not poach and making the terms available.” move as a necessary embrace of the digital age. The New York Times employees from one another. The lawsuit included 64,613 soft- “I am quite simply appalled by the arrogant, presumptuous Terms of the settlement were not ware engineers and accuses the tone of the board members, and the staff, who want so blithely SAN FRANCISCO — Four major disclosed, but the plaintiffs had ar- companies of agreeing not to so- to dispense with more than a hundred years of tradition,” John R. Silicon Valley companies, including gued that the lost wages added up to licit one another’s employees in a MacArthur, a trustee, the publisher of Harper’s magazine and an Apple and Google, settled a high- $3 billion. Three smaller settlements scheme developed and enforced evangelist for print, wrote in an email earlier this month. profile suit Thursday over charges with other defendants, including by Steve Jobs, then chief executive Michael Ouimette, the publisher of the Spectator, a nonprofit that they conspired not to hire one Lucasfilm, Pixar and Intuit, were of Apple. A trial was set to begin in that has operated independently of the university since 1962, another’s workers, according to a reached last year for $20 million. May. responded that moving to a predominantly online publication court filing Thursday. “This is an excellent resolution of The lawsuit exposed emails be- would “enable us to concentrate on the quality of our stories and Technology employees filed a the case that will benefit class mem- tween Jobs and Google executives our digital future.” class-action lawsuit in 2011 against bers,” Kelly M. Dermody, a lawyer discussing their agreement. No formal decision has been made, said Wendy Brandes, Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe, say- with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Ber- In one exchange, Jobs emailed the board’s chairwoman, and it will most likely be put to a vote ing the tech companies violated fed- nstein, the defendants’ legal team, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, among the 11 alumni trustees. eral antitrust laws by conspiring for said in a press release. “We look “If you hire a single one of these peo- —Ravi Somaiya and Sydney Ember, The New York Times several years to suppress the pay of forward to presenting it to the Court ple, that means war.” nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Friday, April 25, 2014 The Tech 3 Amid gripes, France joins gay WORLD & Nati FCC could allow fast lane on couples by the thousands web in net neutrality policy shift PARIS — Same-sex marriage has been gaining acceptance in France a year after a law allowing such unions was passed follow- ing vociferous public opposition and heated debate in Parliament. By Edward Wyatt Wednesday, saying speculation that director of Common Cause’s Media More than 7,000 same-sex marriages were performed in 2013, The New York Times the FCC was “gutting the open Inter- and Democracy Reform Initiative. according to recent figures from the National Institute of Statistics net rule” is “flat out wrong.” Rather, “Americans were promised, and de- and Economic Studies. WASHINGTON — The principle he said, the new rules would provide serve, an Internet that is free of toll Paris had the largest number of same-sex weddings — more that all Internet content should be for net neutrality along the lines of roads, fast lanes and censorship — than 1,000 — but ceremonies were also held in small villages and treated equally as it flows through the appeals court’s decision. corporate or governmental.” If the in large cities throughout the country. In total, same-sex marriages cables and pipes to consumers looks Still, the regulations could radi- new rules deliver anything less, he represented 3 percent of all weddings in 2013. Most of those unions all but dead. cally reshape how Internet content added, “that would be a betrayal.” were between middle-aged men.

The Federal Communications is delivered to consumers. For ex- Wheeler rebuffed such criticism. Erwann Binet, a Socialist member of Parliament who presented on Commission said Wednesday that it ample, if a gaming company could “There is no ‘turnaround in policy,’ the law at the National Assembly last year, called the change “con- would propose rules that allow com- not afford the fast track to players, he said in a statement. ”The same siderable,” adding that the weddings of the past year had helped panies like Disney, Google or Netflix customers could lose interest and its rules will apply to all Internet con- make same-sex marriage seem like a positive development to the to pay Internet service providers like product could fail. tent. As with the original open In- French public. WORLD & Nati Comcast and Verizon for special, The rules could also raise prices ternet rules, and consistent with the The law was viewed as a significant victory for President Fran- faster lanes to send video and other as the likes of Disney and Netflix court’s decision, behavior that harms çois Hollande, whose declining support in public opinion polls content to their customers. passed on to customers whatever consumers or competition will not had already begun. The proposed changes would af- they paid for the speedier lanes, be permitted.“ Demonstrations against same-sex marriage, which sometimes fect what is known as net neutrality which would be the digital equiva- Broadband companies have turned violent, swept the country and were particularly vehement — the idea that no providers of legal lent of an uncongested car pool lane pushed for the right to build special in the months before the law was implemented in May last year. Internet content should face discrim- on a busy freeway. lanes. Verizon said during appeals Behind the opposition were conservative and religious leaders as ination in providing offerings to con- Consumer groups attacked the court arguments that if it could make well as some groups that simply opposed Hollande’s left-leaning sumers and that users should have proposal, saying that not only would those kinds of deals, it would. government. equal access to see any legal content costs rise but that big companies Under the proposal, broadband —Maïa De La Baume and Alissa J. Rubin, The New York Times they choose. with the money to pay large fees to providers would have to disclose The proposal comes three Internet service providers would be how they treated all Internet traffic Americans die in grim trend in months after a federal appeals court favored over startups with innovative and on what terms they offered more struck down, for the second time, business models — stifling the birth rapid lanes, and would be required Afghanistan agency rules intended to guarantee a of the next Facebook or Twitter. to act “in a commercially reasonable free and open Internet. “If it goes forward, this capitula- manner,” agency officials said. That KABUL, Afghanistan — Three Americans were killed at a private

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler tion will represent Washington at its standard would be fleshed out as the hospital in Kabul on Thursday morning when an Afghan police of- on defended the agency’s plans late worst,” said Todd O’Boyle, program agency seeks public comment. ficer turned his gun on them, officials said, in the latest in a string of attacks against Western civilians here. After a campaign of Taliban violence aimed at foreigners raised apprehensions before the presidential election this month, the latest WORLD & Nati attack seemed to have nothing to do with the insurgency. Rather, of- Panel recommends ditching ficials said the gunman appeared to be a police officer who reacted in the moment when he saw a small group of U.S. visitors outside his guard post, raising fears of a new wave of so-called green-on-blue shootings spurred by deepening Afghan resentment. plagued Oregon health exchange The shooting took place at Cure International Hospital, which specializes in the treatment of disabled children and women’s health By Robert Pear and Kirk port President Barack Obama’s effort mendation by its technology options issues. Afghan police officials said that one of the doctors there was Johnson to expand coverage under the 2010 work group. hosting visitors from the U.S. who, after taking pictures together in The New York Times health care law. Kitzhaber said he agreed with the front of the hospital, were headed inside when they were attacked. The exchange is a keystone of the panel’s advice. “I think their recom- Among the dead was a pediatrician from Chicago, Dr. Jerry Uma- WASHINGTON — With encour- health care law: a website where con- mendation to use the federal website nos, who had volunteered at the Cure hospital for almost nine years, agement from the Obama admin- sumers can compare private health technology is the right call,” he said. treating children and helping train Afghan doctors. There were few istration, an Oregon panel recom- plans, enroll and obtain subsidies “It is the most reliable and least costly details about the other victims on Thursday night. mended Thursday that the state to help defray the cost. Three dozen way to ensure that we have a work- Afghan officials identified the gunman, who was wounded, as a scrap the website for its beleaguered states are using the federal exchange. ing website for the next enrollment two-year veteran of the Kabul police force named Ainuddin, who had health insurance exchange and use Greg Van Pelt, an adviser to Gov. period.” only recently been assigned to guard the hospital. Witnesses and of- on the federal marketplace instead. John Kitzhaber of Oregon, told Con- For most states, the initial six- ficials said he fired on the Americans as they approached his security State officials concluded that it gress this month that “the launch of month enrollment period ended post at the building’s entrance, killing three and wounding a female would be much less expensive to use the Affordable Care Act in Oregon March 31. But the Obama admin- doctor before entering the interior courtyard and seeking new targets. the federal site, HealthCare.gov, than has been bumpy,” and that “the web- istration allowed Oregon to extend There were conflicting reports about whether other officers then WORLD & Nati to repair the one built specially for site is only partially functioning.” the application period through April shot him, or whether he turned his gun on himself. He was admitted the state, Cover Oregon. The first op- Aaron Albright, a spokesman after Kitzhaber said that technology at the Cure hospital as a patient. tion would cost $4 million to $6 mil- for the federal Centers for Medicare problems had “created delays, con- Spokesmen for the Taliban, usually quick to claim responsibility lion, while the second would cost $78 and Medicaid Services, which runs fusion, and frustration” for people for attacks on Westerners, did not assert any involvement this time. million, state officials said. HealthCare.gov, said Thursday, “We trying to use the state exchange. Instead, the details seemed to speak to a growing alienation between The Oregon exchange — like are working with Oregon to ensure The next open enrollment season is Afghans and Americans here, as uncertainty about the relationship those in Hawaii, Maryland and Mas- that all Oregonians have access to scheduled to start Nov. 15 and con- between their countries has deepened as troops prepare to withdraw sachusetts — has been plagued with quality, affordable health coverage tinue for three months. this year. technical problems that have made in 2015.” Oregon has received $305 mil- “The foreigners have been here too long,” said a man outside the it difficult for consumers to enroll The board of the Oregon ex- lion in federal grants to build its ex- hospital who gave his name as Fawad and said a female relative was online. All four states have Demo- change plans to meet Friday and change, according to the Congressio- in the Cure hospital undergoing surgery. “People are tired of them.” cratic governors who strongly sup- is expected to approve the recom- nal Research Service. —Azam Ahmed and Alan Blinder, The New York Times

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1. MIT Strong Boston Marathon team member Thomas Brand shortly after the 10K checkpoint in Framingham. The MIT Strong team ran the Boston 5 Marathon on Monday in honor of MIT Police Officer Sean A. Collier, who died one year ago. 2. There was a heavy police presence at the Boston Marathon this year. Security checkpoints to get near the finish line were established, and many roads were blocked with police barriers and public works trucks. 3. A “Prayer Canvas” was laid out in Boston Com- mon, decorated with messages of hope, solidarity, and love for Boston during the marathon. Mark- ers were provided so that anyone could add to the canvas. 4. One of one hundred runners selected of the near- ly three hundred who applied for Team MR8, the team established by the Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation, runs the final stretch of Commonwealth Ave. before turning onto Boylston Street and crossing the finish line. The foundation and the team were estab- lished by the parents of Martin Richard, the young boy who was killed in the bombings last April. 5. Emotions were high at the finish line of the 118th

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1. Thousands of paper cranes adorned the Stata Center’s Gates Atrium in remembrance of Sean Collier last Friday, April 18. Hackers collected, strung, and glued cranes from students, faculty, alumni, and friends throughout the Greater Boston area, and installed the hack overnight. 2. Dan Oliver, a member of the MIT Strong marathon team, unveiled signs that mark the distance of the Boston Marathon in Smoots‚ 24.8 KiloS- moots, to be exact. The MIT Strong marathon team was recognized on stage during a pre-Boston Marathon rally on Friday, April 18th. 3. The MIT Police and Cambridge Police Joint Honor Guard presented the flags at the ceremony of remembrance for Officer Sean A. Collier held last Friday in MIT’s North Court. 4. David Mahor, the Mayor of the City of Cambridge, announced last Fri- day at the ceremony of remembrance that the corner of Main and Vassar Streets shall be designated as “M.I.T. Police Officer Sean A. Collier Square.” A new sign was unveiled at the location shortly after the ceremony concluded. 5. An MIT Police Officer enjoys the food at the community picnic and MIT Strong marathon rally that occurred after the remembrance ceremony last Friday. 6. Elizabeth A. Warren, United States Senator (D-MA), delivered remarks at the ceremony of remembrance of Officer Sean A. Collier last Friday, April 18th in MIT’s North Court. 10 The Tech Friday, April 25, 2014 Green at MIT In Your Community Soaking up the sun for a cross-country drive The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team prepares for the American Solar Challenge

By Kali Xu car that seats one passenger, the driver, The team iterates on the previous design Once the car is ready, the testing be- lar car as in a commercial car: steering Campus Life Editor and can reach a maximum speed of in order to make the new car. Having gins. “We start out testing in a random wheel, mechanical brakes, lights, horn. about 80 mph. The total system can run finished a year of design work, the team parking lot, and then after that we get According to Hsu, “The only difference How many MIT students does it take on just 1.2 kW, about the same amount is now in the second year of the build our car registered. And then we just is it might be a little more rickety!” to build a solar-powered car? The MIT of energy as a hairdryer. phase. drive out in Boston traffic. It’s really fun. The teams are allowed to charge Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT), an The team is preparing to race in the Building a solar-powered car isn’t You should see people’s faces when they their battery packs at certain times, and Edgerton Center-sponsored, student- 2014 American Solar Challenge (from easy — it requires a lot of labor, as well as see the car!” said Hsu. The team also there are set checkpoints in the course. run group, can do it in two years with Austin, Texas to St. Paul, Minnesota) in money. Julia C. Hsu ’14, captain of MIT does track testing at Seekonk Speedway, The MIT team generally does very well just 15-20 students. July and the World Solar Challenge in SEVT, recalls her favorite team experi- about an hour away from Boston. in races. Hsu said, “In past years we’ve Currently, MIT SEVT is working on Australia in 2015. These races are held ence — working on a composite layup usually been top three in races. Last year Valkyrie, a three-wheeled vehicle regis- every two years, so the SEVT builds a for the exterior shell of the car, which The car has to pass wasn’t so hot, but we had other errors tered as a motorcycle. Valkyrie is a race new car every two years in preparation. takes 72 hours straight and up to 15 peo- that won’t happen again. I feel confi- ple, over IAP one year. “It was so messy. strict inspections dent about this year.” We were up until 4 a.m. trying to find air During the last race MIT SEVT bubbles in this one structure, and it took to make sure it competed in, their car crashed into a us two hours,” Hsu said. “In the end we follows all the race speed limit pole. Hsu said, “The night were like, whatever, we don’t really care after was the worst experience I’ve ever anymore. I definitely learned that some- regulations. had; that moment of dread when we times things don’t go as planned. It’s OK thought it would be really hard just to though, you just have to let it go. It was a Before competing in a race such as finish the race, instead of knowing that good team bonding experience.” the American Solar Challenge, the car we could’ve done really well.” The team As for funding, the team must raise has to pass strict inspections to make stayed up the entire following night try- a quarter of a million dollars to build sure it follows all the race regulations. ing to fix the car, and ended up success- each car. Although the team consists of This process, called scrutineering, usu- fully finishing the race. “It turned into a diverse group of students from within ally disqualifies about half of the teams, a really good moment, because no one the science and engineering majors, it so it’s no easy hurdle. Next, the teams thought we would finish.” lacks business students or a business compete in the Formula Sun Grand Prix Though MIT SEVT builds solar cars and marketing subteam. The team finds (FSGP), a track qualifier race that deter- primarily for racing rather than com- sponsors and support from many exter- mines the starting order of the cars. Fi- mercial use, the work that the team nal companies and departments at MIT. nally, they compete in the cross-country does serves as a model for engineer- They even offer an “adopt a solar cell” American Solar Challenge race, which is ing innovation. Hsu said, “I personally sponsorship opportunity for the 391 six or seven days long, with set times for think that the technology behind solar solar cells powering Valkyrie, which is racing each day. cells and batteries needs to be much a popular and easy way to support the One person, usually someone who more efficient before commercializa- team. Hsu said, “Generally we build first has been testing the car regularly, drives tion would happen, but I guess we’ll and worry about money later, because the solar car during the race, and the rest see. Technology has been changing a Julia Hsu we’re engineering-minded, but we try of the team rides in lead and chase cars. lot, and it would be really cool to see it Rose A. Abramson ‘14, the SEVT electrical lead, checks Valkyrie’s battery to be financially conscious.” The same controls are used in the so- happen.” pack during Tuesday’s track testing. Research Report Redefining sustainability MIT labs that shape the world By Davie Rolnick methods of purification. These methods include citing aerosol-caused changes in visibility, clouds, is heated to eighty million degrees while held in a Staff Columnist reverse osmosis, which uses a filter such as gra- rainfall, and temperature. Coal-fired power plants toroidal chamber by strong magnetic fields. phene, and distillation, in which water is boiled produce an aerosol called black carbon, which is Due to federal budget cuts, research at Alcator As part of Earth Week at MIT, we’ve looked at and then condensed. like very fine soot. Wang’s group has found that C-Mod was shut down during 2013, but a stopgap a few labs that are working to build a brighter and black carbon has a major effect on rainfall patterns measure was recently introduced to keep the to- more sustainable future. The air we breathe in the tropics. kamak operational through September. According What’s in the air? Ask an atmospheric chemist. Wang’s group collaborates with organizations to Greenwald, “I believe that the potential benefits Clean water for everyone Noelle E. Selin is an assistant professor in MIT’s such the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and are so great that it has been worth devoting a life’s It’s easy to take faucets and showers for granted. Engineering Systems Division and Course 12. “My the National Center for Atmospheric Research. work to.” But one billion people don’t have access to clean research focuses on tracing air pollution from its Like Selin, Wang relies upon both empirical data drinking water at all. That number is rising fast, source to its impacts on human health,” she said. “I and advanced computer models. Efficient systems thanks to climate change and population growth. use computer models to better understand the fate Having power is not enough. It is also important According to Course 2 Professor John H. Lien- and transport of air pollutants such as mercury, Plasma power to use that power effectively, and to store it when hard, the solution lies in desalination and recycling ozone, and atmospheric particulate matter.” Can scientists solve an energy crisis with fusion it’s not being used. used water. “The technologies around desalination reactions like those in stars? That’s the mission of Sometimes it helps to start small. “We have have advanced steadily over the past two decades, Selin and several students the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), been able to harness and manipulate effects at the and both costs and energy consumption have a collaboration between five departments: physics, micro and nano scale,” said Evelyn N. Wang, As- fallen sharply,” said Lienhard, who is the director participated in the final nuclear science, materials science, mechanical en- sociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “For of the Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy, a gineering, and electrical engineering. example, we have demonstrated the use of nano- joint venture between MIT and the Saudi institute negotiations of the Martin J. Greenwald is Associate Director of the engineered surfaces to significantly improve heat King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. PSFC. “Fusion is a form of nuclear power that has transfer for steam power plants.” “It also carries lower environmental impact than Minamata Convention a tremendous potential advantages,” he said. “The Wang’s group, the Device Research Laboratory, many alternatives, such as long distance water global mercury treaty. source of fuel, deuterium, is essentially unlimited is developing more effective ways to harness solar transfers that cause rivers to run dry.” and available everywhere.” energy through heat. The group is also building a The secret to clean water may be inside your Selin works at the interface between research What’s more, fusion doesn’t require dangerous battery that stores heat, using nanomaterials. This pencil. Recent work by David Cohen-Tanugi, a and policy. Last year, she and several students par- uranium, or produce large amounts of radioactive device could increase the mileage of an electric car Ph.D. student in Course 3, and his advisor Associ- ticipated in the final negotiations of the Minamata waste, like standard fission-based nuclear power by up to thirty percent. ate Professor Jeffrey Grossman, shows the promise Convention, a global treaty regulating mercury plants. Unlike oil and coal, it doesn’t release any James L. Kirtley, Professor of Electrical Engi- of desalination filters made of graphene. Graphene pollution. Selin has also co-written a role-playing carbon dioxide (the primary cause of global warm- neering, is working on power storage and efficien- is an extremely thin form of the graphite that we game called “The Mercury Game” (available on- ing). And in contrast to wind and solar power, you cy from another angle. His group studies ways to use in pencil leads, and it can be made by pulling line), intended to teach players about the role of can do fusion anytime, anywhere, whether or not improve electricity distribution, cooling systems, at graphite with Scotch tape. Only one atom thick, science in policy-making. the wind is blowing or the sun is shining. In fact, and batteries for renewable energy. graphene is nevertheless very strong, and it’s a nat- While Selin considers effects upon human fusion is how the sun shines. Edwin F. Fongang G is a first-year Ph.D. student ural filter, with holes just large enough to let water health, other researchers are exploring the effects So why isn’t everything powered by fusion? “The in Kirtley’s lab. He is working on a device that al- through while catching impurities. of air pollutants on the environment and climate. challenge is the technical difficulty of making it lows power from a solar array to be sent straight One of Lienhard’s goals is to produce small, Chien Wang is a senior research scientist with the practical and economical,” said Greenwald. Indus- into the electrical grid. The device is smaller and solar-powered devices for water purification. MIT Center for Global Change Science, and his trial fusion is still probably many years down the cheaper than those already on the market, allow- “The rural developing world faces an urgent need group studies aerosols — tiny particles that drift road, but MIT has built what may be like the power ing it to be used in smaller-scale applications. for small-scale, locally-powered water purifica- around the atmosphere. plants of the future — an advanced fusion reactor, “The thing I enjoy most from this work is the tion systems,” he said. Lienhard and other MIT “Particulate matter is a major threat to the en- or “tokamak,” called Alcator C-Mod. The tokamak researchers also analyze the efficiency of various vironment and to the climate system,” said Wang, is like an ultra-powerful microwave, where plasma Naturalist, Page 12 10 The Tech Friday, April 25, 2014 The Tech 11

INterview 70 plastic bottles + 1 artist = 2 trees + 1 hammock Green at MIT The Tech talks to Matthew Santens, founder of The Elevated Movement In Your Community By Angelique Nehmzow the textile mill is in North Carolina. painting or tapestry, but you can bring ucts is awesome, but it’s not the end. Staff Writer It’s hard to find suppliers that are 100 it around with you, so it is a creative I think we can take a more active role percent United States. Something that way to help artists get exposure, and in reshaping our landscape. By recy- Editor’s Note: Some parts of this in- says “Made in the USA” might not be we found they were receptive to this. cling and replanting, we could take a Soaking up the sun for a cross-country drive terview were shortened and edited for entirely true, because many manufac- TT: Tell me more about the techni- landfill and over time bring it down to clarity. turers get the materials from overseas cal design of your hammocks. How big nothing, while turning it into art and If you walk down the Esplanade and then assemble here, or use mate- are they and how do you hang them? a bunch of hammocks for people to The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team prepares for the American Solar Challenge on certain sunny days in the future, rials from here but assemble overseas, MS: Our hammocks are 10 feet enjoy, and in the place of that landfill you may come across a group of peo- because they want to save on cost. by 5 feet wide, which is between the there could be a new forest. lar car as in a commercial car: steering ple relaxing in colorful hammocks. There isn’t a lot of production happen- standard sizes for single- and double- Plant With Purpose had by far the wheel, mechanical brakes, lights, horn. These are the creations of Matthew ing in the United States that isn’t spe- person hammocks. When you lay in best scores out of any environmen- According to Hsu, “The only difference Santens, the founder of The Elevated cialized, so getting, for example, the a hammock you lie on the diagonal, tal nonprofit on Charity Navigator, is it might be a little more rickety!” Movement. metal pieces made was difficult. like intersecting the major axis of an which is a website that ranks nonprof- The teams are allowed to charge The Elevated Movement is a com- TT: How do you print the designs ellipse, so the longer and the wider its against how much of their funding their battery packs at certain times, and pany that aims to sustainably produce onto the hammocks? the hammock is, the more diagonal goes to the cause, what their financial there are set checkpoints in the course. beautiful hammocks. They offer art- MS: We use sublimation dyes. You you can be, and the more comfortable transparency is, etc. Plant With Pur- The MIT team generally does very well ist-designed hammocks and support know how when you wash your face you’re going to be. pose works worldwide, finding places in races. Hsu said, “In past years we’ve independent art by ensuring these you use hot water because it opens There are different methods for worldwide where there has been de- usually been top three in races. Last year artists receive thirty percent of prof- your pores? That’s how sublimation hanging hammocks. Normally, they forestation or damage to the water- wasn’t so hot, but we had other errors its. They also provide templates that dyeing works. You have the dye on a come with heavy carabiners that you ways, and plants trees in those areas. that won’t happen again. I feel confi- allow you to custom-design your own piece of paper, and it gets pressed with have to attach to straps that you put It’s not just about planting trees, but dent about this year.” hammock. The fabric they use is made heat and pressure, which expands the around a tree. I chose a method that about planting them in a place where During the last race MIT SEVT from 100 percent recycled plastic, and fibers of the polyester, sublimates the would minimize weight while being the community can benefit over time. competed in, their car crashed into a the amount of energy needed to pro- ink (turns it from a solid into a gas), user-friendly, and I wanted to keep For example, planting them by a river- speed limit pole. Hsu said, “The night duce it is less than half that needed and fuses the ink into the fibers. Un- everything attached together. At each way to prevent erosion creates richer after was the worst experience I’ve ever to produce virgin synthetic fibers. like screen printing or direct to gar- end of the hammock a strap is sewn soil that can be used for agriculture. had; that moment of dread when we Moreover, they have partnered with ment printing, the design can’t fade or on, which you loop around a tree and TT: What was your favorite part of thought it would be really hard just to the nonprofit organization Plant With flake off over time, because the fibers secure to itself with a triglide buckle this whole process so far? And what finish the race, instead of knowing that Purpose to plant two trees for every themselves are dyed. – it’s like putting on a belt. The ham- was the most challenging part? we could’ve done really well.” The team hammock sold — after all, you need Our printing facility is cool. A lot of mock weighs only 10 ounces, and the MS: My favorite part, apart from the stayed up the entire following night try- two trees to hang a hammock. issues with dyeing are because the wa- straps weigh 7.5, so the total weight is first time I saw the hammocks and got ing to fix the car, and ended up success- TheT ech met with Matthew San- just over a pound, which is really light. to go camping in them, was research- fully finishing the race. “It turned into tens to find out more about his com- TT: Where can I get a hammock, ing — it’s getting to go down the rabbit a really good moment, because no one pany and how he came to found it. The Elevated and how much does one cost? hole. Knowing there is an answer, but thought we would finish.” The Tech: Could you tell me a bit Movement is a MS: The hammocks are going to not knowing what that answer is, and Though MIT SEVT builds solar cars about yourself, and how you became be about $135, which is right in line then working to find it, is very reward- primarily for racing rather than com- interested in hammocks? company that aims with others on the market right now. ing and fun. It’s been a constant educa- mercial use, the work that the team Matthew Santens: I grew up right Our Kickstarter campaign ends at tional journey, learning about different does serves as a model for engineer- outside D.C. and went to college for to sustainably midnight on April 27, and the people fabrics, methods of sewing, printing ing innovation. Hsu said, “I personally a semester, but then decided I’d rath- who bought a hammock through that processes, and so on. That’s also the think that the technology behind solar er be traveling. I spent some time in produce hammocks. will be on a waiting list, and we will be hardest part — trying to find the right cells and batteries needs to be much California and moved to Boston three sending out 230 hammocks to them in manufacturers, the right suppliers, etc. more efficient before commercializa- years ago. Traveling and being outside ter with the dye can be toxic and there June, July, and August. After that we It has also been exciting getting to tion would happen, but I guess we’ll sparked my interest in hammocks. I is runoff, but this facility has its own will start full production and take or- meet some awesome artists, and to see. Technology has been changing a started camping in hammocks. If you water treatment and recycles all its ders through the website. hear from others how much they be- lot, and it would be really cool to see it hang up a hammock and a tarp, you water. They have been using the same TT: Why did you choose to partner lieve in the project. I get at least one happen.” don’t need a whole tent, so you don’t water for 20 years, and don’t require with Plant With Purpose? message every day from someone I have to find flat ground or worry about any new water to be brought in. MS: One of the communities I am don’t know, saying that they support rocks. It’s nice — a lot lighter, fun, and TT: Who are the artists? a part of is the Valhalla Movement, me, and that’s just an amazing feeling. Research Report more comfortable. MS: Right now we have eleven art- which tries to make sustainable liv- To find out more, go to The Elevated TT: How did you get the idea of The ists, with four designs from each. A ing more mainstream. To me, mak- Movement’s website at http://www. Elevated Movement? hammock is the same size as a large ing hammocks out of recycled prod- theelevatedmovement.com/. MS: As with anything, if you start Redefining sustainability doing something enough, you start to look for ways that you can make it bet- MIT labs that shape the world ter or make it a part of your life. I was spending a lot of time in hammocks, is heated to eighty million degrees while held in a and I thought that maybe I should try toroidal chamber by strong magnetic fields. to earn a living from something that Due to federal budget cuts, research at Alcator I’m passionate about. I wanted to do C-Mod was shut down during 2013, but a stopgap something creative. I have a friend do- measure was recently introduced to keep the to- ing these kinds of designs on shirts, so kamak operational through September. According I saw the technologies available and to Greenwald, “I believe that the potential benefits started doing research into how to use are so great that it has been worth devoting a life’s them with hammocks. work to.” That’s where the idea of the artist- designed hammocks came from. Soon Efficient systems afterwards, I realized that I was enjoy- Having power is not enough. It is also important ing nature in a product that’s hurt- to use that power effectively, and to store it when ing nature, because the hammock it’s not being used. fabric itself is either nylon or polyes- Sometimes it helps to start small. “We have ter, which are petroleum products. I been able to harness and manipulate effects at the wanted instead to create a sustainable micro and nano scale,” said Evelyn N. Wang, As- hammock, and that led me to finding sociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. “For out about companies that make poly- example, we have demonstrated the use of nano- ester fabrics from plastic bottles. engineered surfaces to significantly improve heat TT: When and how did you start transfer for steam power plants.” making your idea reality? Wang’s group, the Device Research Laboratory, MS: I’d been thinking about the is developing more effective ways to harness solar idea for a while, but I only really start- energy through heat. The group is also building a ed back in mid-August. That’s when I battery that stores heat, using nanomaterials. This sewed my first hammock. I had some device could increase the mileage of an electric car savings that I used as initial funding by up to thirty percent. for working on prototypes, and when James L. Kirtley, Professor of Electrical Engi- I was ready to place the first order of neering, is working on power storage and efficien- ten hammocks, I told friends on Face- cy from another angle. His group studies ways to book, who ordered them at a price that improve electricity distribution, cooling systems, just covered the costs. They got to test and batteries for renewable energy. the hammocks out and tell me what Edwin F. Fongang G is a first-year Ph.D. student they liked and didn’t like, and since in Kirtley’s lab. He is working on a device that al- then I have done a couple more batch- lows power from a solar array to be sent straight es with different fabrics. Now I’m run- into the electrical grid. The device is smaller and ning a kickstarter campaign to raise cheaper than those already on the market, allow- money for the first run of production. ing it to be used in smaller-scale applications. One thing I haven’t compromised “The thing I enjoy most from this work is the on is that everything is made in the United States. The printing and sewing Courtesy of the elevated movement Naturalist, Page 12 facilities are in South Carolina, and Matthew Santens, the founder of The Elevated Movement, uses recycled plastic to make hammocks. 12 The Tech Friday, April 25, 2014 Earth Week Making MIT a model of sustainability An interview with Julie Newman from the Office of Sustainability

By Deena Wang faculty to Facilities to student government comes to renewable energy. Despite the solar newing the campus and constructing new Associate Campus Life Editor leaders. She said, “A lot of what I have focused panels on the student center, only a “very tiny buildings, Newman wants sustainability to on my first six to eight months is an analysis percent” of MIT’s total energy use is provided be considered from the start, and not as an The MIT Office of Sustainability sits in a and assessment of MIT as an institution — by renewable energy. Newman said, “One afterthought. New construction provides an temporary space in the basement of Build- how to understand MIT as an Institute in or- of the questions on the table is, ‘How much opportunity to create energy-efficient build- ing 12, a far cry from the stereotypical green der to situate and build a new Office of Sus- should it be?’” ings, manage storm water, consider sources and airy spaces that are associated with tainability… that reflects the essence, culture, of power for MIT’s energy grid, etc. “We’re “eco-friendliness.” Despite these humble and mission of MIT.” making decisions today that will impact stu- surroundings, Dr. Julie Newman, Director of One important initiative of the Office of Newman is dents 30, 50 years out, so it’s a phenomenal Sustainability since August 2013, is propelling Sustainability is to measure MIT’s resource also interested opportunity for MIT to pave the way for a new the Office to influence the decision-making use. According to Newman, “By this summer, way of designing and renewing buildings and of MIT. we’ll have at least a first cut at a strong quan- in cultivating infrastructure.” Newman has a lot of experience work- titative baseline of our systems, so we under- For students looking to become involved ing in research institutions. She started out stand where we’re starting.” relationships with the in sustainability initiatives, there are many at the University of New Hampshire, where Newman is also interested in cultivating campus options. There is the MIT Energy in 1997, she founded one of the first offices relationships with the City of Cambridge, as City of Cambridge. Club, the MIT Water Club, the MIT Food and of sustainability in the country, which later MIT shares with it land, transportation, and Agriculture Club, as well as a variety of in- became the UNH Sustainability Institute. In a watershed. The Office would like to work One of Newman’s goals is to make MIT a terdisciplinary classes. For students looking 2004, she founded the first Office of Sustain- “hand-in-hand” with the city on issues im- leader in campus sustainability and inspire for low-committment options, there are also ability at Yale. Now at the MIT Office of Sus- portant to MIT, such as ecodistricting Kend- other institutions to make changes. Although presentations such as the MIT Sustainability tainability, she says, “In MIT lingo, this is my all Square, and the Net Zero ordinance that MIT’s resource use is at a much smaller scale Summit held in the Media Lab on May 3-4. In third startup.” would require all new buildings to have “net than that of an entire city, MIT could become addition, the Office of Sustainability is offer- Newman took care to understand the cul- zero” greenhouse gas emission through a a “scalable model for sustainability.” She said, ing internships this summer. Newman says, ture and goals of MIT when she arrived. She combination of energy-efficient construc- “I will be able to identify and bring in so- “We would very much welcome UROPs sup- spent her first two months at MIT on a “lis- tion, use of renewable energy, and purchase called ‘best practices,’ but that’s only the be- porting some of the analysis we need done, tening tour,” interviewing over 150 people. of Renewable Energy Certificates. ginning. What MIT is about is cutting edge.” to come up with the solutions that need to be She talked to a wide range of people, from MIT still has a long way to go when it Since MIT is currently focused on re- developed.” Green Perspectives Composting at MIT The benefits of composting for the Institute and beyond

By Jillian Katz and Joshua Hester food waste is turned into soil that can be do is pay attention to where you throw your the dorms (both graduate and undergradu- used to grow more food. waste. If it’s any type of food — cooked or ate) either have composting collection for Here in Cambridge and at MIT, literally Up to two thirds of American “garbage” raw, meat or vegetarian — or packaging residents or are starting pilot programs this tons of waste are thrown away every day, is actually food waste. This means that if we clearly marked as compostable, then put spring. filling our landfills and generating methane separated this organic material and com- it in the compost bins! And remind your If you live in one of the dorms where and carbon emissions when they could be posted it, we could prevent up to 32 million friends not to throw trash into the compost, there is already compost collection, then generating value for our communities. Re- tons of waste from being sent to the landfill because if there’s too much non-composta- get in touch with your dorm’s environmen- cent data from the EPA shows that people every year. In producing more rich, organic ble material mixed in, a whole bin’s worth tal or sustainability officer to find out how in the United States generate on average 4.4 soil through compost, we could also reduce will have to be sent to a landfill. to participate. If you would like to help raise pounds (2 kg) of trash per person every day. the need for artificial fertilizers, which pol- There are currently many places on cam- awareness about composting and spread Approximately 65 percent of this ends up in lute our waterways through runoff. Plus, di- pus where composting is an option. There compost collection to other places on cam- a landfill, resulting in 160 million tons add- verting food from landfills can mitigate the are compost bins next to the trash and re- pus, please contact Composters@MIT (com- ed to our landfills — enough to cover the en- methane emissions that result from anaero- cycling bins at Lobdell, Stata Center, Koch [email protected]) or the UA Committee on tire area of Cambridge, Massachusetts with bic decomposition (landfills are the source Café, Edgerton Center, and Sloan, as well as Sustainability (ua-sustainability-chairs@ over 75 feet of garbage — every year. of 20 percent of US methane emissions). all along the Infinite Corridor. In addition, mit.edu). But with composting, nature has provid- Composting allows us to prevent unnec- all Bon Appetit kitchens have been com- Jillian S. Katz ’16 is a member of Compos- ed us with a way to not only reduce our pro- essary landfill growth, make rich soil, and posting their pre-consumer waste, and as of ters@MIT, and Joshua C. Hester G is a mem- duction of municipal waste, but also turn it slow global warming all at the same time. the beginning of this semester, those eating ber of the GSC Sustainability Committee, the into something useful. Through this natural Fortunately, MIT started a composting pro- in the dining halls also have the option to MIT Sustainability Club, and Composters@ decomposition process, our nutrient-rich gram several years ago, and all you need to compost what’s left on their plates. Most of MIT. research report MIT labs study green tech, impacts Energy, water, climate, and air among many research focuses Naturalist, from Page 10 challenges of global change,” said Victoria M. Ekstrom, Commu- eclectic learning experience,” Fon- nications Officer for the Center gang said. “It involves knowledge for Global Change Science. She in areas such as power electron- said the program addresses “cli- ics, modeling and control, circuit mate change, but also population design and layout, power systems, growth, increasing food/water/en- and programming.” In addition, he ergy demands.” says the project has the potential to The foundation of the Joint Pro- improve renewable energy systems. gram is the MIT Integrated Glob- “Working to achieve this has a good al System Modeling framework feeling to it.” (IGSM). This is an intricate system of computer models that tie togeth- Modeling the Earth er climate patterns, ecology, and Imagine the world. Now add to human society. How are food prices your picture: economies, societies, tied to weather patterns? Can we and the environment. What will ev- balance effective climate change erything be like in the future? policy against cost? In what ways Enter the MIT Joint Program on is the ocean changing, and which the Science and Policy of Global areas will be impacted the most? Change. It’s a collaboration be- To answer these complex questions tween the School of Science, School requires collaboration across many of Engineering, Sloan School of fields. Management, Economics Depart- “The Joint Program is interna- ment, and MIT Energy Initiative. Its tionally known for its IGSM model, goal is to understand how the Earth having been one of the first to inte- is changing and what we can do to grate the human and earth systems shape that change. in such a comprehensive fashion,” “The Joint Program uniquely said Ekstrom. “It strives to be a brings together scientists and clearinghouse for research at the economists who work hand-in- Institute and beyond.” What will hand to confront the environ- the future be like? If anyone can an- mental, economic, and social swer, it might be MIT. Friday, April 25, 2014 The Tech 13 Bee Musing On honeybees Be aware of the environment you live in

By Ethan Sherbondy minder of the network of causal- mens and arranged in hexagonal Earth seem to stem from our ongo- organism. Honeybees and other ity which has brought us into the chambers. ing model of capitalism and mass social insects, while distinct from Walk along the Charles today, present. Flowering plants, pollinat- Many beekeepers have charac- production, which has encouraged us in so many regards, have none- and you’ll find that spring is in full ing insects, and mammals all co- terized hives as living, breathing the homogenization of a formerly theless been a useful model for swing. The crocuses and daffodils evolved together over the past few research labs-in-a-box. As scien- diverse system in order to manufac- understanding aggregate enti- are blooming. The geese are back hundred million years. tists examine these creatures and ture goods and services while poten- ties. They demonstrate that cer- in town. And if you stand still for a Honeybees teach us that rela- seek to understand them — both tially undermining the system itself. tain individual-level behaviors, bit and watch the flowers, you may tively simple agents, operating at an individual level and as sys- while seemingly irrational or even encounter a few pollinating insects socially, can yield intricate, star- tems — we gain continual insight destructive when viewed at the buzzing along. tling aggregate behaviors. Even into ecological connections, social I hope we use level of solitary agents, may actu- Apis mellifera, the European during the harsh northeast win- behavior. We also see how much we our technical ally contribute to the survival of honeybee, is one such pollinator. ters (hopefully a distant, fading have left to learn about chemistry, the organism when viewed as a Honeybees are not native to Bos- memory in your mind), a hive epigenetic regulation, and topol- expertise to collective. ton, but these creatures have in- maintains a constant temperature ogy, among many other fields. I hope that we use our techni- creasingly found homes in urban of around 96 degrees Fahrenheit at Today our agricultural system is cultivate the cal expertise to cultivate the further areas, as residents of cities around its core. Via dancing, bees manage heavily dependent on the honeybee discovery and understanding of life the world reconsider the kind of to communicate to each other the and its fellow pollinators. The USDA further discovery and other phenomena on Earth; to ecological company they keep. estimates that honeybees alone and understanding study these creatures and continue In my final year as an under- Honeybees teach contribute to $15 billion in crop val- to piece together the nature of the graduate, I have decided to start ue each year. California’s almond of life on Earth. causal web which constitutes the keeping bees at my living group as us that relatively crop (80 percent of the world’s al- present. I hope that our capacity to a bizarre sort of parting gift. This monds), for instance, is pollinated While our Institute triumphantly build tools to expand the mind and week, pika (one of MIT’s six inde- simple agents, almost exclusively by honeybees. proclaims that technology is a key eyes manages to outgrow our drive pendent living groups) will wel- Unfortunately, the future of man- facet to improving the livelihood of to build tools to expand the hands. come its first colony onto our prop- operating socially, aged beehives is at risk. the world and decreasing human Mens et manus. erty in Cambridgeport. The colony can yield intricate We don’t know if pika’s hive will suffering, I am more hesitant to If you have thoughts pertaining should be a snug fit for our yard, survive its first winter. When human- agree. I respect how far our species to the current state of affairs with which is already an eclectic nesting aggregate ity started engaging in migratory has come in such a short time, but I bees, or the agricultural system at ground for an assortment of critters. beekeeping practices a few decades am also disturbed by how powerful large, or how technology may play The hive will join the ranks of our behaviors. ago, it appears that we unintention- tools have allowed us to walk very a role in undoing some of the unex- half-dozen chickens, two cats, and ally helped the bacteria, viruses, and quickly without having the slightest pected life-threatening side effects modest garden. precise location of flowers for for- parasitic mites which kill bees to clue what we are even pacing toward. of our present situation on Earth, I I hope that members of the MIT age, which may be upwards of four rapidly spread throughout the ma- The implications of this so-called An- would love to hear from you. Come community come visit to observe miles away. And they somehow jority of the honeybee population. thropocene perplex me to no end. to pika on a sunny day sometime, and learn from them, because the collectively compose homes out A lot of the man-made issues I In the past few years, I have be- and witness the flow and rhythm of honeybee serves as a powerful re- of wax secreted from their abdo- have noticed in my short time on gun to view humanity as a super- the bees.

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