A faculty committee selects and invites speakers from other universities and industry to discuss their research and developments in the field. Each speaker is assigned a faculty host, generally the person who suggested inviting the speaker. The department pays for travel (at one point in the past, the department provided an honorarium and a gift). Faculty are invited to meet with the speaker on the day of the seminar. Students may also be invited to meet with the speaker. Luncheon and dinner groups are arranged. The event is advertised through the MIT calendar, announcements to email lists, and posters. Coordinate with other DMSE groups to avoid scheduling other events on that day.
DMSE, CMSE, and MPC jointly sponsor a seminar series, dividing the work between Jessica Landry in CMSE, Rachel Kemper in DMSE, and Maria Aglietti in MPC. Sylvija Gradecak, Alfredo Alexander-Katz, and Francesco Stellacci invite the speakers and act as primary hosts. Kathy Simons and Jazy Ma have worked on the series in the past. Hillary Sheldon assisted in Spring 2007. The series is budgeted at $25,000/year, with DMSE contributing $15K, and MPC and CMSE each contributing $5K. Time constraints have led us to commissioning a poster template that was designed by Ilavenil Subbiah (617-576-0593, subbiah@comcast.net). Prof. Thomas has requested a postcard or display card listing dates and titles for the upcoming semester; such a card was produced internally and printed at CopyTech in Fall 2007.