Princeton Area Alumni Association

PA3 AND THE MIT ALUMNI CLUB OF PRINCETON INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER ZOOM EVENT

UWMA @ QUADRANGLE CLUB

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,
NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS
Please Join Us with Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

WHEREVER YOU ARE

7 P, EASTERN TIME (USA) -- TUESDAY, APRIL 12th, 2022

“Electrochemical Energy Storage:  Towards Planetary Decarbonization & Profitable Sustainability"

Speaker:  Donald R Sadoway, Professor of Materials Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shifting away from fossil fuels to carbon-free electricity has never been more urgent. The clock is ticking on climate change mitigation; massive materials shortages loom on the horizon; and despite an abundance of clean power from solar and wind, we currently lack the means to manage their fluctuations. To surmount these challenges, efficient, safe, flexible, cost-effective, grid-level energy storage will need to be developed. Our speaker, who invented the liquid metal battery, will describe electrochemical innovations that will be needed to make this energy transition. He’ll then explore deeper issues that pervade the invention process; what to do and not to do; and how he goes about “inventing the inventors.”

Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER:  Tuesday, May 10^th 2022 (7 P)

The Princeton Prize in Race Relations will hold its 2021 award ceremony for New Jersey's Central/South region on Wednesday May 19th, starting at 7pm.  The keynote speaker will be former national poet laureate and Princeton professor Tracy Smith.  All are welcome to join; further information including instructions for registration is forthcoming.

PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER ZOOM EVENT

UWMA @ QUADRANGLE CLUB

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,
NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS
Please Join Us with Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

WHEREVER YOU ARE

7 P, EASTERN TIME (USA) -- TUESDAY, May 11th, 2021
“Transforming Medical Logistics with Drones:
Bringing Health Products to Africa, the US & Beyond”

Speaker: Whitney H Huang

Embedded Software Engineer, Zipline International

The COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and war have rendered the timely delivery of vaccines, blood, medicines, personal protective equipment, food and other critical supplies --- more urgent than ever. Yet, often the only way to get such desperately needed items safely through to their destinations is with delivery drones. What recent technical advances in the design, testing and deployment of such UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are making this possible? Our speaker will delve into aspects of Zipline’s rapid, integration-level testing that include: HITL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) testing; a Fault Injection testing system that induces pathological failure modes (in-flight); her software for a Motor Pod End-of-Line tester; and embedded and backend software for Zipline’s Launcher system. The company is a major deliverer of blood products to Rwanda and Ghana, and runs more than 200 flights/day halfway around the world, 24/7. To help accomplish this, Whitney became a certified Flight Operator and Controller, with FAA Part 107
certification.

ZOOM LINK will be sent to the first 300 who register by May 9th at

propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER: Tuesday, June 8 th 2021 (7 P)

“What is irreplaceable to you?” Capturing diverse answers from the local community, a public art installation will grace Dohm Alley, near the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon Streets, beginning the week of April 12. The Princeton University Humanities Council is partnering with the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) to host the exhibit. It will feature portraits and stories arranged by ACP Artist-in-Residence Robin Resch, a Princeton-based photographer who earned her Master’s in Architecture from Princeton University in 2003.

More here.

Help Deserving Princeton Students This Summer

By Offering Virtual Internships or Projects!!!

Deadline To Submit: Tuesday, March 3oth

Passing along a request to alumni to assist our incredible Princeton students from Kim Betz and Adria Mirabel at Princeton's Center for Career Development (CCD):

 Greetings from the Princeton Center for Career Development (formerly Career Services). We are reaching out to alumni like you to see if you can help current students with their summer career explorations.

 Given the reality that most in-person interactions and travel will continue to be limited this summer, we are asking alumni to consider hosting either a virtual internship or to curate virtual project work that can be completed by students over several weeks.

 The structure of these alumni-sponsored opportunities is flexible; you can learn more about this initiative and sign up to participate by clicking here.

 Please note that students interested in the experience you are offering will be in touch with you directly.  The application and selection processes are at your discretion.

 The deadline to submit an opportunity is Tuesday, March 30, 2021.  If you have questions or want more information, please contact Andria Mirabal ’08, Senior Associate Director for Alumni Engagement & Experiential Learning (amirabal@princeton.edu).

 Thank you in advance for your consideration, and we look forward to hearing from you.