New Courses
- 7.347 Fueling Sustainability: Engineering Microbial Systems for Biofuel Production
- 10.626 Electrochemical Energy Systems
- 21A.232J Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender
- 21M.630J Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies
- STS.007 Technology in History
New Supplemental Resources
- Build a Small Radar System Capable of Sensing Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging
- Learning Chinese: A Foundation Course in Mandarin
Updated Courses
- 6.034 Artificial Intelligence
- 11.364 International Environmental Negotiation
- 11.701 Introduction to International Development Planning
- 15.762J Supply Chain Planning
- 17.40 American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future
- 17.869 Political Science Scope and Methods
- 21L.000J Writing About Literature
- 24.00 Problems in Philosophy
- CMS.608 Game Design
- ESD.801 Leadership Development
- STS.003 The Rise of Modern Science
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Current Events in Context: Information on the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Japan Relief Poster by grace.lives.
Hokkaido Univeristy and Kyoto University offer information of how the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant was affected by earthquakes and tsunamis that hit Japan earlier this year.
The following are videos in English:
- What happened, what is going on in Fukushima no.1 nuclear power station?
- The lesson learned from the Chernobyl accident and the data from atomic bomb survivors
- Environmental radioactive substances: Data from the School of Engineering
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