Documentary Night: The Sun Queen

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Documentary Night: She Lit the Way for Solar

For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Mária Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun. She designed and built the world’s first successfully solar-heated modern residence and identified a promising new chemical that, for the first time, could store solar heat like a battery. And yet, along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her boss and colleagues — all men — at MIT.

Despite these obstacles, Telkes persevered and, upon her death in 1995, held more than 20 patents. She is now recognized as a visionary pioneer in the field of sustainable energy. An unexpected and largely forgotten heroine, Telkes was remarkable in her vision and tenacity — a scientist and a woman in every way ahead of her time. Her research and innovations from the 1930s through the ‘70s continue to shape how we power our lives today

AFTER the documentary - we can have a brief discussion session. NOTE: You must supply your own soda pop and popcorn! :-) Trivia may also follow, so bring your Jeopardy hats too! If you registered for the original event, you are already included in the Webex link notification that will go out the morning of this re-screening.

<NOTE: Re screening of Feb 29th event - darn Leap Day glitch! :-)  >


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  • Date: 28 Mar 2024
  • Time: 06:00 PM to 07:20 PM
  • All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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  • Starts 06 March 2024 12:20 PM
  • Ends 27 March 2024 11:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • No Admission Charge

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Documentary Night: The Sun Queen

For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Mária Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun. She designed and built the world’s first successfully solar-heated modern residence and identified a promising new chemical that, for the first time, could store solar heat like a battery. And yet, along the way, she was undercut and thwarted by her boss and colleagues — all men — at MIT.

Despite these obstacles, Telkes persevered and, upon her death in 1995, held more than 20 patents. She is now recognized as a visionary pioneer in the field of sustainable energy. An unexpected and largely forgotten heroine, Telkes was remarkable in her vision and tenacity — a scientist and a woman in every way ahead of her time. Her research and innovations from the 1930s through the ‘70s continue to shape how we power our lives today

Biography:

There is plenty of material publicly available on the history of this pioneer.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Telkes

http://solarhousehistory.com/resources/#Maria-Telkes

 

Address:Cyber City, Michigan, United States, 48309




Agenda

6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update; (on your own) Pizza, Popcorn and Soda Pop
6:05 PM - Documentary
7:05 PM - End of Documentary; Start of Q & A; Group Discussion
7:15 PM - Wrap Up 

 ALL times are in EST/EDT (UTC-4 or UTC-5) depending upon local day light savings times in when effect


An IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section event. All are welcome. Consider becoming an IEEE member if such similar events are of professional/academic interest to you/ --Sharan Kalwani


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Sun Queen Documentary - FLYER Sun Queen Documentary - FLYER 347.37 KiB