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Prof. Robert Dell Presents at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

POSTED ON: March 5, 2020

Professor Robert Dell, Director of Special Project on Select Patent Monetization & Director of the Laboratory for Energy Reclamation and Innovation, will speak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Artistic Research Luncheon Series and Artists & Archives series next Tuesday, March 10. 

The Artistic Research Luncheon will begin at 12pm and the Artists & Archives series will begin at 7pm. Both events will be held in the Wiesner Building (20 Ames St. Cambridge, MA 02319).

Professor Dell will speak about aesthetics and engineering, his work in geothermal sculpture (a.k.a Hitavaettur) and energy reclamation.

For more details about the event, visit MIT’s website here.

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