tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184915000 2008-12-31 14:50:32 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium What are the challenges of bringing the academy and the industry together? How do we negotiate working across these two worlds? 7155 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/184884760 2009-06-17 10:00:10 -0400 MIT Public Service Center Videos Yi Wang ’09 received an MIT Public Service Center Grant to work in a D-Lab team on improving the efficiency of the charcoal and briquette production in Lunsar, Sierra Leone and other rural villages. After numerous trials, she found that coconut shells produced the most charcoal, however, several factors need to be improved for their charcoal production to become more efficient. Yi also participated in the ReachOut program, a literacy tutoring program that matches MIT students with children at a local after school center. 92