Listen
to podcast
discussions with scientists and MIT students in the field of Nanomechanics*
in conjunction with the Spring 2007 MIT undergraduate engineering
course:
3.052 Nanomechanics of Materials and Biomaterials (course website on Stellar)
*Nanomechanics is the study of forces, motions, energies,
and deformations over distances of ~ < 100 nanometers or involving
forces ~ < 100 nanoNewton. 1 nanoNewton is 10^-9 times the force
that produces an acceleration of 1 meter per second per second when
exerted on a mass of 1 kilogram.
Your Host is: Professor Christine Ortiz (email: cortiz@mit.edu, website: http://web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Table of Contents:
The MIT Podcasters :
Left to Right; Jacqueline Greene (senior undergraduate, Materials Science and Engineering), Matt Russell (MIT Audio visual specialist), Jae Choi (graduate student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept.),Christine Ortiz (Prof. Materials Science and Engineering), Laura Daher (senior undergraduate, chemistry Department), Danielle France (graduate student, Biological Engineering Division), Ben Bruet (graduate student, Materials Science and Engineering Department). Not pictured : Leanne Veldhuis (junior undergraduate, Materials Science and Engineering Department), Mike Vasquez (junior undergraduate Materials Science and Engineering).
Laura gets a gold star for attending every single podcast !!!!
MIT jargon used in podcasts :
IAP = Independent Activities Period = no required classes
in January (!)
Building 13 = building behind the dome where the podcasts are held (in Prof.
Ortiz' office)
Course 3 = undergraduate materials science and engineering major
3.032 = undergraduate course: mechanics of materials
UROP = undergraduate researcher
TA= teaching assistant
STUDENTS - PLEASE EMAIL PROFESSOR ORTIZ FOR ACCESS TO THE PODCASTS AT CORTIZ@MIT.EDU.
A special thank you to Prof. Doug Lauffenburger and
the Biological Engineering Division
which provided funding for support of
this project.