MONDAY, January 9 - FRIDAY, January 13th
Design that Matters: Learning Tools for Bangladesh
9:00am - 5:00pm, Location TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required by 1/7/06 (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions

This IAP course introduces you to Design that Matters (the non-profit) and the ideas driving it. We're looking for a group of crazy inventors to dive into a week-long concept development and prototyping blitz to develop a learning tool for elementary school students in Bangladesh. DtM will provide the project background and details on our client, and a summary of the project work accomplished to date. You will provide truckloads of energy, enthusiasm and ideas. The specific course meeting details will be announced on Dec 14th. Space is limited and we want to built a superstar team. When registering for the course, please send a short motivational statement on why you want to take the course, and a summary of your background and skills.

http://www.designthatmatters.org/news/archives/cat_cmes.html
Contact: Timothy Prestero, E70-300; tprester@mit.edu

MONDAY, January 9th - SUNDAY, February 5th
Internship in Engineering Design with Radiant Apparatus and Friends of Petite Ans

Radiant Apparatus and Friends of Petite Ans (in Haiti) would like your help in designing portable and economical tools for disaster relief, famine, mitigation, solar education and more. IAP 2006 Internships are available in Boston from Jan 9 – Feb 5, 2006.

http://www.RadiantApparatus.com
Contact: John Essig - jressig@aol.com

THURSDAY, January 12th
How to Win the IDEAS Competition!
6-8pm, 4-402

Past winners and IDEAS staff offer insights and strategies for successful project development and applications. Learn more about the Competition, get answers for your questions, and learn about the differences between winning projects and the rest.

http://web.mit.edu/ideas

TUESDAY, January 17th
The UN Millennium Report: An International Response to Global Environmental Challenges
12-1pm, 56-114
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required by 1/13/06 (see contact below)

Dr. Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of the MIT Earth Science Initiative, will present an overview of the UN Millennium Report which identifies environmental challenges as well as recommendations for action on global environmental issues. Ms. Flores Xanat Flores, PhD Candidate, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory,(CEE) will report on an MIT response to the Millennium Report: the SODIS (SOlar DISinfection) Bags Project which focuses on creating simple and inexpensive solutions to purify water in rural communities in developing countries by using solar radiation to disinfect microbially contaminated water.

http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-7022.html
Contact: Nancy Boyce, E51-296, nboyce@mit.edu

MONDAY, 12/5
Design for Change Meeting and Office Hrs
7pm in 50-028
Join us for our weekly Design that Matters meeting!

Trip to West Africa