IAP 2020 Activities by Sponsor - Materials Science and Engineering

Donald Galler, Research Engineer

	Jan/28	Tue	09:00AM-05:00PM	4-141, 1 hr lunch break
	Jan/29	Wed	09:00AM-05:00PM	4-141, 1 hr lunch break
	Jan/30	Thu	09:00AM-05:00PM	4-141, 1 hr lunch break

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None

This class is an introduction to the basic operation of a scanning electron microscope. The basic operating principles will be covered. Attendees will be trained on the use of the microscope.

The microscope is a JEOL 6610 LV scanning electron microscope (SEM) with several advanced features:

• low pressure operation for examining non-conductive samples
• computer controlled positioning stage
• energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) system for elemental analysis
• deformation stage for mechanical testing of samples while in the SEM

This is a training class but anyone interested in these modern research tools is welcome to attend. Attendees are encouraged to bring samples for exploration and will operate the microscope as part of the class.

Enrollment limited: Advance sign up required (contact leader by email). 8 people per session.  First come, first serve basis.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Donald Galler, 4-131BA, 617-253-4554, dgaller@mit.edu

Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Advance sign-up required, contact leader tfade@mit.edu
Sign-up by 12/27
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Enameling is the process of fusing powdered glass to copper, steel or silver resulting in a glossy, colorful finish.  Students in this class will gain a clear understanding on how to work with glass on metal through the exploration of enameling techniques such as stenciling, cloisonné, and champlevé. We will work with both flat and formed pieces to create jewelry and sculptural objects. Previous metal work experience is beneficial, however the only prerequisite is fearlessness to experiment. Please visit http://metalslab.mit.edu/ for more info.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 6-112C, 312-320-3547, tfade@mit.edu

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	Jan/06	Mon	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/07	Tue	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/08	Wed	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/09	Thu	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/10	Fri	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/13	Mon	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/14	Tue	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/15	Wed	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/16	Thu	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/17	Fri	11:30AM-01:30PM	Metal Lab 4-006

The activity will meet for a total of 10 sessions: participants required to attend all sessions.

Tara Fadenrecht - Technical Instructor

George Varnavides, DMSE, Amina Matt, DMSE, Jovana Andrejevic, Nina Andrejevic, DMSE, Craig Carter, Professor, DMSE

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Generative art is a type of audiovisual art generated using an algorithm. It often lies at the intersection of mathematical patterns and aesthetic appeal and its results can be stunning and refreshing. In this four-day workshop we will explore some of the aspects of generative art, starting with traditional examples such as mathematical fractals and chaotic attractors, and extending it to discrete and continuous physical systems such as diffusion limited aggregation and microstructural evolution. We will also be exploring multiple media such as visual, audio, and 3D-printing. The instructors will be using both Mathematica and Jupyter notebooks to illustrate concepts and examples, but participants can choose to use any appropriate language of their choice for their projects.

There will be two types of sessions every day: seminars (10:30-noom, 1-2:30pm) - where generative art concepts will be introduced and instructors will work through examples, and hands-on office hours (2:45-4pm). Please sign up by January 6thif you plan on attending by filling in this interest form: https://forms.gle/DNUj2YeBbe1jZfeY7

See individual sessions for topic information.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: George Varnavides, 36-725, gvarnavi@mit.edu

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Day 1

Jan/14

Tue

10:30AM-04:00PM

2-147, Bring laptop

Tue

(AM) Class Overview

(AM) Geometric Fractals

(PM) Mathematical Fractals

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Day 2

Jan/15

Wed

10:30AM-04:00PM

2-147, Bring laptop

Wed

(AM) Strange Attractors

(PM) Discrete Physical Systems (Cellular Automata)

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Day 3

Jan/16

Thu

10:30AM-04:00PM

2-417, Bring laptop

Thu

(AM) Discrete Physical Systems (Spatiotemporal)

(PM) Continuous Physical Systems

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Day 4

Jan/17

Fri

10:30AM-04:00PM

2-417, Bring laptop

Fri

(AM) AudioArt& 3D Printing

(PM) Student Projects

Darcy Greer Gordon, Postdoctoral Associate, MITx Biology Digital Learning Lab, David Bergsman, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance:

Inclusive Classrooms: How to Leverage Identity to Improve your Teaching Practice is a workshop designed to help members of the MIT community improve their teaching skills by learning to foster inclusive environments for their students. Attendees will be asked to consider how their own identities influence their roles as instructors and mentors, and reflect upon how preparations for the first day of class can set the tone for an inclusive classroom year-round.

In this interactive 3 hour workshop, you will learn how to:

• articulate the intersectional identities you hold,
• identify how different teaching practices can be received by diverse audiences,
• assess strategies that promote inclusivity starting with the first day of class, and
• create an action plan to address inclusivity in your classroom.

This workshop is supported by qtPhDs, in collaboration with the Postdoctoral Association, the Committee on Race and Diversity, and the School of Science Quality of Life Program.

 

Register for one of the two sessions offered here:

Registration link: https://forms.gle/YzQSJSTy7YBUH8BA6

Limited to 30 participants in each session.

Sponsor(s): Biology, Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Darcy Greer Gordon, PhD, 68-102B, 617-452-2940, dggordon@mit.edu

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Inclusive Teaching Workshop

Jan/15

Wed

09:00AM-12:00PM

68-121

Registration by January 8th at registration link above.

Darcy Greer Gordon - Postdoctoral Associate, MITx Biology Digital Learning Lab, David Bergsman - Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

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Inclusive Teaching Workshop

Jan/22

Wed

01:00PM-04:00PM

68-121

Registration by January 15th at registration link above.

Darcy Greer Gordon - Postdoctoral Associate, MITx Biology Digital Learning Lab, David Bergsman - Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics

Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Advance sign-up required, contact leader tfade@mit.edu
Sign-up by 12/27
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

In this introductory course, students will create wearable art such as pendants, earrings and bracelets from non-ferrous metal. Through the jewelry design process, which includes sawing, piercing, forming, bezel setting and finishing, students will become comfortable with both hand and power tools. Fabrication techniques including cold connections and oxy-acetylene soldering will be covered as well.

Please visit http://metalslab.mit.edu/ for more info.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 312-320-3547, tfade@mit.edu

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	Jan/27	Mon	01:00PM-03:00PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/28	Tue	01:00PM-03:00PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/29	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/30	Thu	01:00PM-03:00PM	Metal Lab 4-006
	Jan/31	Fri	01:00PM-03:00PM	Metal Lab 4-006

Tara Fadenrecht - Technical Instructor

Pjotrs Zguns, Konstantin Klyukin

Enrollment: https://forms.gle/STaWDzeWYW5ubGku5
Sign-up by 01/15
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

First principles simulations is a useful tool for materials research providing description of functional properties and chemical processes at the atomic scale. This is a huge, fast growing field. Nowadays, with advancement of theory and computers, first principles calculations become essential part of research and enters scientists' daily life. However, rather than being 'push-button technology', first principles methods require a certain level of mastery, making it difficult for newcomers to choose appropriate computational approach.

 Here, we give a brief overview of what DFT is, its possibilities, limitations and pitfalls, followed by hands-on sessions where you perform basic calculations of 1) mechanical and 2) electronic structure properties of common materials and conduct your first 3) chemical reaction in silico.

 This session will be useful for newcomers, experimentalists, and those who want to become familiar with atomistic modelling. Please bring your laptops and sing up here (https://forms.gle/STaWDzeWYW5ubGku5) by Jan 15 to get an account on supercomputer cluster.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Pjotrs Zguns, 13-3070, 857-701-2061, pzguns@mit.edu

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	Jan/21	Tue	03:00PM-05:00PM	13-2137
	Jan/23	Thu	03:30PM-05:30PM	13-2137
	Jan/28	Tue	03:00PM-05:00PM	13-2137

Pjotrs Zguns, Konstantin Klyukin

Dr. Svetlana Boriskina, Prof. Andrey Miroshnichenko

	Jan/07	Tue	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/09	Thu	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/13	Mon	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/14	Tue	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/16	Thu	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-133, Bring your laptop
	Jan/21	Tue	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/23	Thu	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/27	Mon	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/28	Tue	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop
	Jan/30	Thu	10:00AM-12:00AM	3-370, Bring your laptop

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/02
Attendance: Participants must attend the first two sessions to set up the software.
Prereq: none

This course combines a review of the fundamentals of opto-electronic devices and opto-thermal metamaterials with the hands-on multi-physics modeling, design, and optimization experience. The objective is to acquire basic skills for analyzing and designing dielectric, metal, and semiconductor photonic, opto-electronic, and opto-thermal integrated devices, and will include a combination of lectures with computer-based design tutorials and practice.

Topics will include: spectrally-selective light absorption, photo-generated charge carrier separation, optical sensing, radiative cooling, and thermal camouflaging. The course will conclude with the students designing a device or a meta-material of choice, followed by developing a strategy to optimize their design.

Free access to the Lumerical software package will be provided to the enrolled students for the duration of the course courtesy of Lumerical. Students should bring their laptop computers to class to fully participate. Sample list of problems that can be solved with the FDTD Lumerical package can be found here & here.

Please sign up here by Jan 2.

Dr. Svetlana V. Boriskina is a Research Scientist at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and the Lead Editor for the Energy and Environmental Optics Express.

With kind support by Lumerical Inc. via the Commitment to University Education Program and by the UNSW-MIT Bridge Award.

Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Svetlana Boriskina, 3-435B, 617 253-0079, SBORISK@MIT.EDU

Gregory Olson, Professor

	Jan/21	Tue	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-154, Bring laptop
	Jan/22	Wed	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-154, Bring laptop
	Jan/23	Thu	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-154, Bring laptop
	Jan/24	Fri	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-154, Bring laptop

Enrollment: Advance sign-up required, https://forms.gle/1qZvGFT6L9KBPYYK7
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

The commercial ThermoCalc software and database system has served as the foundation of the new technology of computational materials design and accelerated qualification adopted by leading technology corporations. The system consists of the ThermoCalc code for thermodynamics, DICTRA for multicomponent diffusion, and TC-PRISMA precipitation simulator, all grounded in supporting fundamental thermodynamic and kinetic databases, now known as the Materials Genome. The workshop will teach the basic operation of each of these tools, with examples drawn from materials design case studies. Prior basic knowledge of chemical thermodynamics and phase equilibria is recommended.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Gregory Olson, 4-145, gbolson@mit.edu