Hands-on Astronomy
Margaret Pan
Tue-Thu, Jan 10-11, 16-18, 23-25, 07-10:00pm, 37-562
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Dec-2000
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
An introduction to observing with 8-inch telescopes, including visual observing and CCD imaging of planets, stars, and bright deep-space objects. We'll devote as many of the evening sessions to outdoors observing as weather conditions allow - but will not meet on hopelessly cloudy nights.
Please sign up via email to mpan@mit.edu by 12/16/00. If this activity is oversubscribed, participants will be chosen via a lottery on 12/17/00.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mpan/www/iapastr.html
Contact: Margaret Pan, 13-2057, x5-8865, mpan@mit.edu
Sponsor: Margaret W Pan, 500 MEMORIAL DR, 617 225-8865, mpan@mit.edu
|
Holy Hologram! An Introduction to Holography
Otto Loggers
Thu Jan 11, Fri Jan 19, Wed Jan 24, 10:30am-02:30pm
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Learn how to make a hologram! This event in the Museum's holography laboratory will introduce the exciting process of making a reflection or transmission hologram. Bring along a small (egg-sized) object to use as holographic subjects. The Museum's newest holography exhibition "Light Fantastic" will be a meeting point for discussion and exploration of this 3D medium.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/museum
Contact: Visitor Services, N52-2nd floor, x3-5927
Sponsor: MIT Museum
|
Introduction to Lost Wax Casting
Toby R. Bashaw
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Dec-2000
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Freshmen are favored!
Experience the foundry! Make a wax model of a small item you would like to cast. We will build a ceramic shell around the wax model, and the wax will be burned out. We will pour a metal into the ceramic shell and the sculpture is formed. SIGN UP BY EMAIL ONLY AT: trbashaw@mit.edu
Contact: Toby R. Bashaw, 8-004, x3-5946, trbashaw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Eng
|
Introductory Blacksmithing
Toby Bashaw
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Dec-2000
Limited to 16 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Using forges, hammers, and anvils, you'll have a hands-on opportunity to safely shape red-hot steel into useful, beautiful items. FIRST MEETING IS MANDATORY for all participants (Monday, Jan 8, 7-9pm, Rm. 4-003). There will be two 3-hour sessions (7-10pm); signup for these sessions will take place at the first meeting. SIGN UP BY EMAIL ONLY AT trbashaw@mit.edu.
Contact: Toby Bashaw, 8-004, x3-5946, trbashaw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Eng
|
Kitchen Chemistry
Dr. Patti Christie
Wed Jan 17, 01-04:00pm, 24-612
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Cooking may be the oldest and most widespread application of chemistry, and recipes may be the oldest practical result of chemical research. We shall do some cooking experiments to illustrate chemical principles, including extraction, denaturation, and phase changes. This is a preview of a for-credit seminar which will be offered this coming spring.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Dr. Patti Christie, 24-612, x3-7786, patti@mit.edu
Sponsor: Experimental Study Group
|
Lab Demo: Electron Microprobe Analysis on JEOL JXA-733 Superprobe
Nilanjan Chatterjee
Fri Jan 12, 01-05:00pm, 54-1221
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
In this session you will have hands-on experience on our newly-upgraded Electron Microprobe with enhanced imaging capabilities. Learn about wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, backscattered electron, secondary electron, cathodoluminescence, and elemental x-ray imaging. This is a four-hour session for people unable to attend our detailed course on Electron Microprobe Analysis (12.141).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www
Contact: Neel Chatterjee, 54-1216, x3-1995, e-probe@mit.edu
Sponsor: Earth, Atmos & Planetary Sci
|
Practical NMR Spectroscopy
Jeffrey Simpson , Mark Wall, David Bray
Tue Jan 9, Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 18, 11-12:00am, 2-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 08-Jan-2001
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This IAP class will be presented in four lectures and one laboratory session. The first two lectures will touch upon the basics of NMR, including the origin of the NMR signal, interactions of NMR-active nuclei, and strategies for exploiting these interactions. The third lecture will survey the information content provided by key multidimensional NMR techniques with relevant examples. The fourth lecture will cover generating figures in Bruker and Varian NMR data formats for inclusion in manuscripts. Enrollment in the computer processing/figure-generation laboratory session will be limited to twelve persons. Lecture attendance will be limited to room capacity (ca. 30 persons), so those wishing to secure a place should enroll early. Enrollment will be first come, first served.
To enroll, send e-mail to Jeff Simpson at jsimpson@mit.edu with "NMR-IAP" as the subject.
Contact: Jeff Simpson, jsimpson@mit.edu
Sponsor: Chemistry
|
Special Topics in Small Molecule Crystallography
William M. Davis
Mon Jan 8, Wed Jan 10, Fri Jan 12, 10-11:00am, TBA
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: 5.068, or equivalent
Advanced strategies for the solution and refinement of small molecule diffraction problems will be discussed.
Contact: William M. Davis, 2-325, x3-1884, wmdavis@mit.edu
Sponsor: Chemistry
|
Trace Element Measurement by Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), or How Much Titanium Is in that Twinkie?
K. Czerwinski
Mon Jan 8, Thu Jan 11, 10-11:00am, NW12-222
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
NAA is a simple, sensitive, nuclear-based method for elemental analyses of a wide variety of materials, especially environmental samples. There will be a lecture on 1/8, and an analysis session on 1/11 of foods supplied by participants.
Contact: K. Czerwinski, nw13-219, x3-3843, kczer@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Lab
|
X-ray Diffraction Demonstrations
Joseph A. Adario
Mon Jan 8, 01-04:00pm, 13-4027
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
X-ray diffraction is a nondestructive analytical method used by materials scientists in the physical and biological sciences to characterize the structure of materials at the atomic level. A collimated beam of x-rays is directed to the material to be analyzed. The x-rays diffract into an x-ray detector forming a diffraction pattern. This pattern contains information about the types of atoms present and their locations within the crystalline lattice. The technique is empoyed with both single crystals and polycrystalline materials. Both techniques will be demonstrated. Call to reserve a demo time.
Contact: Joe Adario or Peter Kloumann, 13-4009, 36887,33691, jadario@mit.edu, phbk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
|
|
