A Modern View of Fusion Power Plants -- Progress and Prospects
Leslie Bromberg
Mon Jan 22, 09:30am-04:00pm, NW17-218, co-sponsored by PSFC & NED
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
A comprehensive description of the history and status of modern fusion power plants will be presented by former students from the Nuclear Engineering Department. Speakers will assess the engineering, physics, and economic issues of fusion tokamak reactors. Each talk will be self-contained, but attendance at all talks is encouraged. Contact Leslie Bromberg for complete schedule of talks.
Contact: Leslie Bromberg, NW16-108, 253-6919, brom@psfc.mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering
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AIAA Design/Build/Fly Team, 2001: Great Balls of Fire
Larry Pilkington
Fri Feb 2, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
The team will present last year's design and the competition results. We will then discuss this year's contest, how the rules have changed, and present the new design.
Contact: Larry Pilkington, lopilk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) at the MIT Research Reactor
T. Newton
Tue Jan 9, 10-11:30am, nw12-202
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Overview and progress reports on this form of radiation therapy being investigated by Harvard/MIT for certain types of inoperable brain cancer tumors and melanomas, followed by a tour of BNCT facilities at the MIT Research Reactor.
Contact: E. Lau, nw12-116, x3-4211, eslau@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Lab
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Breeze and Bicycles
Peter Ahumada
Wed Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 1-242
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Imagine tunnels under Paris or New York where cyclists ride with a strong wind at their back. Imagine lovely gardens above. Feasible? You bet. But first we need to develop a transportation science (from economics) which supplants transportation engineering. Come to look at an alternative way of thinking. A different way of moving will follow.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
Sponsor: Peter M Ahumada, ahumada@mit.edu
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Developments in Power Generation in Response to Environmental Challenges
Janos M. Beer
Wed Jan 10, 10am-12:00pm, 66-154
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none
Emission of pollutants such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, and particulates can be reduced by combustion process modifications and also by improving the thermodynamic efficiency of power cycles in electric power generation. The improved efficiency is especially important for mitigating greenhouse gas emission. Achievements and prospects for future development are discussed.
Contact: Prof. Janos Beer, 66-548, x3-6661, jmbeer@mit.edu
Sponsor: Chemical Engineering
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Electronic Information Resources in Engineering and Science
Deborah Helman
Wed Jan 10, 02:30-04:00pm, 2-132
Tue Jan 23, 01-02:30pm, 2-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Learn about the databases, electronic journals and online services offered by the MIT Libraries that will help you with your research and courses. We will focus on resources available in Engineering and Science. This class will be useful for all students, faculty, researchers and administrative staff who use engineering and scientific information.
Contact: Deborah Helman, 10-500, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Energy for a Sustainable World
Mujid S. Kazimi
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES) invites the MIT community to a series of seminars about energy for a sustainable world, offered by speakers within and outside MIT.
Contact: Michael Messina, 24-209, 253-7407, mmessina@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering
New Directions for Nuclear Energy Technology
Prof. Mujid S. Kazimi, MIT
Mon Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 24-115
Safety, Regulations, and Economics of New Reactors
George A. Davis, Westinghouse
Tue Jan 30, 02-04:00pm, 24-115
Meeting the Challenges of Electricity Supply in the 21st Century
Kurt Yeager, President, EPRI
Wed Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 24-115
Advanced Reactors for Hydrogen Production and Electricity
David Wade, Argonne National Laboratory
Thu Feb 1, 10am-12:00pm, 24-115
Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors: Electricity Supply for the Long Term
Charles Boardman, GE
Thu Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, 24-115
The Economics of Advanced Reactor Systems
Keith Miller, Head of Strategic Analysis, BNFL
Fri Feb 2, 10am-12:00pm, 24-115
Gas Cooled Reactors: Electricity Supply for the Short Term
Andrew C. Kadak, MIT
Fri Feb 2, 02-04:00pm, 24-115
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European Championships in Short Track Speed-Skating Trip
Dr. Kim Blair
Sun-Sat, Jan 15-22, 30, 10-11:00am, 33-114
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Dec-2000
Limited to 2 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Students w/ background in info. technology or business strat
Come brainstorm both technical and business issues related to next generation systems for data collection and distribution in sporting events. Evaluate current systems and suggest improvements. Includes an all-expense-paid trip to The Hague, Netherlands, for the European Championships in Short Track Speedskating (departing evening of the 16th, returning the 22nd). There you will be part of the FinishLynx team (see URL below) operating the technology used to generate results for the competition. On Jan. 30, you will participate in a seminar at the Center for Sports Innovation relating your experience. Prefer students with either information technology or business strategy background.
Web: http://www.finishlynx.com
Contact: Dr. Kim Blair, 17-110, x2-2383, blairk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Engineering Information Resources
Deborah Helman
Thu Jan 18, 25, 02:30-04:00pm, 10-500, Barker Engineering Library
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to join us and discover electronic databases and journals in engineering and other online services offered by the MIT Libraries! Barker Engineering librarians will be on hand to show you what is available and how to use it - just drop in.
Contact: Deborah Helman, 10-500, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Highlights of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Prof. Carlos Cesnik
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: N/A
A series of lectures on the activities of the department will cover areas of interest in research, with oral presentations, films and/or demos and examples. Other lectures will be added to this IAP website; please keep checking for updates.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
A Fortieth Anniversary -- January 26, 2001
Prof. Richard Battin
Mon Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
U.S./Soviet Space Competition
Prof. Robert C. Seamans
Wed Jan 10, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
42 Years in Aerospace--From Planetary Exploration to Satellite TV
Stephen Dorfman, Hunsaker Visiting Professor
Thu Jan 11, 02-03:00pm, 35-520
Flutter Vibrations in Aircraft and Other Structures
Prof. John Dugundji
Fri Jan 12, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Patch up and Ready to Fly: Adhesive-Bonded Patch Repair of Composite Structures
Costas Soutis, Visiting Associate Professor
Tue Jan 16, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Adventures of an Aero Engineer in the Real World
Prof. Norman Ham
Fri Jan 19, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
GPS: Algorithms and Applications
Prof. Jonathan How
Mon Jan 22, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Aerobatic Aerobats
Prof. Eric Feron
Wed Jan 24, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Astrodynamic Optimization: From Dido to DIDO
I. Michael Ross, Visiting Associate Professor, Draper Laboratory
Fri Jan 26, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
Prof. Earll Murman
Mon Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
TBA
Charles Coleman, Lecturer
Thu Feb 1, 02-03:00pm, 35-520
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MIT Research Reactor Cooling Tower - Lecture and Tour
E. Block
Tue Jan 16, 02-03:30pm, NW12-222, tour is weather permitting
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
In summer '99 the MIT Research Reactor's cooling towers were replaced with new, state-of-the-art units. This lecture covers the specification, construction and operation of this new type of cooling tower system. Advance signup suggested.
Contact: E. Block, nw12-112, x3-4205, erblock@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Lab
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Mars Society -- Mars Base Seminars
Bruce Mackenzie
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Seminars discuss the feasibility of a permanent base on the Martian surface, which may be more cost-effective than a round-trip mission for the crew. Includes a proposal to build a prototype base structure on Earth, perhaps here in Boston.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mars/
Contact: Richard Reifsnyder, mars@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Mars Society
Opening a New World
Bruce Mackenzie
Why insist on bringing the first Mars crews back to Earth? Half the total cost of a 500 day surface stay is the return spacecraft and supplies for the return leg. A permanent base would be more cost-effective and achieve greater scientific results.
Wed Jan 10, 01-03:00pm, 33-319
Design a Mars Base
Bruce Mackenzie
Help design a permanent base for Mars, and an inexpensive prototype of it which can be built on Earth. There must be pressurized buildings, greenhouses, and vehicles. Local resources should be used for food and construction wherever possible. (Coincides with "Discovering Mars" presentation.)
Wed Jan 17, 07:30-09:00pm, 4-231
Homesteading Mars and Building with Local Materials
Bruce Mackenzie
The only readily available building materials on Mars are dirt (regolith) and rock. It is easier and takes less equipment to sinter bricks from dirt than to refine metals or plastics. (Coincides with "Discovering Mars" presentation.)
Wed Jan 24, 07:30-09:00pm, 4-231
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Ocean Engineering: Underwater Exploration Series
Prof. Nicholas Makris , Prof. David Mindell
Schedule: TBD
The Department of Ocean Engineering will host a series of presentations on underwater exploration. Researchers involved in the recent expedition to the Black Sea will discuss underwater archaeological findings, including the discovery of Roman ship wrecks and traces of submerged prehistoric civilizations. Advances in underwater technology, which make these findings possible, will be explained.
The series will include a bus trip, for freshmen only, to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The focus of the trip
will be a tour of the Deep Submergence Laboratory (DSL) where the group will meet the researchers who found the Titanic. We will learn about the manned and unmanned vehicles that DSL uses to explore underwater thermal vents, where new and extraordinary life forms have been found. The trip will also include a tour of the oceanographic research facilities at WHOI's main dock and a stop at the Woods Hole Aquarium. This trip is limited to one busload (approximately 56 people).
Contact: Prof. Nicholas Makris, 5-222, makris@mit.edu
Sponsor: Ocean Engineering
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Product Development in the Sporting Goods Industry
Dr. Kim Blair
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: N/A
MIT’s Center for Sports Innovation (CSI) is offering a seminar series during IAP on product development in the sporting goods industry. Many companies engaged in sports product development reside in the New England area. CSI has invited representatives from several of these companies to visit the Center, and to speak to the MIT community about sports product development. Each speaker has been asked to talk about aspects of product development that they consider either most interesting or perhaps of critical importance to the ongoing success of their product line. Companies range from area start-ups, with exciting new technology just coming to market, to established companies with a long history of sports product development.
Five sessions are planned during IAP 01.
Contact: Dr. Kim Blair, 17-110, x2-2383, blairk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
L.L. Bean
David Bennell, www.llbean.com
Wed Jan 17, 10-11:00am, 33-114
New Balance
Cathleen Aron and Sean Murphy, www.newbalance.com
Fri Jan 19, 10-11:00am, 33-419
Spinergy
Marty Connolly, www.spinergy.com
Mon Jan 22, 10-11:00am, 33-114
Skis Dynastar
Charlie Adams, Skis Dynastar
Wed Jan 24, 10-11:00am, 33-419
Lynx System Developers
Doug DeAngelis, www.finishlynx.com
Tue Jan 30, 11am-12:00pm, 35-225
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Sustainable Energy, An Overview
Michael W. Golay
Mon Jan 8 thru Fri Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, 24-121
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Energy, the environment and society are aspects of a complex system that must be managed carefully so that society's needs are met in a way that is environmentally sustainable. Reasonable persons disagree on how this might be done. The course, Sustainable Energy (1.181J, 2.65J, 3.564J, 10.391J, 11.371J, 22.811J, ESD.166J) examines these issues in considerable interdisciplinary depth. This activity's goal is to provide a brief introduction to the same material for those unable to take the full course. Topics include energy demand trends and factors, available and conceivable energy technologies, and what people want. Activity includes considerable classroom discussion.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/energylab/www/se/index.html
Contact: Michael W. Golay, 24-223, 253-5824, golay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Engineering
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Tour of the MIT Research Reactor
E. Lau
Wed Jan 10, Fri Jan 12, Wed Jan 17, 10-11:30am, NW12-116
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Learn how the MIT 5 megawatt research reactor is operated and utilized. A descriptive lecture and tour of the lab will be given with emphasis on interdisciplinary research and applications. Advance signup recommended.
Bring picture ID.
Contact: E. Lau, NW12-116, x3-4211, eslau@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Lab
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