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
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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
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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Geometric Algebra: Parallel Processing for the Mind
Timothy F. Havel
Tue Jan 9, Thu Jan 11, Tue Jan 16, Thu Jan 18, 04:30-06:00pm, NW14-1112
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: 2 years of Calculus & Linear Algebra
Geometric algebra is a natural extension of vector algebra to metric geometries of arbitrary dimension, signature and curvature. A growing numbers of scholars have come to view it as a universal geometric language encompassing most of physics and much of mathematics. These four lectures will give a light introduction to the subject and some of its many applications, including molecular conformation, NMR spectroscopy, and quantum computing.
Web: http://mrix4.mit.edu/iap00_index.html
Contact: Timothy F. Havel, NW14-2218, 253-8309, tfhavel@mit.edu
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Nuclear Science and Engineering Career Seminar
Andrew Kadak
Wed Jan 31, 10am-12:00pm, Bush Room, 10-105
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Students in this seminar will have an opportunity to meet key nuclear engineering and radiation science and technology faculty, who will be available to describe many of the exciting career options in this field and to review current research programs within the Nuclear Engineering Department. Nuclear science and engineering is a very broad discipline that ranges from nuclear energy production to industrial applications to systems modeling, risk assessment, medical applications, environmental monitoring and many other applications of the atom in our lives. The seminar is open to 30 students to permit opportunities for individual consultation. A light breakfast will be served.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ned/www/
Contact: Andrew Kadak, 24-207A, 253-0166, kadak@mit.edu
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Quantum Codes
Raymond LaFlamme Los Alamos National Lab, David Cory
Tue Jan 16 thru Fri Jan 19, 02-03:30pm, NW14-1112
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
This activity will introduce quantum codes including quantum error correction.
Contact: David Cory, NW14-2217, 253-3806, dcory@mit.edu
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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
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