AutoCAD Basics Through Engineering and Architectural Graphics (CANCELLED)
Wayne Daniels
Tue Jan 8, Thu Jan 10, Tue Jan 15, Thu Jan 17, Tue Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, 1-341, MEETING CANCELLED
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2002
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Applications of basic commands and techniques on how to construct basic mechanical drawings using AUTOCAD software. The same application of basic commands will be applied to basic architectural residential floor plans.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton
Contact: Wayne Daniels, x3-4475, wdaniels@mit.edu
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Build a Rocket, Solar Car, Race Car, Submarine or Robot!
Kim Vandiver
Thu Jan 10, 04-05:30pm, 4-402
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come find out more about the clubs and teams sponsored by the Edgerton Center. WE BUILD COOL STUFF. Check out this lineup: Solar Electric Vehicle Team, MIT Battlebots Team, MIT Rocket Team, ORCA (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team), Formula SAE team and MIT FIRST Team. All these teams will be recruiting new members to work during IAP and beyond.
Web: http://web.mit.edgerton/iap02.html
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-406, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
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Edgerton Center Design Competition
Amy Smith
Thu Jan 17, 04-05:30pm, 4-402
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Win cool prizes! Build cool stuff! Create toys to help autistic students at the Protestant Guild Learning Center. The kick-off for the design competition will be @ 4:00 on January 17th in Room 4-402. Students will have 2 weeks to produce a working prototype in teams of up to 4 people. The Edgerton Center shop and electronic projects lab will be available and materials will be provided. Members of the winning team will receive a Palm Pilot. For more information, contact Amy Smith (mmadinot@mit.edu)
Contact: Amy Smith, 4-406, x8-6844, mmadinot@mit.edu
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High-speed Video & Motion Analysis Capabilities at the Edgerton Center
Jim Bales
Wed Jan 16, 09:30am-04:30pm, Mezzanine Lounge
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 03-Jan-2002
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The Edgerton Center has a range of high-speed imaging equipment available for the MIT Communitiy. Use the newest high-speed video camera in our lab, capable of up to 8,000 images per second. These images can be burned onto a CD as .avi files for later review. The Center also has the latest Midas motion-analysis software package from Xcitex, Inc. This analysis package is designed to take the high-speed files and track objects automatically, calculating location, velocity, and acceleration on a frame-by-frame basis.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton
Contact: Jim Bales, 4-406, x3-6178, bales@mit.edu
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Introduction to Machine Tools
Fred Cote
Mon Jan 7 thru Thu Jan 10, 09-12:00am, 44-023
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 17-Dec-2001
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
This short 12 hour course introduces the milling machine, metal lathe, and related processes by constructing two simple projects.
Contact: Fred Cote, 44-023, x8-7728, fpcote@mit.edu
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Inventors, It's Your Idea - Can You Make It Work?
Doug Carmichael
Wed Jan 23, 02-04:00pm, 5-232
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2002
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Are you interested in pursuing an idea of your own? This activity will help get you started. You will learn what support is available at the Edgerton Center, including the Spring seminar SP.704 "Turning Ideas into Inventions." You will learn how to apply for UROP funding intended to help students who wish to work on their own inventions and innovations. You will also learn about Lemelson Program support for inventors.
Contact: Doug Carmichael, 5-207, x3-4316, adcarmich@mit.edu
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MIT Rocket Team Lecture Series
Carl Dietrich, Andrew Heafitz
Tue Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 04-06:00pm, 24-040
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2002
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Lectures presented by members of the MIT Rocket team on topics such as;
How the Rocket Team's new kerosene/LOX engine works
Basics of flight vehicle Design
An update on rocket engine projects through our sponsors, Pratt & Whitney
Contact: Carl Dietrich, 24-040, chipd@mit.edu
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