High-Tech Start Ups
Jack M. Gill, Ph.D. Vanguard Venture Partners
Mon-Wed, Fri, Jan 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 21-22, 24, 27, 10-11:30am, E56-270
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Dec-2002
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This class is designed for Science and Engineering faculty, graduate students, and upperclass undergraduates. Topics to be covered: VCs, Entrepreneurs, VC Firms; Startup Company Dynamics; Stock Options, Compensations; Financings, Cap Schemes, IPOs; Life Science Case Study; Photonics Case Study; Internet Case Study; Patents, IP, Tech Transfer; Telecom Case Study; and High-tech Career Planning.
Contact: Linda Sullivan, lindasul@mit.edu
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How Big Are Things? -- Getting and Giving a Clue
Mitchell Charity
Tue Jan 28, 12:30-01:30pm, 4-370
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
How big is a virus? The Prudential Building? A mountain? Jupiter? We will look at a simple framework (www.vendian.org/howbig/) for remembering and dealing with size. Then discuss using it, order of magnitude estimation, and Fermi Questions.
Web: http://www.vendian.org/howbig/
Contact: Mitchell Charity, iap03howbig@vendian.org
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Vacuum Technology Seminar
James Carter, Johan E. de Rijke
Tue Jan 14, 09:30am-03:00pm, 34-101, Break 12-1; refreshments
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 13-Jan-2003
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Intensive one-day non-commercial class on vacuum fundamentals for graduate students and other vacuum users. HV/UHV, system pressure, total gas load, material selection, system pumping speed, gauges, system operation and troubleshooting. Taught by engineer with 35 years experience in vacuums, who holds patents in the area and has five years experience teaching vacuum seminars around the world. Free manual provided by Varian Vacuum Technologies.
Contact: James Carter, 39-421, jcar@nano.mit.edu
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