Basic Analog Circuits -- What You Really Need to Know
Matt Park
Mon Jan 12, Wed Jan 14, Fri Jan 16, Wed Jan 21, Fri Jan 23, 11am-01:00pm, 36-156
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2004
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: 6.002; intention to take 6.012 , 6.101,6.115, or 6.301
Not sure you got everything from 6.002 that you'll need in
6.012 or the EE labs? Do circuits still scare you? Will review the essentials and cover
-- Nodal Analysis, Dependent and Independent Sources
-- Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Diodes
-- Large and Small Signal Models
-- Amplifiers
-- High-Level Device Physics
Will emphasize physical intuition and understanding circuit diagrams. Will involve short lectures, worked examples and
one to two hours of homework per session.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tbp/www/tbp-teach
Contact: Matt Park, tbp-circuits@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Biomedical Optics Summer Opportunities
Martha Gray, Thomas Deutsch
Wed Jan 21, 04-06:00pm, E25-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Optics is playing an increasingly important role in medicine and biology. MIT and the Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine at Mass General Hospital will offer a paid summer internship program sponsored by NIH and NSF combining research experience with a lecture series. Undergraduate U.S. citizens or permanent residents who will have completed their sophomore year by June 2004 are eligible. Project topics include diffuse optical tomography, photodynamic therapy, optical coherence tomography, in vivo confocal microscopy & multi-photon microscopy, selective laser targeting and more. Project leaders will describe projects for this summer’s Institute running from June 16-August 13, 2004 (see URL below for information and application).
Web: http://hst.mit.edu/biooptics
Contact: Greg Llacer, E25-518, (617) 452-4091, gllacer@mit.edu
Sponsor: Health Sciences & Technology
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Boeing 767 Cockpit Systems and Automation
Dr. Charles Oman (MIT Man Vehicle Lab), Brian Nield (Boeing Commercial Airplane), and Colleagues
Mon Jan 26 thru Fri Jan 30, 09am-03:00pm, Room 33-116, Simulator Sessions 3-5 or 6-8
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Basic Flight Simulator Instrument Flying Skills (see below).
Are you an aero-engineering student, pilot, or serious desktop flight simulator user ? Want to understand how transport aircraft systems and automation work ? Boeing and MIT Aero/Astro are offering a familiarization course corresponding to those taken by Boeing engineers and airline pilots. Classroom lectures and afternoon/evening sessions using a B767-300 desktop flight simulator, computer based training modules, and an actual B767 at Logan Airport. You don't have to be a real world pilot, but you must have basic simulator instrument flying skills. Participants are requested to attend all sessions.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/flightsimlab/Introduction.htm
Contact: Dr. Charles Oman, 37-219, x3-7508, cmo@space.mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Brain Food! The Wonders of EECS!
Concetta Maratta
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Curious about the research being done in one of MIT's most exciting and prestigious departments? Unsure if you want to pursue a degree in EECS? Looking for a research project? At each session a different professor will present his or her research projects. Learn about the newest technologies and cutting-edge research. Perfect for freshmen! Anyone intrigued by EECS is welcome. Come get inspired.
Refreshments.
Check on website in early January for specific presentations.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ieee/iap/www
Contact: Concetta Maratta, cmaratta@mit.edu
Sponsor: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
MEMS -- Microelectromechanical Systems -- Careers & Research
Professor Martin Schmidt
Prof. Martin Schmidt is Director of the Microsystems
Technology Lab, and does research in MEMS.
Thu Jan 22, 03-05:00pm, 34-401
Numerical Simulation Techniques for RF Circuits, MEMS and Power Electronics
Professor Luca Daniel
Prof. Luca Daniel is a new professor in EECS (from Italy) who will talk
about his research.
Mon Jan 26, 03-05:00pm, 34-401
Make Your Life Easier by Making Your Computer Smarter
Professor Leslie Kaelbling
Prof. Kaelbling will discuss her research in Artificial
Intelligence.
Tue Jan 27, 03-05:00pm, 34-401
Talking to Computers: An Introduction to Conversational Interfaces
Dr. T.J. Hazen
Presentation of on-going research on conversational
interaction and the development of natural spoken
language interfaces. Speech recognition, natural language
processing, dialogue modeling, speech synthesis, speaker
indentification and biometrics, and multi-modal interfaces.
Wed Jan 28, 03-05:00pm, 34-401
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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Tour
Prof. W.E. Vander Velde, George T. Schmidt
Wed Jan 21, 02-04:00pm, 555 Tech. Square, Draper Lab Reception Area
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2004
Limited to 35 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card Holder.
We will begin with an introduction to the Draper Laboratory, its history, and major projects. We will then visit several areas of the Laboratory and see some of its project activities. Restricted to U.S. citizens or Green Card holders. Tour will depart from the Draper Lab Reception Lobby, 555 Technology Square, Cambridge (next to NE43).
Contact: Peggy Edwards, 37-367, x8-7390, margaret@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Copper Cable Matching Optimization
Dr. Mitchell H. Burman, Dr. Timothy S. Kniker Analytics Operations Engineering, Inc.
Wed Jan 7, 10:30am-12:00pm, E40-106
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Developing OR models in industry can be intellectually challenging, frustrating, rewarding, but most of all fun. The modeling, however, is a surprisingly small component of the entire process. This talk describes a “real-life” implementation of an optimization algorithm that has been incorporated into the daily operations of a major wire and cable manufacturing company. The company has many thousands of reels of different product spread throughout six facilities across the country. When an order comes in, it must be decided from which facility and reel it should be cut in order to minimize the transportation, operations, and waste costs for the company, while still meeting the customer’s service requirements.
Contact: Yann Le Tallec, Ketty Tanizar, Kendell Timmers, E40-130, x3-7412, letallec@mit,edu,ktanizar@mit.edu,ktimmers@mit.edu
Sponsor: Operations Research Center
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Design a Space Elevator
Bruce Mackenzie
Thu Jan 8, 11am-12:00pm, W20-445
Tue Jan 13, Thu Jan 15, Tue Jan 20, 11am-12:00pm, 5-134
Thu Jan 22, 11am-12:00pm, 5-233
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Help design a passenger carrying "space elevator". A space elevator is a ribbon made of super strong carbon-nanotubes. It could be lowered from a geosynchronous satellite to the Earth. Simple 'climber' vehicles would climb up the ribbon, to most any orbit, or to be thrown on interplanetary trajectories. Depending on student's interests, we may design the layout of a passenger or cargo carrying elevator climber, or consider the dynamics, materials, finance, risk, or radiation shielding.
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, (781) 944-7027, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Jasmin Moghbeli, BAKER-HOUSE # 515, 617 225-7265, jmogs@mit.edu
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Do-It-Yourself Mock Aviation Accident Investigation
Brian Nield, Boeing Commercial Airplane, Prof. Nancy Leveson
Mon Jan 26 thru Fri Jan 30, 09am-03:00pm, 33-116, Simulator sessions 3-5 or 6-8.
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2004
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: spreadsheet skills (Excel); some familiarity with aviation
Bermuda Airlines Flight 16 has crashed shortly after takeoff on its way to the United States. Work with your peers on a small, self-directed, investigative team to solve a realistic (but fictional) aircraft accident mystery. New information on the crash will be given out each session as you piece together the facts to determine what caused the accident and build recommendations for improving flying safety. Note: This is the same problem that was offered during IAP 2002. Participants are expected to attend working sessions. This activity will be coordinated with the Boeing 767 course; therefore, the schedule for this activity is subject to change.
Contact: Karen Marais, 33-407, x2-5412, karenm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Gas Dynamics in Extreme Environments: From the Columbia Accident Investigation to Micro Devices
Dr. Michael Gallis Sandia National Laboratory
Fri Jan 23, 02-03:00pm, 3-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia was followed by a six-month investigation covering numerous failure scenarios. Due to the lack of physical data numerical simulations were used to help with the interpretation of the forensic evidence and the evaluation of the plausibility of the candidate scenarios. In this talk the contribution of high altitude aerodynamic and thermal loads to the failure scenario will be demonstrated through molecular gas dynamics calculations. These simulations cover a regime where traditional CFD fails and the experimental study of the phenomena is impossible.
The use of molecular gas dynamics simulations will also be demonstrated for design applications ranging from spacecraft to micro-machines.
Contact: Daniel Shea, 1-106, 258-5804, gumby@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Get Ready for 6.001!
Ben Vandiver, David Ziegler, Alex Vandiver
Wed Jan 14, 21, 03-05:00pm, 36-156
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Intention to take 6.001 at some point
Planning on taking 6.001? Are you worried you don't have enough programming experience? Come hear an overview of the topics covered by 6.001, an introduction to concepts behind programming, and an introduction to the basics of scheme. Then short, simple daily Scheme exercises will be emailed to participants with solutions following a day later. These problems will provide practice and demonstrate solutions to the kinds of problems asked in 6.001. Online help will be available.
The second session will go over the solutions to the problems and explain the steps used. You'll come away with a better understanding of Scheme and what 6.001 is about.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/benmv/6.001/get-ready
Contact: Ben Vandiver, 6.001-get-ready@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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HFES Special Seminar - Complex Systems Insights Relevant to Large Engineering Projects
Miwa Hayashi
Wed Jan 7, 11:30am-12:30pm, 4-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Speaker: Professor Yaneer Bar-Yam (NECSI)
The failure of many large engineering projects to achieve design objectives or, if achieved, to be relevant once completed, has led over the past ten years to a reevaluation of traditional systems engineering. This presentation will introduce the concepts of multiscale analysis and evolutionary engineering that are currently driving dramatic changes in major government procurement programs. Specifically, it will describe some of the work being done in collaboration with the military and government systems engineers in reframing the role of systems engineering in addressing highly complex integrated real time systems in the context of rapidly changing requirements.
Contact: Miwa Hayashi, mhayashi@mit.edu
Sponsor: Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
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Highlights of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Prof. Moe Win
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: N/A
PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THIS SITE FOR UPDATES.
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.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research Frontiers in Aerospace Networks
Eytan Modiano
Thu Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-206
Marketing, Business and Technical Tradeoffs in Satellite Communications Systems Design
Joel Schindall
Thu Jan 15, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Rapid Prototyping -- Aerospace Applications
John Bowkett VP, Nu-Cast Inc.
Fri Jan 16, 01-02:30pm, 33-206
Aerospace Communications and Networks
Vicent Chan
Tue Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
From the Earth to the Moon
Prof. Richard Battin
The MIT Instrumention Laboratory provided the Guidance and Control Navigation System for all of the Apollo missions to the moon. Come hear from a major participant.
Thu Jan 22, 11am-12:00pm, 33-206
Finding Spectrum for a Satellite-based Personal Communications System
Dr. Raymond Leopold, Visiting Professor, Aeronautics and Ast
Dr. Raymond J. Leopold, one of the three engineers who created the Iridium System, will discuss the challenges and considerations involved in finding spectrum for a new system. His comments will include his experiences at the ITU's World Administrative Radio Conference in Torremolinos, Spain in 1992, and the FCC's Negotiated Public Rulemaking in Washington, DC, in 1993.
Thu Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
Jaroslaw Sobieski NASA Langley Research Center
Fri Jan 30, 01-02:30pm, 33-206
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How to Find a Course VI UROP, AUP or MEng Thesis
Concetta Maratta
Thu Jan 8, 03-05:00pm, 34-401A
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Looking for a research project in Course VI? Successful
students and supervisors will talk about how to find a great
project, and lots of handouts will be provided.
Refreshments
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ieee/iap/www
Contact: Concetta Maratta, cmaratta@mit.edu
Sponsor: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
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International Space University/NASA Academy Opportunities
Raju Patel
Tue Jan 20, 02-03:30pm, 33-116
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
The workshop will provide participants the following information:
--spending nine weeks at ISU in Australia building an international, interdisciplinary space network
--how to earn a Master's in Space Studies at ISU's main campus in Strasbourg, France
--the low-down on applying for various NASA summer programs and internships
--NASA Academy opportunities at Goddard Space Flight Center and Ames Research Center.
Contact: Raju Patel, 37-441, x3-4348, rpatel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Introduction to ANSYS and Finite Element Analysis
Mary Kathryn Thompson
Tue Jan 20 thru Sat Jan 24, 09am-05:00pm, 2-135, (Jan. 24th class in 1-246)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Dec-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: 2.001, 2.003, and 2.005 or equivalent
Participants will learn the fundamentals of the ANSYS Finite Element software. Create and import solid models, write and run input files, setup and solve problems in multiple physical domains and post process the results.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mkt/www/ansys
Contact: Mary Kathryn Thompson, 3-470, 253-1953, mkt@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Introduction to the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory
Joseph A. Adario, Peter Kloumann
Thu Jan 29, 10am-12:00pm, 13-4027
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come and learn about X-ray Diffraction and what it can do for you in your materials research. We will demonstrate single crystal techniques, methods for identifing unknown polycrystaline materials, determination of lattice constants and other uses based upon your research needs. Bring a sample for a demonstration and consult with us about applying x-ray diffraction to your material.
Contact: Joseph A. Adario, 13-4009A, x3-6887, jadario@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Linear Algebra Demystified
Jonathan Pottharst Harvard Doctoral Math Student, Vikash Mansinghka
Mon-Fri, Jan 12-15, 20-23, 03-05:00pm, 34-301
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Desire to master linear algebra; some classroom exposure
Explores the conceptual tools required to understand linear algebra and to apply them to engineering problems. Emphasizes conceptual precision and visual intuition; aims to make meaning of matrices clear and intuitive. Topics include linear maps as matrices, invertibility, eigen-stuff, geometry, least squares approximations and linear systems analysis.
Centered around problem-solving tutorials, short readings and mini-lectures, with instructors circulating to answer your questions. Intended for students who have seen linear algebra through 18.06 or various engineering classes, and
have discovered they need to understand it better.
Sponsored by Tau Beta Pi and the EECS Department.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tbp/www/tbp-teach
Contact: Jonathan Pottharst, tbp-linear-algebra@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Linear Systems Demystified
Stephen Hou, Keith Santarelli
Mon-Fri, Jan 14-16, 20-23, 26-28, 01-03:00pm, 34-303
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Desire to master linear systems; one linear systems course.
Explores the fundamental conceptual and mathematical tools required to understand and engineer linear systems and grounds them in examples from several engineering disciplines. Our emphasis will be visual and intuitive, as we like pictures. Specific topics include Fourier/Laplace analysis of signals and systems, sampling and elements of control. The class will be centered around problem-solving tutorials, short readings and mini lectures, with several instructors circulating to answer your questions. This course is intended for students who have taken one of 6.003, 2.004, Unified, or the like, and have discovered they need a deeper understanding for signal processing, control, etc.
Sponsored by Tau Beta Pi and EECS.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tbp/www/tbp-teach
Contact: Stephen Hou, 3-438A, tbp-linear-systems@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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MIT Lincoln Laboratory Technical Seminar Series
Various
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
These seminars will be presented from the Lincoln Laboratory Technical Seminar Series Program.
Web: http://www.ll.mit.edu/
Contact: Shelby Soleimani, (781) 981-3080, soleimani@ll.mit.edu
Sponsor: Lincoln Laboratory
Growth of Electro-Optic Crystal for Optical Modulators
Dr. Michael W. Geis
Wed Jan 21, 01-02:30pm, 4-163
Phonetic, Idiolectal, and Acoustic Speaker Recognition: Getting to Know You
Dr. Joseph P. Campbell
Wed Jan 21, 02:30-04:00pm, 4-163
Geometry in Signal-Processing
Dr. Steven T. Smith
Wed Jan 21, 04-05:30pm, 4-163
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MIT Rocket Team
Carl Dietrich
Mon Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 06:30-08:30pm, 41-116
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: 4-40 hours/week depending upon participant interest
The MIT Rocket Team is a student group that is designing, building, and testing the technology that will allow us to become the first amateur group to launch a rocket into space. The team is actively developing a turbo-pump fed LOX-kerosene rocket engine, a solid booster launch system, and a virtual presence camera package that will allow the transmission and recording of an "on-board" view from the vehicle as it launches into space. Activities will be ongoing throughout IAP. The first meeting is Monday, January 5, 2004 at 6:30pm.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/cats/www/
Contact: Carl Dietrich, 33-104, chipd@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Microfabrication 101
Kevin T. Turner, J. Lodewyk Steyn
Tue Jan 27, 09am-12:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A range of fabrication techniques exist today that allow microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), with features that range in size from sub-micron to millimeters, to be constructed. This short-course will provide an overview of the primary microfabrication techniques. Among the topics that will be discussed are thin-film processing, surface and bulk micromachining, wafer bonding, and polymer fabrication techniques. A brief overview of each of the processes and some applications of each will be given. Process capability that exists within the Microsystem Technology Laboratory at MIT will be emphasized. All experience levels are welcome, however the course is designed for people with little to no prior microfabrication experience.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/kturner/www/microfab101/
Contact: Kevin T. Turner, 41-317, 253-7214, kturner@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Oldies but Goodies: Rediscovering the Roots of OR
Prof. Richard C. Larson
Thu Jan 8, Fri Jan 9, 10:30am-12:00pm, E40-298
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Influence the development of the field of operations research! Join Professor Richard C. Larson, the new President-Elect of INFORMS and an MIT professor, for a two-day seminar about the direction of operations research. The first session will consist of a presentation about the empirically-based model-focused origins of OR and how we can gain perspective on the field by returning to our roots and examining the original goals and methods of the physicists who founded it. The second session will include brainstorming and presentations by participants with ideas of how to revitalize the study and practice of OR. (INFORMS=Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
Contact: Yann Le Tallec, Ketty Tanizar, Kendell Timmers, E40-130, x3-7412, letallec@mit.edu, ktanizar@mit.edu, ktimmers@mit.edu
Sponsor: Operations Research Center
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Overview of Space Elevators
Bruce Mackenzie
Wed Jan 14, 07-09:00pm, Building 33 Lounge
Thu Jan 15, 01-02:00pm, Building 33 Lounge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
An overview of a proposed "space elevator", its feasibility and impact on space exploration and utilization. It may soon be possible to drop a 'ribbon' from a geosynchronous satellite, and climb up. Such a space elevator was only in the realm of science fiction, until the discovery of carbon nanotubes, which may be strong enough to support their own weight for that distance. A space elevator would completely change the economics of satellite launch by lowering the cost of geosynchronous (geo) satellites by climbing beyond geo, craft would be thrown throughout the inner solar system. Human exploration and settlement of mars and asteroids would be possible much earlier than with rockets.
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, (781) 944-7027, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Jasmin Moghbeli, BAKER-HOUSE # 515, 617 225-7265, jmogs@mit.edu
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Research in Mechanical Engineering: Laboratory Tours
Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
The goal of this class is to provide students with an opportunity to have informal discussions about research topics in Mechanical Engineering. The class will tour several research laboratories, meet with graduate students in these labs, and talk with faculty about their work. This is a good opportunity for students to learn more about the discipline of Mechanical Engineering and make contacts that may lead to UROPs, a senior thesis, or a graduate assistantship.
Contact: Nicolas Hadjiconstantinou, 3-364, x2-2280, ngh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
Lab for Bioinstrumentation
Prof. I. Hunter
http://biorobotics.mit.edu/
Tue Jan 20, 01-01:30pm, 3-147
Fuel Cell Research Lab
Prof. Y. Shao-Horn
http://web.mit.edu/mecheng/fcp/index.htm
Tue Jan 20, 02-02:30pm, 41-202
Hatsopoulos Microfluids Lab
Prof. G. McKinley
http://web.mit.edu/fluids/www/
Wed Jan 21, 01-01:30pm, 3-237
Mechanics of Materials Lab
Prof. M. Boyce
http://web.mit.edu/solidmech/www/
Wed Jan 21, 02-02:30pm, 5-029
Precision Motion Control Lab
Prof. D. Trumper
http://web.mit.edu/pmc/www/
Thu Jan 22, 01-01:30pm, 35-030
Non-linear Dynamics Lab
Prof. T. Peacock
http://www-math.mit.edu/~tomp
Thu Jan 22, 02-02:30pm, 3-338
Rohsenow Heat Transfer Lab
Prof. G. Chen
http://web.mit.edu/hmtl/www/HMTL.html
Fri Jan 23, 01-01:30pm, 7-038
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TBP Engineering Design Competition
Kathryn Chen
Fri Jan 23, 10am-04:00pm, 4-270
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Jan-2004
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: All may attend, but only freshmen and sophomores can compete
Test out your engineering skills against the rest of MIT! Winners get awesome prizes (in gift certificates): 1st prize $150 / person (and the chance to go to the TBP regional competition), 2nd Prize: $100 / person, 3rd Prize: $50 / person. Email with a team of 3-4 and show up to receive further details.
Contest limited to 10 teams of freshmen and sophomores.
Open to all MIT is the "TBP Engineering Design & Implementation Competition".
Contact: Kathryn Chen, tbp-chservice@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Tau Beta Pi
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Tour of the MIT Research Reactor
E. Lau
Thu Jan 8, Fri Jan 9, Wed Jan 21, Fri Jan 23, 10am-12:00pm, NW12, 1st floor desk
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 02-Jan-2004
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Learn how the MIT Research Reactor is operated and utilized. A descriptive lecture and a walking tour of the lab will be given with emphasis on interdisciplinary research and applications. Advance sign up and photo ID required.
Contact: E. Lau, NW12-116, x3-4211, eslau@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Lab
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Vacuum Technology Seminar
Dave McCarthy
Mon Jan 19, 09:30am-02:00pm, 34-101
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2004
Single session event
Intensive one-day noncommercial class on vacuum fundamentals for graduate students and other vacuum users. Some of the topics that will be discussed include high vacuum, ultra high vacuum, system pressure, total gas load, material selection, system pumping speed, vacuum pumps, system operation, and system troubleshooting. Taught by vacuum engineer with 35 years experience in vacuum, and numerous patents to his credit. Seminar will be co-led by Varian Vacuum Technologies and includes a free manual.
Contact: James Carter, 39-421, jcar@nano.mit.edu
Sponsor: Plasma Science and Fusion Center
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What's in a Map?
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This activity is co-sponsored by the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
Contact: Prof. Leon Trilling, E51-093, x3-7481, trilling@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
What is a Topographic Map?
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris, Dr. Michael Stiefel
Maps have been used for centuries to help people locate themselves on this earth and to help travelers reach their destinations by providing a picture of the surface of the earth. The participants in this IAP Activity will examine how maps are made, what instruments and reference frames are needed, what distortions are inherent in them, and what symbolic languages are designed to describe selected features of the terrain.
Tue Jan 20, 02-05:00pm, 33-419
Can Social Systems Be Mapped Like Geographic Regions?
Prof. Leon Trilling, Prof. Wesley Harris,Dr. Michael Stiefel
Maps describe relationships - e.g. between places. Can we design similar
graphics to explain how social systems function and thus understand how we might achieve a social or personal objective, for example how to navigate our way through four years at MIT to get an education?
Thu Jan 22, 02-05:00pm, 33-419
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