Art and Architecture Tour of the Boston Public Library
Cynthia Stewart
Wed Jan 5, 06-07:30pm, BPL
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Put on your walking shoes and take a tour the Boston Public Library (BPL) in Copley Square, one America’s architectural treasures. Designed by McKim, Mead and White and completed in 1895, the magnificent Renaissance Revival building marries art with architecture. In addition to the mosaics, wall paintings, and murals, you'll see features made of nearly 20 varieties of marble. View the murals by Pierre Puvis de Chauvannes, John Singer Sargent, and also see the work of Augustus St. Gaudens, Frederick MacMonnies, and Daniel Chester French among others. Meet inside the Dartmouth St. entrance of the Boston Public Library at Copley Square.
Web: http://www.bpl.org/central/index.htm
Contact: Cynthia Stewart, 1-281, x3-9723, stewart@mit.edu
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CEE Movie Series
James Vanzo, Laura Stonehill
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Great Problems and Projects in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Join the MIT Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as we showcase five videos on some of the most perplexing problems and innovative solutions of our time. Snacks will be provided, and all are welcome!
Schedule and offerings subject to change. Please check the IAP website for any updates. Please contact James at vanz@mit.edu to be put on an e-mail list for the series.
Contact: James Vanzo, 1-281, x3-7106, vanz@mit.edu
Cane Toads: an Unnatural History
James Vanzo, Laura Stonehill
Documentary detailing the plague-like spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Queensland, Australia.
Wed Jan 5, 08-09:00pm, 1-150
Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction
Professor C. Mei
Savage Earth: Waves of Destruction is
a PBS/WNET Film on Tsunamis.
This 50 min. film about the cause and effect of Tsunamis will be introduced with a brief discussion of disaster relief efforts in Asia.
Refreshments will be served.
Mon Jan 10, 03:30-04:30pm, 48-316
Fall of the Leaning Tower (NOVA)
James Vanzo, Laura Stonehill
For the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the "problem is obvious, but a solution isn't." What are an international committee of elite engineers and architects doing to save the tower?
Wed Jan 12, 08-09:00pm, 1-150
Sinking City of Venice (NOVA)
James Vanzo, Laura Stonehill
A look at the MOSE project, which promises a large and creative solution to the flooding which has plagued Venice since the 1960's. The showing of this video will be followed by a question and answer session.
Wed Jan 19, 08-09:00pm, 1-150
How the Twin Towers Collapsed
James Vanzo, Laura Stonehill
Documentary examining the collapse of the World Trade Center. This film features Department Professor Eduardo Kausel.
Mon Jan 24, 08-09:00pm, 1-150
The Big Dig (PBS)
Cancelled
James Vanzo, Laura Stonehill
One of the largest civil engineering projects in history is just wrapping up here in Boston. This video features local engineer and MIT lecturer Fred Salvucci who championed the Big Dig from start to finish.
Wed Jan 26, 08-09:00pm, 1-150
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Structural Engineer's Tour of the MIT Campus
Nathaniel Osgood
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
A series of tours that will focus on the architecture of MIT buildings and structures. A tour and discussion of the MIT Stata Center. A discussion of the issues surrounding effective facilities management and utility management from a network perspective. Surveys the influence of security and terror concerns on building design.
Contact: Nathaniel Osgood, 1-376, x3-7129, nosgood@mit.edu
Structural Engineer's Tour of the MIT Campus
Dave McCormick, MIT Department of Facilities
A tour of the MIT campus' many features of structural engineering interest.
Special Meeting information: Meet in lobby closest to the intersection of Main and Vassar Street, between the exterior doors and the information desk.
Tue Jan 18, 12-02:00pm, MIT Stata Center, MIT Stata Center Lobby
Mesh Network - Building Management and Utility
Cancelled
Walter Henry, MIT Department of Facilities
A discussion of the issues surrounding effective facilities management and utility management from a network perspective.
Wed Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, Room 1-277
Blast Vulnerability and Protective Design
Stephen Lew and Steve Glowny, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Surveys the influence of security and terror concerns on building design.
Thu Jan 20, 10-11:30am, Room 1-277
An Insider's Tour of the Stata Center
Robert Cunkelman, MIT Department of Facilities
An engineer's tour of the MIT Stata center, including little-known components of the building. Includes discussion of "green building" features, the construction process and architectural features.
Special Meeting Information: Meet in lobby closest to the intersection of Main and Vassar Streets, between the exterior doors and information desk.
Fri Jan 21, 12-02:00pm, MIT Stata Center, MIT Stata Center Lobby
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