How Bicycles Work and How to Keep Them Working
Craig Forest, Joseph Walish, Nathan Ball
Wed Jan 12, 02-05:00pm, 3-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Intro to bicycle maintenance and mechanics. We'll address concepts such as where/how to purchase, frame sizing, and safety and discuss tuning, bearing overhaul, and wheel truing. We’ll answer “what's that squeaky noise” and “why shouldn't I buy a Wal-Mart bike?” Instructors have >25 yrs of experience manufacturing bikes and tools, owning a parts shop, and performing overhauls on their fleet.
Three 1-hr sections: come for one or all!
1: intro-topics such as bike types, buying/selling, safety
2: beginner maintenance-topics such as pre-ride checklist, turning brake/gears
3: advanced maintenance-topics such as hub, headset rebuilding
Drinks/snacks provided. First 40 attendees receive free ParkTool patch kit!
Contact: Craig Forest, 3-147, 258-0533, cforest@mit.edu
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Introduction to ANSYS and Finite Element Analysis
Mary Kathryn Thompson
Tue Jan 18 thru Sat Jan 22, 09am-04:00pm, 3-462
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Dec-2004
Limited to 15 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
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MEMS 101: An Overview from Design, to Processing, to Applications
Krishnan Sriram, Onnik Yaglioglu, Xue'en Yang, Alexis Weber, John Hart
Wed Jan 19, Thu Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, 2-105
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 60 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are an active and exciting area of research and industrial applications. A range of fabrication techniques exist today that allow MEMS, with features that range in size from sub-mm to mm, to be constructed. This short-course will provide an overview of the primary microfabrication techniques-- thin-film processing, surface and bulk micromachining, wafer bonding, and polymer fabrication. Process capability that exists within the MTL facility at MIT will be emphasized. The course will introduce techniques for modeling MEMS systems and include an overview of on-going MEMS research at MIT. All experience levels are welcome, however the course is designed for people with little to no prior MEMS experience.
Contact: Krishnan Sriram, 35-004, 252-2436, sriram@mit.edu
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