Assist the Fish -- Environmental Art Installation/Mentoring
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Jan-2006
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Expand a travelling art installation in a collaborative project that transforms public spaces and increases water awareness. No previous art experience is necessary. Have fun painting and building new fish and bird forms, morph the exhibit to other locations on campus, and around our community. Prepare yourself to mentor students and environmental groups at MIT and in the larger Boston community. Flexible scheduling: choose your own level of involvement. (A six-hour time commitment over the course of the week is recommended if you want to mentor in the spring.)
Web: http://www.windsphere.org/MonProject/
Contact: Cindy Snodgrass, Stata Center Gates Lobby, sosfish@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
Meet the Fish
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
Come meet Cindy Snodgrass, and get to know the fish. Two sessions will be offered so you can pick the best time for you: 10:00-12:00 or 2:00-4:00.
Mon Jan 23, 10am-04:00pm, Stata Center Lobby, Choose either 10-12 or 2-4!
Fish Building
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
Get involved in the creation of your own fish - Cindy Snodgrass will be demonstrating some techniques for cutting and shaping the fish. Two sessions will be offered so you can pick the best time for you: 10:00-12:00 or 2:00-4:00.
Tue Jan 24, 10am-04:00pm, Stata Center Lobby, Choose either 10-12 or 2-4!
Open Studio: Paint-a-Fish
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
Mentoring-- practice painting fish and mentorship, bring a friend and help them paint the side of a fish. Two sessions will be offered so you can pick the best time for you: 10:00-12:00 or 2:00-4:00.
Wed Jan 25, 10am-04:00pm, Stata Center Lobby, Choose 10-12 or 2-4!
Guiding
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
Share painting and research skills with Edgerton Center guests. As students paint fish, prepare them to host an outreach collaboration in their school or environmental center. Together build additional perspectives and awareness of water cycles.
Two sessions will be offered so you can pick the best time for you: 10:00-12:00 or 2:00-4:00.
Thu Jan 26, 10am-04:00pm, Stata Center Lobby, Choose 10-12 or 2-4!
Installation!
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
Installation and painting with MIT community members. Two sessions will be offered so you can pick the best time for you: 10:00-12:00 or 2:00-4:00.
Fri Jan 27, 10am-04:00pm, Stata Center Lobby
Family Paint and Celebrate!
Cindy Snodgrass Artist in Residence
Family and MIT community members welcome to join in and paint! Mentors are needed to work with drop-ins. Sessions run 11-1, 1-3 and 3-5.
Sat Jan 28, 11am-05:00pm, Stata Center Lobby, Choose one or more sessions!
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Building Underwater Robots for Dummies
MIT Project ORCA
Thu Feb 2, Fri Feb 3, 11am-05:00pm, E60-061
Sat Feb 4, 09:30am-02:00pm, E60-061
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none!
Ever want to build an underwater robot, but never get around to figuring out how? Join MIT Project ORCA (the student autonomous underwater vehicle team) and learn to build your own underwater remotely-operated vehicle. We provide the parts, you and your friends put the robot together. A competition at the end of the event will test your underwater engineering prowess and the mettle of your robot. Whose submarine reigns supreme!? Plus, you get to keep the robot.
Contact: Winnie Cheng, 32-G908, wwcheng@mit.edu
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Design for Demining (Landmine Removal) Informational Open House
Andrew Heafitz
Wed Jan 18, 12-01:00pm, 4-402
Wed Jan 18, 01-02:00pm, 4-402
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
SP.776 Design for Demining (landmine removal) is holding an Open House for students interested in taking this spring term design class. Pizza for the first 30 students. Presentations and demos at 12:00 and 1:00. Come try out actual protective equipment and tools!
Landmines persist in many countries. This is an exciting chance to invent things that could really change or save people's lives. The class runs like a real development firm. You can invent brand new things, or work on established projects, help blast test them and deploy them with professional deminers around the world. The class includes a field trip to the US Army's Demining Training Center, (no live landmines), and visits by deminers to evaluate our work. This is real product design! Students from all majors are welcome. Come to the Open House to find out more.
Contact: Andrew Heafitz, heafitz@mit.edu
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Duct Tape Delusions
Amy Fitzgerald, Amy Smith, Amy Banzaert
Thu Feb 2, Fri Feb 3, 01-03:00pm, 4-402, FEB. 4 at MIT Museum, 12-3
Sat Feb 4, 01-03:00pm, MIT Museum
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Who can make the coolest stuff out of duct tape? Come to the Edgerton Center and make your duct tape dreams come true. We'll provide the duct tape, you provide everything else. The kickoff will be Thursday, at 1:00 p.m. in 4-409. Rolls of tape will be available on both Feb. 2nd and 3rd. Final entries will be due between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The "Awards Ceremony" will be held at the MIT Museum at 2:45 on Saturday, but come ahead of time and we'll have extra duct tape to play with!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/outreach/duct_tape/
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-406, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Museum
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FloodSafe Honduras - Come Learn!
Elizabeth Basha, Kristen Bethke, Marta Fernandez Suarez
Fri Jan 13, 09:30am-12:30pm, 4-402
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2006
Single session event
Prereq: None
Interested in using your engineering and science skills to help others? Curious about water purification or early warning systems after Katrina, tsunamis and other disasters this year? Join FloodSafe Honduras in a one-day seminar to learn about the technical and social details associated with these problems. Perform hands-on activities such as water testing and discover opportunities to travel to Honduras to work on these projects.
Contact: Elizabeth Basha, e_basha@mit.edu
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Greenhouse Design Project
Anna Jaffe
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, 1, 3, 02-04:00pm, 24-619
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2006
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
We seek to create a teaching and learning community to foster ecological thought
at MIT. Driven to spark a new mode of collaboration grounded in sustainability,
this class is designed to serve as a platform to foster research, contemplation
and inspiration to serve as a jumping-off point for student leaders to change
the world.
Participants will form design teams with an end goal of a prototyped system to
treat waste streams, generate energy, build an intellectual and financial base
for the Greenhouse Project, design ecosystems to promote ecological
restoration, or design the physical greenhouse space that will house the afore
mentioned components.
Contact: Anna Jaffe, ajaffe@mit.edu
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How To Win the IDEAS Competition - Workshops that Produce Winners
Alison Hynd
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
The IDEAS Competition is an invention and enterpreneurship competition with community service at its core. IDEAS encourages teams to develop and implement projects that make a positive change in the world. Each year, at least six teams win IDEAS awards of $2500, $5000, and $7500 to develop and implement their projects. This series is designed to help your team succeed in the IDEAS Competition.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ideas
Contact: Alison Hynd, 7-133, x8-0691, hynd@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
How To Win The IDEAS Competition: The Basics
Alison Hynd
IDEAS staff offer insights and strategies for successful applications. Learn more about IDEAS and the application process; get the low-down on the judging criteria; get tips on proposal writing, project development and convincing the judges; find out the differences between winning projects and all the rest
Thu Jan 12, 06-08:00pm, 4-402
How To Win The IDEAS Competition - Words of Wisdom from Judges and Winners
Alison Hynd
Get great tips from the people who choose the winners and the winners themselves! IDEAS judges will talk about how they evaluate applications and project displays, and what convinces them that a project is a winner. Past winners will share successful strategies and the lessons they learned.
Thu Jan 19, 06-08:00pm, 4-402
How To Win The IDEAS Competition - Resources Workshop
Alison Hynd
Find out what resources are available at MIT and beyond to help your team develop a good project, translate your work into a compelling application, and access additional funding.
Thu Jan 26, 06-08:00pm, 4-402
How To Win The IDEAS Competition - Mentors Social
Alison Hynd
Learn about the skills and experience that some of the IDEAS mentors have to offer, get tips on recruiting mentors, and then meet the mentors over dinner. (If you already have a mentor, this is also a good opportunity to meet with them when the IDEAS staff are on hand to answer any questions).
Thu Feb 2, 06-08:00pm, 4-402
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Intro to PCB Layout
Tony Caloggero
Tue Jan 31, 01-04:00pm, 4-402
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 24-Jan-2006
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
There are free software packages for laying out printed circuit boards (PCBs), and this activity offers a quick introduction to one such package. We will walk you through some simple design examples, and will submit designs of your choosing to a production house so you will get a set of small PCBs bearing your circuit layout. We presume you will be able to get to a PC on the web. If not we will help you work out alternative arrangements.
Contact: Tony Caloggero, 4-409, x3-9782, acalogge@mit.edu
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Introduction to Machine Tools
Mark Belanger
Tue Jan 10 thru Fri Jan 13, 09am-12:00pm, 44-023
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Dec-2005
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; participants will learn by constructing two simple projects.
Selection is by lottery. To enter lottery, you must contact Mark Belanger before the signup deadline of Dec. 18.
Contact: Mark Belanger, 44-023, x8-7728, mdbelang@mit.edu
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Teaching Engineering to Kids
Kristen Bethke
Wed Jan 11, 03:30-05:00pm, 4-402
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Yes, kids can learn about engineering concepts and complete design projects - and at the same time, increase their learning and interest in math and science! At this session, we'll demonstrate how LEGOS TM and Robolab TM software can be used to help kids learn math, science, and engineering. You'll complete a variety of LEGO challenges, and we'll discuss how they help kids learn math, science, and engineering. Finally, we'll discuss opportunities to try out your new teaching techniques in Cambridge classrooms during spring 2006. To see how Tufts University is teaching engineering to kids, check out:
Web: http://ceeo.tufts.edu/stomp
Contact: Kristen Bethke, x8-7552, kbethke@mit.edu
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