2.993
Special Topics in Mech Eng
The Art and Science of Boat Design
Prof. Nicholas Patrikalakis, From Mass Bay Artisans: Reuben Smith of Tumblehome Boatshop, Antonio Dias of Antonio Dias Design
Mon Jan 22 thru Fri Jan 26, 09:30am-03:30pm, N51-160
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 10 participants.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: —
Level: U 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit
Fee: 20.00 for Materials cost
Sponsored by MIT Museum, Department of Mechanical Engineering - Center for Ocean Engineering and Department of Architecture. This course teaches the fundamental steps in traditional boat design and will demonstrate connections between craft and modern methods. Instructors will provide vessel design orientation prior to carving your shape ideas in the form of a wooden half-hull model. Experts will teach you the traditional skills of visualizing and carving your model in this phase of the class. After the models are completed, a practicing naval architect will guide students in translating shape from models into a lines plan. The final phase of the class will be a comparative analysis of the designs generated by the group.
Sign up online by 1/20/07 & confirm w/ contact below.
Contact: Kurt Hassalbalch, N51-233A, x3-5942, kurt@mit.edu
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2.994
Special Topics in Mech Eng
MADM with Applications in Material Selection and Optimal Design
Dr. Abbas S. Milani, NSERC Fellow
Tue Jan 23 thru Fri Jan 26, 09am-12:00pm, 1-135
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: —
Level: U 2 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit
A comparative review of conventional and advanced multiple attribute decision making (MADM) models in engineering practice is first presented in detail. Next, a new application of particular MADM models in reliable material selection of sensitive structural components as well as a multi-criteria Taguchi optimization method is discussed. Other specific topics include dealing with uncertainties in material properties, incommensurability in decision-makers opinions for the same design, objective ways of weighting performance indices, rank stability analysis, compensations and non-compensations.
Open to all graduate students & researchers for registration or audition.
Contact: Dr. Abbas S. Milani, NSERC Fellow, 3-173, (617) 869-3789, milani@mit.edu
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2.THA
Undergraduate Thesis for Course 2-A
2A Thesis CI-M Subject
Dave Custer
Mon, Thu, Jan 8, 11, 18, 22, 25, 29, 1, 12-02:00pm, 1-277
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: Current thesis work
Level: U 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit
Students in Course 2-A must take a minimum of 12 units during their senior year. A 3 unit component must be taken in the fall of the senior year to prepare a detailed thesis proposal under the guidance of the staff from the Writing Program. The thesis proposal must bear the endorsement of the thesis supervisor and indicate the number of units planned. For Course 2-A students who are not taking 2.009, the thesis must have significant design content. The design content is verified jointly by the thesis supervisor and the Course 2-A coordinator.
2.ThA, the CI-M associated with the 2A thesis, focuses on the communication problems encountered in researching and writing a thesis. The writing and speaking assignments culminate in a thesis proposal and an oral presentation.
Contact: Dave Custer, 24-611, custer@mit.edu
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