Adventures in scanning electron microscopy
Donald Galler
Wed Jan 16, 09am-05:00pm, 4-141, 1 hr break lunch break
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Attendees must be present for the entire day.
The seminar is an introduction to the basic operation of a scanning electron microscope. The operating principles will be covered and the attendees will be trained on the use of the microscope. This is a modern scanning electron microscope with several advanced features: low pressure chamber and computer controlled positioning stage. The SEM is equipped with an energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) system for elemental analysis. Attendees will also be familiarized with the operation and capabilities of the EDS system. Attendees are encouraged to bring samples for exploration.
Contact: Donald Galler, 4-133, x3-4554, dgaller@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Build Your Own Loudspeakers
Michael Price, Hayami Arakawa
Tue Jan 8, 06-08:00pm, W20 PDR#3
Thu Jan 10, 09-11:00am, W31-031
Tue Jan 15, 09-11:00am, W31-031, and 6-8pm W20 PDR#3
Thu Jan 17, 09-11:00am, W31-031
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Dec-2007
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: MIT student
Fee: 200.00 for Speaker materials and Hobby Shop membership
This class is about how you can apply your own creative skills to engineer impressive audio systems, focusing on the speakers. We will review the important aspects of electronics and acoustics; demonstrate the computerized tools that help design and measure speakers; and explore modern high-fidelity engineering. You will build your own pair of bookshelf speakers (comparable to commercial designs at $500-800) from scratch. The course includes 2 interactive classes (6-8pm)(TBA), and 3 workshops (9-11am) in the Hobby Shop. An additional 10-15 hours of shop time will be needed to complete speakers.
Contact: Hayami Arakawa, W31-031, x3-4343, hayami@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Chaos in Circuits and Systems
Jessica Rylan
Wed Jan 23, Thu Jan 24, 01-05:00pm, N52-390
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Jan-2008
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
According to the American researcher JC Sprott, as the dimension of a system increases, the likelihood that it is chaotic also increases. For high-dimensional systems, chaos is the norm rather than the exception.
We will investigate organising principles of chaotic circuits as isolated nodes and as part of larger systems. Workshop participants will build a simple circuit exhibiting non-autonomous (driven) chaos, and the circuits will be interconnected to produce a chaotic network. We will use both visual and audio displays to represent the information within an elaboration of open hardware.
Jessica Rylan, a research affiliate at CAVS, is a sound artist and electronic musician. She designs and constructs modular synthesisers using analog electronic circuits to create a diversity of sounds.
Web: http://cavs.mit.edu/artists.html?id=50,330
Contact: Meg Rotzel, N52-390, x3-4415, mrotzel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Advanced Visual Studies
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Intro to CNC Machining
Seth Hall
Tue Jan 8, Thu Jan 10, Tue Jan 15, Thu Jan 17, 06-09:00pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 08-Jan-2008
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 50.00 for Materials and Machine Use
This course will introduce you to the programming and operation of our new CNC milling machine, and CNC lathe. Basic part design and use of the CAD software for each machine tool will be covered. To learn the CAD packages and operation of the machines, several small projects will be designed and manufactured, after which students will be encouraged design a small project of their own.
All students need to bring a laptop computer to install and run the CAD software. Seperate sessions will be scheduled for downloading and testing project programs on the CNC machines.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Intro to PCB Layout
Tony Caloggero
Tue Jan 15, 02-04:00pm, 4-402
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 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. You are welcome, but not required, to bring your laptop to this session. (Wireless available.)
Contact: Tony Caloggero, 4-409, x3-9782, acalogge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Edgerton Center
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Intro to PCB Layout
Tony Caloggero
Tue Jan 15, 02-04:00pm, 4-402
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 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. You are welcome, but not required, to bring your laptop to this session. (Wireless available.)
Contact: Tony Caloggero, 4-409, x3-9782, acalogge@mit.edu
Contact: Tony Caloggero, acalogge@mite.du
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Edgerton Center
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Introduction to Machine Tools
Mark Belanger
Mon Jan 7 thru Thu Jan 10, 09am-12:00pm, 44-023
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 17-Dec-2007
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. 17.
Contact: Mark Belanger, 44-023, x8-7728, mdbelang@mit.edu
Sponsor: Edgerton Center
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Materials Science of Data Storage
Caroline Ross
Tue Jan 8, 01-03:00pm, 6-104 (Chipman Room)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
In this tutorial, designed especially for freshmen, we will take apart a hard drive and see how it works.
Contact: Caroline Ross, 13-4005, x8-0223, caross@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Model and Simulate Dynamic Systems using Simulink® – An introductory tutorial
Eul-Shik Hong The MathWorks
Wed Jan 16, 01:30-04:45pm, 56-114, [Check in begins at 1:30 p.m.]
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 63 participants.
Single session event
One of the challenges with understanding the theory behind dynamic systems, such as controls and signal processing, is with visualizing the results of the system. Simulink lets you do exactly that through graphical blocks – it enables you to model, simulate, and analyze dynamic systems. This tutorial will introduce the fundamentals of Simulink. After attending, you will be able to build a working Simulink model, and get started with modeling of feedback systems and conducting frame-based frequency analysis in the Simulink environment. Please bring your laptop for hands on lab.
Eul-Shik Hong, a senior member of The MathWorks Training Services organization, has developed and instructed users on the use of MathWorks products related to algorithm development and system modeling for both controls and signal processing applications.
Contact: James Cain, 253-3909, jrcain@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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Solar Concentrators: Theory and Practice
Spencer Ahrens
Mon Jan 14, Fri Jan 18, Mon Jan 21, Fri Jan 25, 11am-03:00pm, 2-105, Fri Jan 25 will meet in 2-136
This course will include an overview of renewable energy technology and energy policy with an emphasis on several modern solar concentration technologies. The focus of the course will be to build and install a working 8'x8' concentrating solar energy collector on the MIT campus.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/solar
Contact: Spencer Ahrens, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-solar@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Water Jet Technology
Ken Stone
Wed Jan 9, 16, 09-11:00am, Hobby Shop W31-031
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership fee paid
Fee: 30.00 for Materials and water jet use
Learn to use the water jet in the Hobby Shop to cut intricate parts quickly and easily from a wide variety materials like metal, plastic, stone, and glass. In this class, you will learn about water jet technology, how to use the associated CAD software, and how to operate the OMAX Jet Machining Center. The first two classes will cover using OMAX software to make a 2D drawing and then the machine file that runs the waterjet. Everyone must bring their own Windows compatable laptop. Working in pairs students will learn safe machine operation, cutting the parts they have drawn(20 minute limit). Times will be sheduled at second class. Registration in shop with payment of fee.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Widgets for mobile: Introduction to Nokia’s s60 Platform
Ganesh Sivaraman Nokia
Tue Jan 29, 01-03:00pm, 4-370
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
The next big Internet opportunity is in your hand, not on your desk. Drop in to learn and experience how you can shape the next Internet revolution. The workshop will give you insight about and hands-on experience with the latest technologies Nokia, the world’s largest wireless handset maker, is developing for its S60 smartphone platform.
Contact: Michael Kaplan, (845) 304-2346, mkaplan@sloan.mit.edu
Sponsor: Michael D Kaplan, mkaplan@mit.edu
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