Boeing 767 Cockpit Systems and Automation
Dr. Charles Oman, Brian Nield (Boeing Commercial Airplane), and Colleagues
Mon Jan 28 thru Fri Feb 1, 09am-05:00pm, 33-218
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2008
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Basic flight simulator flying skills (see below).
Are you an aero-engineering student, pilot, or serious desktop flight simulator user? Want to understand how transport aircraft systems and automation work? Boeing and MIT Aero/Astro are offering a systems and automation familiarization course corresponding to those taken by Boeing engineers and airline pilots. Classroom lectures and afternoon/evening sessions using a sophisticated B767-300 desktop flight simulator, computer based training modules, and the real airplane at Logan Airport. You don't need to be a real world pilot, but it helps if you have some familiarity with desktop flight simulator flying. Morning lectures open to MIT community - no registration required. Trip to Logan Airport on Thursday evening.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/ia08/16.767/index.html
Contact: Liz Zotos, x3-7805, zotos@mit.edu
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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Tour
Linda R. Fuhrman, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Tue Jan 15, 02-04:00pm, 555 Tech Square, Next to NE43
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2008
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Must be a U.S. citizen.
We will begin with an introduction to the Draper Laboratory, its history, and major projects. We will then visit several areas of the Laboratory and see some of its project activities. Restricted to U.S. citizens who must bring a government issued ID to be admitted to the tour and also bring the confirmation from the contact below. Will depart from the Draper Lab Reception Lobby, 555 Technology Square, Cambridge (next to NE43).
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
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Highlights of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Marie Stuppard
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: N/A
A series of lectures on the activities of the Aero-Astro Department. We will cover areas of interest in research, with oral presentations, films and/or demos. Please revisit this page for other upcoming lectures in this series.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-206, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
The STS-107 Columbia Accident: Why Did it Happen, and What Changes Did it Bring About?
Prof. Sheila Widnall, Former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force ; Daniel Burbank, Captain, USCG and NASA Astronaut
This talk will address the technical and organizational causes of the accident from the perspective of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB); the crash site recovery operations; the astronaut office perspective on both the accident and general spacecraft reliability/survivability; and the Return-To-Flight (RTF) technical and organizational changes NASA made in response to
the CAIB report.
Tue Jan 8, 02-03:30pm, 35-225
Airline Pricing -- What Causes Airfares to Change?
Dr. Peter Belobaba, Program Manager, MIT Global Airline Indu
Will take an inside look at airline pricing practices & how they drive what passengers see as a complicated/confusing process. Will provide an overview of how economic theory & competitive pricing strategies interact with airline revenue management & distribution systems. Dr. Belobaba has been involved in the development of pricing & revenue management systems at over 30 airlines world-wide.
Mon Jan 14, 02-03:30pm, Room 33-206
Exploring Venus
Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis, NASA John Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
With a temperature higher than the inside of your oven and atmospheric
pressure equal to that a kilometer under the ocean, the surface of Venus is
one of the most hostile environments in the solar system, and a challenge to
technology. This presentation will present mission concepts and approaches
to the technology for future exploration of the surface and atmosphere of
Venus.
Thu Jan 17, 03:30-04:30pm, 33-116
Mars Exploration Rovers: Four Years on Mars
Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis, NASA John Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
In January, the Mars Exploration Rovers "Spirit" and "Opportunity" are
starting their 5th year of exploring the surface of Mars, well over 10
times their nominal 90-day design lifetime. We will discuss
the Mars Exploration Rovers, present some results from the
mission and how it has affected our current view of Mars, and briefly discuss
the continuing NASA program for future exploration of Mars.
Fri Jan 18, 02-03:00pm, 33-116
Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Moon: A History of MIT's Participation in the Guidance, Navigation & Control of the Apollo Spacecraft
Prof. Richard Battin
In the spring of 1961, President Kennedy announced that America would send astronauts to the moon and return them safely to earth. Exactly eleven weeks later MIT was chosen by NASA as the first prime contractor to supply the Guidance and Navigation System for the Apollo spacecrafts. A true story told by one who was there.
Tue Jan 22, 02-03:30pm, 33-116
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The MIT DARPA Urban Challenge Team
Prof. Jonathan P. How
Fri Jan 11, 02-03:30pm, Room 33-116
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This talk will describe Team MIT's performance in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge (DUC). MIT was one of 35 teams that participated in the DUC National Qualifying Event (NQE), and was one of 11 teams to qualify for the Urban Challenge final event. Team MIT was 1 of 6 teams to complete the race, finishing in 4th place. We will review the design of our autonomous vehicle, Talos, a Land Rover LR3 equipped with a diverse range of lidar, vision, radar, and navigation sensors connected to a powerful blade cluster computer system. The performance of our system will be reviewed and ideas for future research discussed. Members of Team MIT include students, staff, and faculty from MIT working in partnership with faculty and students from Olin College and
staff from Draper Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, BAE Systems, and Land Rover.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
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