Combining Theory and Experiment for New Energy Storage Materials
Robert Doe, Byoungwoo Kang, Denis Kramer
Tue Jan 20, Wed Jan 21, 02-04:00pm, tbd
Thu Jan 22, Fri Jan 23, 02-05:00pm, tbd
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2009
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
The instructor’s laptop battery just failed, needing a replacement. Together, we’ll design a battery material from scratch: identifying the right materials by computation and testing them in the lab. You’ll have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in cutting-edge theoretical and experimental techniques, and their synergies, to develop electrode materials. From a broader perspective, you’ll learn about the materials challenges to be overcome for advanced energy storage; a crucial aspect of tomorrow’s sustainable energy scenarios. Two hands-on labs, one computational and one taking you to the experimental lab, will give you a real world experience beyond the class-room environment.
Jan 20 and Jan 21, 2:00-4:00pm; Jan 22 and Jan 23, 2:00-5:00pm because of hands-ons events.
Contact: Robert Doe, 13-5001, x4-2086, redoe@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Electron Microprobe Analysis on the JEOL JXA-733 Superprobe
Nilanjan Chatterjee
Fri Jan 9, 01-03:00pm, 54-1221
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session is to introduce users to the JEOL JXA-733 Superprobe. You will have hands-on experience (if time permits) on our electron microprobe equipped with enhanced imaging capabilities and learn about wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, back-scattered electron, secondary electron, cathodoluminescence, and elemental x-ray imaging. Please e-mail Dr. Chatterjee at nchat@mit.edu.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www/iap.html
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, x3-1995, nchat@mit.edu
Sponsor: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
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Introduction to Blacksmithing
Mike Tarkanian, Samuel Allen
Mon Jan 26, 03-05:00pm, 4-003
Tue Jan 27, 01-03:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 1
Tue Jan 27, 03-05:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 2
Tue Jan 27, 05-07:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 3
Wed Jan 28, 01-03:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 1
Wed Jan 28, 03-05:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 2
Wed Jan 28, 05-07:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 3
Thu Jan 29, 01-03:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 1
Thu Jan 29, 03-05:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 2
Thu Jan 29, 05-07:00pm, 4-003, Lab Group 3
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Dec-2008
Limited to 18 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Preference given to freshman and Course 3 students (UG or G)
A mandatory introductory session with demonstration will be held for all participants from 3–5 PM on January 26. At this meeting, students will select Lab Group 1, 2 or 3 and attend that group’s laboratory sessions for three consecutive afternoons.
Students will learn basic blacksmithing techniques using traditional tools to hand-forge mild steel. Drawing a taper, forming a scroll, twisting, and finishing techniques will be incorporated into simple projects. Limited to participants with no prior blacksmithing experience.
NOTE NOV 24 - ACTIVITY CLASS IS FULL
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Introduction to Metal Casting
Mike Tarkanian
Mon Jan 12 thru Thu Jan 15, 01-04:00pm, 8-014
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Dec-2008
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Preference given to freshman and Course 3 students (UG or G)
Students in this class will learn the techniques necessary for investment casting metals. We’ll first make models of the items to be cast – either by sculpting wax into the desired shape, or by casting wax into a rubber mold of an existing object. We will then build ceramic shells around the models, burn out the wax, and cast molten bronze, brass or aluminum into the resulting mold. If time permits, we will also cover the basics of sand casting.
Metal pours TBD during the week of 1/19
Others will be lotteried into available spaces after enrollment closes
NOTE NOV 24 - ACTIVITY CLASS IS FULL
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Introduction to SciFinder on the Web
Erja Kajosalo
Fri Jan 16, 11am-12:00pm, DIRC (14N-132)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
If you are a researcher in chemistry, or chemistry related subjects like chemical engineering, materials science, environmental science, biological sciences, etc., then you should know about SciFinder, the most comprehensive chemical information database! This hands-on workshop will teach you the basics of SciFinder on the web!
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/cheatsheets/sci-finder/
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-132, (617) 253-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Introduction to Welding
Michael Tarkanian
Mon Jan 5, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014
Mon Jan 5, 12:30-02:30pm, 8-014
Mon Jan 5, 03-05:00pm, 8-014
Tue Jan 6, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014
Tue Jan 6, 12:30-02:30pm, 8-014
Tue Jan 6, 03-05:00pm, 8-014
Wed Jan 7, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014
Wed Jan 7, 12:30-02:30pm, 8-014
Wed Jan 7, 03-05:00pm, 8-014
Thu Jan 8, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014
Thu Jan 8, 12:30-02:30pm, 8-014
Thu Jan 8, 03-05:00pm, 8-014
Fri Jan 9, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014
Fri Jan 9, 12:30-02:30pm, 8-014
Fri Jan 9, 03-05:00pm, 8-014
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Dec-2008
Limited to 9 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Signup via email; Preference given to freshman and Course 3
Students will be a part of 5 instructional sessions from January 5 through 9. Applicants should state their time preference (9:30 am, 12:30 pm or 3 pm) when signing up.
This course will cover the basics of welding metals with various techniques: oxyacetylene torches, stick welding (SMAW), MIG (GMAW) and TIG (GTAW) will be explored. The first three instructional sessions will review the procedures and techniques, safety concerns and equipment, and capabilities of each welding methods. Students can then use the final two sessions as time to practice welding or to weld a small project under the supervision of the instructor.
NOTE NOV 24 - ACTIVITY CLASS IS FULL
Contact: Michael Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Rietveld Analysis of X-Ray Diffraction Data Workshop
Scott Speakman
Tue Jan 13, Wed Jan 14, Thu Jan 15, 01-05:00pm, 13-4041
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2009
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: understanding of diffraction and XRD data collection
This workshop will teach students how to use the Rietveld method, as implemented in the software package PANalytical HighScore Plus, to analyze X-ray diffraction data.
The 3-day workshop will be broken up as follows:
Tuesday, Jan 13: introduce the Rietveld method; learn the software interface; simulate XRD patterns from a crystal structure; refine a simple crystal structure.
Wed, Jan 14: advanced applications: determine the average size of nanocrystalline materials; quantitative phase analysis of a mixture; refine site occupancy of a doped material.
Thurs, Jan 15: more advanced topics: refine data provided by students; explore topics of interest chosen by the students.
Students will be expected to attend both the Tuesday and Wednesday sessions. Attendance of the Thursday session is optional.
Web: http://prism.mit.edu/xray
Contact: Scott Speakman, 13-4009A, x3-6887, speakman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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