SP.713
Special Topics at the Edgerton Center
Dr. Elizabeth Cavicchi
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 02-05:00pm, 4-402
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 12 participants.
Prereq: —
Level: U 6 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit
Seminars combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.
2010 marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s astonishing sightings of features on the moon, stars, and moons around Jupiter that no one had seen before. Recreate these new ways of seeing and exploring from the materials and techniques Galileo had on hand, while you reflect on the times and works of Galileo.
See url for full description.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/www/IAP.html
Contact: Dr. Elizabeth Cavicchi, 4-405, x3-4629, ecavicch@mit.edu
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