CASTOR Satellite Design and Build
Joe Robinson, Ryan McLinko, George Sondecker, Ginny Quaney
Mon-Fri, Jan 4-8, 11-15, 19-22, 25-29, 09am-05:00pm, 37-372
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2010
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Motivated students requested to assist with finalizing the CASTOR small satellite design and implementing and testing key systems. Tasks include structures (machining and assembly), software/avionics (programming), communications, power (generation, storage, regulation, and distribution), propulsion (plumbing and testing), thermal (modeling and design), as well as systems engineering (test plans, requirements verification/validation). All grade/experience levels and disciplines welcome. Prior coordination required, signup by Jan 6. Negotiable schedule.
Web: http://satellite.mit.edu
Contact: Joe Robinson, 37-360, x3-6462, jrobins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Satellite Engineering Team
Cosponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Designing a Peace Builder Toolkit for Congressional Districts: a Hands-on Workshop
Donna Baranski-Walker, MIT ’81 Course VI-A Executive Director, The Rebuilding Alliance, Kaj Telenar
Mon Jan 11, 04-07:00pm, 4-253
Wed Jan 13, 04-07:00pm, 4-145
Fri Jan 15, 02-05:00pm, 4-253
Mon Jan 25, 04-07:00pm, 4-253
Wed Jan 27, 04-07:00pm, 2-139
Fri Jan 29, 02-05:00pm, 4-145
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2010
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Undergraduates and graduate students encouraged to apply
Congress does not pay enough attention to constituents on issues of human rights, peace, and justice. Individuals stop trying to reach their elected representatives when they feel their voice does not count. Join in this hands-on workshop to create a prototype real-time Peace-Builder Toolkit for Congressional Districts using cloud computing (Salesforce.com), GovTrack, and Google maps. These new tools help individuals who care about human rights, peace and justice form and connect to groups, help groups build their own membership and join coalitions, and easily show the size of their membership to policy-makers to press for better representation.
If you want to learn how to design interactive software tools that make a difference, and see them used in the world to build peace and justice, make sure you register for this workshop.
Web: http://RebuildingAlliance.org/MITWorkshop
Contact: Donna Baranski-Walker, dbw@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Amnesty International
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Health and Wellness Innovation
John Moore MD, Sai Moturu, Nadav Aharony, Clark Freifeld
Thu Jan 7, 11am-06:00pm, E14-244, hack-a-thon
Tue, Thu, Jan 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 01-03:00pm, E14-244
Thu Jan 28, 01-03:00pm, E14-244, final presentations
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2010
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: No prerequisites. Only a desire to build solutions.
The first meeting on 1/7/10 will be a fun and hands-on hack-a-thon from 11am to 6pm. Lunch and dinner will be provided.
As the world’s population ages and the burden of chronic disease grows, there is an outstanding need for technology not only to improve the delivery of healthcare but also to help individuals and communities take greater control of their own health and wellness.
This IAP activity aims to mentor the development of working prototypes of health empowerment tools. Students will be encouraged to innovate in the areas of chronic disease management, disease prevention, healthy habit formation, and psychological and social wellness. Mentoring from patients, technologists, and clinicians will be provided as will fun tools such as Android phones, health sensors, and avatars.
Web: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/projects/index.php?view=collaborhythm
Contact: John Moore MD, E14-274G, (856) 520-1493, jom@mit.edu
Sponsor: Media Arts & Sciences
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Intro to CNC Machining
Seth Hall
Wed Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 06-09:00pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2010
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: MIT student
Fee: 80.00 for Materials and Hobby Shop membership
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. Separate 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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Introduction to Machine Tools
Mark Belanger
Tue Jan 5 thru Fri Jan 8, 09am-12:00pm, 44-023, (side entrance)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Dec-2009
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, band saw, drill press, 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. 21.
Contact: Mark Belanger, 44-023, x8-7728, mdbelang@mit.edu
Sponsor: Unknown group:EDGCTR
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Introduction to the Scanning Electron and Focused Ion Beam Microscopy, Part 2: Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
Shiahn Chen, Patrick Boisvert
Thu Jan 28, 03:30-05:00pm, 13-2137
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This lecture will cover the basic principles of ion source, optics and ion-material interaction in FIB with an emphasis on the differences from, and similarity to, the electron-beam instrument. In addition, the lecture will describe the configuration of the new FEI Helios 600 Nanolab Dual Beam workstation in the CMSE Electron Microscopy Facility, and conclude with application examples as well as open discussion of the material characterization and nanofabrication uses of the dual-beam workstation.
Contact: Shiahn Chen, 13-1027, 253-4622, schen3j@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Learn to Build Online Labs with LabView and iLabs Workshop
Kimberly DeLong
Mon Jan 11 thru Thu Jan 14, 09am-04:00pm, 1-379
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 10-Jan-2010
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
In this Four-Day, hands-on course you will learn the basics of programming in LabVIEW, a graphical programming language focused on scientific and engineering applications, and how LabVIEW and the iLab Shared Architecture can be used to easily build fully featured remote laboratories. The fourth day will focus on how you can use LabVIEW to interface with sensors, design algorithms and actuate a robot. You will have the opportunity to use LabVIEW to control robots built on different hardware platforms from embedded processors to FPGA. Learn about projects from Mind-Controlled Wheelchair to Autonomous Vehicles. Attendees are encouraged to bring laptops and will receive a copy of the student version of LabVIEW. This event is open to students, staff and faculty.
Contact: Kimberly DeLong, 9-329, x3-8651, kirky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Educational Computing Initiatives
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Machine Learning on iPhones
William Bradley
Thu Jan 14, 21, 28, 02-05:00pm, E15-235
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
How smart is an iPhone? How about a bunch of them? We will introduce the theory of statistical inference and machine learning. We will also provide a network of iPhones for experimentation along with software for performing inference. Students will design and build their own projects.
Contact: Theo Weber, theo_w@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Materials Testing and Data Acquisition
Pierce Hayward
Mon Jan 25, 09-11:30am, TBD
Mon Jan 25, 01:30-04:30pm, TBD
Tue Jan 26, 09-11:30am, TBD
Tue Jan 26, 01:30-04:30pm, TBD
Wed-Fri, Jan 27-29, 09am-04:30pm, TBD, Open Session
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
M/T Jan 25-26: 9-11:30am & 1:30-4:30pm; W-F Jan 27-29: test your materials and/or setups on your own schedule. Grips will be made as appropriate.
Open to all, including 2.001/2.002 students. AMP Lab has 4 testing machines; 2 students will use a machine at a time. Monday: test materials of your choice, or lifting and binding chains, to understand functional strengths of common chains as prescribed by OSHA reg. 39 CFR 1910.184 for public settings, such as projects on campus. Tuesday: desktop testing with laptop PCs using LabView with force, displacement & temperature transducers; making thermocouples. Students leave with data acquisition system on their computer.
Contact: Pierce Hayward, 1-307, x3-3841, phayward@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Portable Energy and The Virtual Community Center Project
Joseph Okor, Christopher D Wreh II
Tue-Fri, Jan 12-15, 19-22, 26-29, 02-03:00pm, 2-136
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
It is amazing the impact a 1000 Watt-Hour a day energy source can have in the world. We have developed such energy sources based on Wind and Solar technologies. We will be prototyping these devices during the IAP. In addition, we will also be prototyping the following:- 1) Flush Toilet 2) Block Maker 3) Self Powered Internet Access Point.
These technologies can be combined to create a Virtual Community Center that can be located almost any where in the world. At this Center, you can take courses, visit a doctor, watch a movie, connect to the Internet, etc.
Web: http://iap2010.anawks.com/vcc/
Contact: Joseph Okor, 2-136, jkokor@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Christopher D Wreh, wreh@mit.edu
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Ring Maching
Hayami Arakawa
Wed Jan 6, Mon Jan 11, Wed Jan 13, 20, 09-11:30am, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Dec-2009
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 35.00 for Materials Fee
This class will be a four-session introduction to making wearable rings using the Omax water jet, machine lathe, and techniques on polishing and buffing. The class will cover prototyping rings in plastic and then making them in stainless steel and titanium.
Contact: Hayami, W31-031, x3-4343, hayami@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Solidworks Tutorial (Beginner and Advanced)
Ryan McLinko
Tue Jan 26, Thu Jan 28, 05:30-07:00pm, 33-218
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce people to the Solidworks CAD Software. The first session will be a basic intro and the second session will be more advanced topics, such as drawings, CosmosExpress, and complex geometry. The sessions will also be split between tutorial and Q&A. Please come to the session with Solidworks already installed on your computer, but additional computers will be available if necessary.
Contact: Ryan McLinko, (704) 609-7416, mclinkor@mit.edu
Sponsor: Students for Exploration and Development of Space
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Spectroscopic Instrumentation at CMSE
Tim McClure
Tue Jan 26, 10am-02:00pm, 13-2137
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Jan-2010
Single session event
The Center for Materials Science and Engineering's Analysis Shared Experimental Facility has an assortment of vibrational spectroscopic instrumentation that is available for the use of researchers. These include FTIR, Raman and UV/VIS/NIR. Come find out how these instruments are used and how they can benefit your research. Preregister via e-mail, please.
Contact: Tim McClure, 13-4149, x8-6470, mtim@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Traditional Boat Design & Lofting
Harold Burnham Burnham Design & Boatbuilding, Kurt Hasselbalch
Wed Jan 27, Thu Jan 28, Fri Jan 29, 09:30am-03:30pm, N51-160
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2010
Limited to 5 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course introduces the traditional method of lofting the lines of a boat from a small-scale 3D model. Lofting is the process of creating correlated “fair” lines in 2D to develop full-scale XYZ hull shape in preparation for building a boat. You will actively participate in lofting a unique boat design using traditional methods under the guidance of professional designer and master shipwright Harold A. Burnham of Essex, Massachusetts. A behind the scenes tour of the amazing Hart Nautical design collections is included in the course.
Web: http://www.burnhamboatbuilding.com/
Contact: Frank Conahan, N51-233, x3-4440, kurt@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Museum
Cosponsor: Architecture
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