Air Traffic Management Decision Support Systems and Field Data Collection Techniques
Dr. Hayley Reynolds, Dr. Tom Reynolds
Mon Jan 25 thru Fri Jan 29, 09am-03:00pm, 36-155
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2010
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Participants gain a basic understanding of air traffic control and the practical issues in designing and evaluating decision support tools for this domain. Taught by AeroAstro and Lincoln Laboratory staff, topics include an introduction to air traffic control, field data collection techniques, and field data consolidation. The classroom portion occurs on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Wednesday or Thursday is spent at Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and/or Boston Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) air traffic facilities performing field observations. The workshop provides initial training for students wishing to pursue UROPs or graduate work in the area of ATC field evaluations in conjunction with Lincoln Laboratory in the summer of 2010. No prior air traffic control knowledge is required.
Contact: Dr. Hayley Reynolds, (781) 981-3309, hayley@ll.mit.edu
Cosponsor: Lincoln Laboratory
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Aviation Accident Investigation or Agatha Christie for Engineers
Brian Nield (Boeing Commercial Airplane), Chuck Oman
Tue Jan 12, Wed Jan 13, Thu Jan 14, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-319, Thurs 2-4 pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2010
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Spreadsheet Skills (Excel); Some Familiarity with Aviation
Commercial aviation is extremely safe, in part due to knowledge gained from studying accidents. The investigation process and some of the most significant accidents are discussed. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to work with their peers in a small, self-directed, investigative team to solve a realistic (but fictional) aircraft accident mystery. New information on the crash will be given out each session as you piece together the facts to determine what caused the accident and build recommendations for improving flying safety.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/ia09/16.ai/index.html
Contact: Liz Zotos, 37-219, x3-7805, zotos@mit.edu
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Boeing 767 Cockpit Systems and Automation
Dr. Charles Oman, Brian Nield (Boeing Commercial Airplane), and Colleagues.
Mon Jan 11 thru Fri Jan 15, 09am-05:00pm, Room 33-218
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 24-Dec-2009
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 Boeing 767/757 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 a 757 or 767 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.
Must preregister by December 24. Intensive course.
Morning lectures open to MIT community - no registration required for morning lectures.
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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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
Cosponsor: Satellite Engineering Team
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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Tour
Linda R. Fuhrman, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA
Tue Jan 12, 02-03:30pm, 555 Tech Square, Meet in Lobby of 555 Tech Sq.
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2010
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Must be a U.S. citizen.
While still the MIT Aero-Astro department's Instrumentation Lab, we
developed the computers and guidance systems that sent men to the moon.
Now known as Draper Laboratory, our works spans everything from
guidance, navigation & control of all sorts of vehicles to development
of micro-miniaturized electronics and devices, to biomedical devices,
signal processing, and information exploitation. The tour 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.
Web: http://www.draper.com/
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
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How to Fly: A Guide to Air Travel
Dr. Peter Belobaba, Program Manager, MIT Global Airline Indu
Thu Jan 7, 02-03:30pm, Room 33-206
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Delayed flights? Missed connections? Confusing air fares? This talk provides an overview of the economic and operational rationale behind airline hub-and-spoke networks, scheduling practices, as well and pricing, revenue management and overbooking. Implications for consumers and ways to minimize air travel problems will be discussed.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
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Introduction to the TALARIS Project: A Lunar Hopper Prototype for the Google Lunar X-Prize Contest
Phillip M. Cunio
Thu Jan 28, 02-03:30pm, Room 33-206
Single session event
This event will briefly present the TALARIS (Terrestrial Artificial Lunar And Reduced gravIty Simulator) hopper prototype, currently being developed by the Space Systems Lab, which will pave the way for an entry into the Google Lunar X-Prize contest (MIT is partnered with Draper Laboratories, Sierra Nevada, and Aurora to form the Next Giant Leap team) and possibly for future generations of
a new kind of planetary exploration vehicle: the remotely-operated hopper. An overview of the program and of the technical details of the hopper will be provided, and afterward the floor will be open for questions. Persons with a general interest in space exploration, persons with an interest in joining the project, and the general public are all welcome.
Web: http://www.nextgiantleap.com
Contact: Phillip M. Cunio, Room 37-387, pmcunio@mit.edu
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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
Thu Jan 21, 02-03:30pm, Room 37-212
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
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.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
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Workshop on Project-Based Learning (Lunch Provided)
Edward Crawley, Steve Banzaert, Diane Soderholm
Tue Jan 12, 10am-03:30pm, Room 33-116
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2010
Single session event
This workshop focuses on designing, conducting and assessing project-based learning experiences in engineering education. It is designed so participants will be able to summarize the rationale for project-based learning, design conduct and assess project-based learning through an example, and apply the design process to a project-based learning experience of their own. Open to all faculty. A faculty member may bring a teaching assistant (TA) with them. The workshop is limited to TA's accompanying a faculty member.
Contact: Dr. Diane Soderholm, x3-5575, dhsoder@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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