Effective Speaking
Barbara Smith
Tue Jan 12, Thu Jan 14, Tue Jan 19, Thu Jan 21, 03-05:00pm, 1-390
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2010
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None Required
Have you always wondered why some people seem at ease with public speaking? Have others told you to speak up because you speak too softly, or perhaps you are self-conscious because of your accent? Well, this class is for you! You will learn the proper techniques for projecting your voice and delivering a talk.
Contact: Barbara Smith, 5-320, x3-0137, bsmith@mit.edu
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From Innovation To Commercially-Viable Products
Afarin Bellisario, Guest lecturers
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This course, consisting of 4 independent 2-hour sessions, will focus on the journey from an innovative concept (or proof of concept) to a commercially-viable product. Each session covers an independent part of the process.
All sessions will use real examples from real-world products. In addition to George Ixix (Jan. 27), we may have other mystery guests. Throughout the course we will discuss building a financial model to determine viability, and test a variety of scenarios.
NOTE: Class will meet in Room 4-153.
Contact: Afarin Bellisario, (617) 899-2519, abellisario@alum.mit.edu
Afarin Bellisario, Guest lecturers
Session 1 is focused on identifying and selecting a target application/market. It covers identifying opportunities, the value proposition, pricing and timing.
Tue Jan 5, 10am-12:00pm, TBD
Afarin Bellisario, Guest lecturers
Session 2 is focused on market sizing for emerging markets, target customers, channels, supply chain, and understanding of the market ecosystem.
Tue Jan 12, 10am-12:00pm, TBD
Afarin Bellisario, Guest lecturers
Session 3 is focused on product development: from proof of concept to a manufactured product - including product definition, market validation, trade-offs, standards, manufacturing, and the effect of delays on profitability, as well as the role of partnerships and start-up business models. Financial aspects of product and business are also discussed.
Tue Jan 19, 10am-12:00pm, TBD
Afarin Bellisario, Guest lecturers
Session 4 covers legal aspects of the business, including IP protection and formation of corporations. George Ixix, a patent attorney with Nutter, McClennen and Fish (MIT class of '87) will be the guest speaker.
Tue Jan 26, 10am-12:00pm, TBD
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Hatsopoulos Microfluids Lab Tour
Led by graduate students in Mech Eng
Wed Jan 6, 02-03:00pm, 3-247, Meet in Rm 3-252
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A tour of the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/hml/HML.html
Contact: Dawn Wendell, 3-247, dawn@mit.edu
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Lectures on Flexures: Design Principles and Applications
Jonathan B. Hopkins, Martin Culpepper
Mon-Fri, Jan 5-8, 11-15, 01-03:00pm, room 1-371
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 23-Dec-2009
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Advanced flexure design principles, modeling approaches, engineering tools, and best practices. Applications: precision motion stages, general purpose flexure bearings, and MEMs/Nano-scale positioning systems. Emphasis on kinematic and elastomechanic flexure systhesis using principles of constraint-based design. Lectures, assigned readings, hands-on exercises, and a substantial project involving 3-D printing.
NOTE: Class will meet in Room 1-371.
\\\\\\*NOTE: May be available for credit; check after Dec 8th.
Contact: Jonathan B. Hopkins, 35-135, x3-2108, jhopkins@mit.edu
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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
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Musical Mechanical Engineers
Barbara Hughey
Tue Jan 12, 09am-05:00pm, 14W-111, morning hours ad lib
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2010
Single session event
Participate in the first annual IAP Course 2 concert! Anyone affiliated with the ME Dept is invited to perform in a concert to be held in Killian Hall on Tuesday, Jan 12, time TBA. The hall will be available in the morning for run-throughs, and the concert will be in the afternoon. You may form your own group, or simply sign up and ask to be placed in a group. Information will be posted on the Wiki (link below) by mid-December.
Web: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2IAPCONCERT/Home
Contact: Barbara Hughey, 3-038, x2-1812, bhughey@mit.edu
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Pursuing an Academic Career While Starting a Family: Work-Life Balance Issues
Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli
Thu Jan 28, 01-03:00pm, 5-217
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Interested in an academic career, but also starting a family? We will feature a panel of women faculty who have different family situations and are balancing those with being in an academic career. Discussion will cover issues such as:
- Stopping the tenure clock for a maternity leave
- Maternity leaves: breaks from teaching and your research
- Maintaining academic visibility as a mother
- Traveling for work while children are small
- Childcare situations
- Balancing time spent on household chores
- Spouse/Partner support, involvement in childcare, and maintaining the household
Grad students, postdocs, research scientists welcome to attend. There will be plenty of time for questions.
NOTE: Time given is tentative; location TBA.
Contact: Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, 56-341c, (617) 452-2385, schiffer@mit.edu
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