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IAP 2013 Activities by Category - Physical Sciences: Hands-on

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An Introduction to Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)

Dr. Shaoyan Chu

Jan/16 Wed 02:00PM-03:00PM 13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15

Topics of this training course include the concept of ICP-AES and processes of basic sample preparation, calibration and background correction.

Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Shaoyan Chu, 13-3134, x3-0054, sc79@mit.edu


Electron Microprobe Analysis on the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe

Nilanjan Chatterjee

Jan/11 Fri 03:00PM-05:00PM 54-1221

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

This session is to introduce new users to the JEOL JXA-8200 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 contact Dr. Chatterjee by submitting form at http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www/courses.shtml#noncredit, or call: 617-253-1995/email: nchat@mit.edu,

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, x3-1995, nchat@mit.edu


Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy

Patrick Boisvert, Technical Associate

Jan/29 Tue 02:00PM-03:00PM 13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

The lecture will provide an introduction to the basic principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy with an approach to EDX, EBSD, and BSE.

Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Patrick Boisvert, 13-1018, x3-3317, pboisver@mit.edu


Introduction to Blacksmithing

Mike Tarkanian

Enrollment: ENROLLMENT CLOSED: CLASS FULL
Sign-up by 12/12
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

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. Please indicate whether you want to be a part of Group One, Two or Three in your email to tarky@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu


GROUP ONE:

Jan/14 Mon 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 4 - 003, All participants
Jan/15 Tue 01:00PM-03:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 15 - 17, 2013
Jan/15 Tue 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 15 - 17, 2013
Jan/15 Tue 05:00PM-07:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 15 - 17, 2013

Mandatory introductory training with demonstration will be held for all participants from 3 - 5 PM on the first day of each session.  At this meeting, students will be assigned to the 1-3, 3-5 or 5-7 PM sections for three consecutive afternoons.

Mike Tarkanian, Sam Allen - Professor in DMSE, Forrest Whitcher - ChemE Research Engineer, James Hunter - Course 1


GROUP TWO:

Jan/22 Tue 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 4 - 003, All participants
Jan/23 Wed 01:00PM-03:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 23 - 25, 2013
Jan/23 Wed 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 23 - 25, 2013
Jan/23 Wed 05:00PM-07:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 23 - 25, 2013

Mandatory introductory training with demonstration will be held for all participants from 3 - 5 PM on the first day of each session.  At this meeting, students will be assigned to the 1-3, 3-5 or 5-7 PM sections for three consecutive afternoons.

Sam Allen - Professor in DMSE, Mike Tarkanian, Forrest Whitcher - ChemE Research Engineer, James Hunter - Course 1


GROUP THREE:

Jan/28 Mon 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 4 - 003, All participants
Jan/29 Tue 01:00PM-03:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 29 - 31, 2013
Jan/29 Tue 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 29 - 31, 2013
Jan/29 Tue 05:00PM-07:00PM Room 4 - 003, Class Session: January 29 - 31, 2013

Mandatory introductory training with demonstration will be held for all participants from 3 - 5 PM on the first day of each session.  At this meeting, students will be assigned to the 1-3, 3-5 or 5-7 PM sections for three consecutive afternoons.

Sam Allen - Professor in DMSE, Mike Tarkanian, Forrest Whitcher - ChemE Research Engineer, James Hunter - Course 1


Introduction to Metal Casting

Mike Tarkanian

Enrollment: ENROLLMENT CLOSED: CLASS FULL
Sign-up by 12/12
Limited to 6 participants
Attendance: Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

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.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu


GROUP 1: Jan 7 - Jan 11: 10am - 12noon

Jan/07 Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM Room 8 - 014, Class Session: January 7, 2013 - January 11, 2013

NA

Mike Tarkanian


GROUP 2: Jan 22 - Jan 25: 10am - 12noon

Jan/22 Tue 10:00AM-12:00PM Room 8 - 014, Class Session: January 22, 2013 - January 25, 2013

NA

Mike Tarkanian


Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy/Focused Ion Beam Dual Beam Workstation

Shiahn Chen, Research Specialist

Jan/29 Tue 03:00PM-04:30PM 13-2137

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

This lecture will cover the basic principles of ion source, optics and ion-material interaction in a focused ion beam machine with an emphasis on the differences from, and similarities to, the electron-beam instrument. In addition, the lecture will describe the configuration of the 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.

Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Shiahn Chen, 13-1027, 2534622, schen3j@mit.edu


Introduction to Welding

Michael Tarkanian

Enrollment: ENROLLMENT CLOSED: CLASS FULL
Sign-up by 12/12
Limited to 3 participants
Attendance: Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

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 four instructional sessions will review the procedures and techniques, safety concerns and equipment, and capabilities of each welding methods. Students can then use the final session as time to practice welding or to weld a small project under the supervision of the instructor.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu


GROUP 1: Jan 7-Jan 11: 1 pm to 3 pm

Jan/07 Mon 01:00PM-03:00PM Room 8-014, Class Session: January 7, 2013 - January 11, 2013

Course covers the basics of welding metals with various techniques: oxyacetylene torches, stick welding (SMAW), MIG (GMAW) and TIG (GTAW) will be explored. The first four instructional sessions will review the procedures and techniques, safety concerns and equipment, and capabilities of each welding methods. The final session as time to practice welding or to weld a small project under the supervision of the instructor.

Michael Tarkanian


GROUP 2: Jan 7- Jan 11: 3 pm - 5 pm

Jan/07 Mon 03:00PM-05:00PM Room 8-014, Class Session: January 7, 2013 - January 11, 2013

NA

Michael Tarkanian


GROUP 3: Jan14 - Jan 18: 10am - 12noon

Jan/14 Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM Room 8-014, Class Session: January 14, 2013 - January 18, 2013

NA

Michael Tarkanian


GROUP 4: Jan 28 - Feb 1: 10am - 12noon

Jan/28 Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM Room 8-014, Class Session: January 28, 2013 - February 1, 2013

NA

Michael Tarkanian


SciFinder: Advanced Tips & Tricks for Finding Chemical Information

Amy Christuk, Senior Instructor, Erja Kajosalo, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Librarian

Jan/18 Fri 10:00AM-11:30AM 14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: None

Improve you SciFinder searching skills tips and tricks of searching SciFinder as you enjoy your breakfast on us!   You’ll learn about synthetic planning tool called SciPlanner; how set up alerts called Keep Me Posted; how to find quickly experimental reaction procedures and property data, and more:

 

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=185410

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, 617 253-9795, KAJOSALO@MIT.EDU


The Physics of Energy Exploration

Johathan Kane, Shell-MIT Liaison and Visiting Scientist

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Currently, the most economically viable sources of energy are found beneath the Earth’s surface. Exploring for these resources, therefore, requires physical methods that can probe the interior of opaque objects.  Given the size of the earth, along with its physical properties, the three most effective methods can be categorized as follows:

We will survey each of these three categories, examining the physical properties each is sensitive to, the scale and quality of information each provides, and the economic/physical constraints that limit their applicability.  Each topic will be covered in a half-day of lectures.  Students will be given a small exercise during each lecture in order to gain physical intuition into the advantages and drawbacks of each method.

Following the final lecture a “Shell IAP Challenge” will be presented to the class, where the students will be offered the opportunity to compete in a contest.  Given the knowledge obtained in the couse, the goal of the contest will be for students to “think out-of-the-box”, and come with a radical new idea for probing the Earth’s crust.  The idea can be a new/un-tested physical principle that could potentially be tried, or else an novel application of one of the methods listed above.  Students will have the remainder of IAP to put together a proposal and report, which will then be reviewed by Shell scientists.  The best idea(s) will be awarded a cash prize.

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Physics
Contact: Jonathan Kane, 617-715-5198, jonathan.kane@shell.com


Jan/14 Mon 09:00AM-02:00PM 4-159
Jan/15 Tue 09:00AM-02:00PM 4-159
Jan/16 Wed 09:00AM-02:00PM 4-159
Jan/17 Thu 09:00AM-02:00PM 4-159

Johathan Kane - Shell-MIT Liaison and Visiting Scientist, Mark Rosenquist, Ed Biegert, Paul Sava


Visualization, Modeling, and Problem Solving with Wolfram Alpha, Mathematica, and System Modeler

W. Craig Carter, Professor of Materials Science

Enrollment: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: NA

Please to go link to sign up: http://www.doodle.com/d9squ4mrsk2wpb3y

A sequence of three classes will be given.

The first is basic introduction to Mathematica. The presentation will focus on the integration between WolframAlpha's Mathematica 8. Wolfram Alpha can be used to quickly learn Mathematica's core language.  Topics will include symbolic and numeric calculations, graphics and charts, guis, and load on demand data sets.  No prior knowledge of Mathematica is necessary. BYOL with an MIT student Mathematica license installed.

The second day is a BYOL workshop that illustrates Mathematica's multi-paradigm programming language built-in functions and algorithms can be create models publication quality visualizations  Some advanced programming concepts will be introduced. Attendance of the previous Mathematica IAP session is helpful but not required.  However, some experience with basic Mathematica code is necessary.

The third session introduces Wolfram’s SystemModeler for multi-domain modeling projects. Using the open Modelica standard, SystemModeler's drag-and-drop interface will be discussed and illustrated multiple disciplines like electrical, mechanical, thermal, biochemical, and other fields.  BYOL for hands-on exercises, no prior knowledge of this modeling tool is necessary.  Extended trial licenses will be available to attendees.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: W. Craig Carter, 13-4053, ccarter@mit.edu


Jan/30 Wed 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-237, 1/2 hour break for lunch
Jan/31 Thu 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-237, 1/2 hour break for lunch
Feb/01 Fri 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-237, 1/2 hour break for lunch

Attendance of the previous Mathematica IAP session is helpful but not required. However, some experience with basic Mathematica code is necessary. Bring your laptop for hands-on examples and exercises; no prior knowledge of this modeling tool is necessary.

W. Craig Carter - Professor of Materials Science, Crystal Fantry - Senior Educational Outreach Specialist