MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2014 Schedule for January 28


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

07:30 AM
Adult Navy Seals Zesiger 50M Pool

08:30 AM
3 Tier Conflict Management Training by Conflict Resolution@MIT W20-400

09:00 AM
Electric Power System Modeling for a Low Carbon Economy E51-057
Fundamentals of Science and Technology Public Policy Making: MIT Sci/Tech Policy Bootcamp 56-114
Getting Started, Getting Funded: Obtaining Research Funding E25-117
Latex, Beamer, Tikz..OH MY! Making high-quality documents, presentations, posters and figures with precision 26-142
Preventing Contamination and Maintaining Return-Sample Integrity from Near Planet Missions N52-496

09:30 AM
ACT (Art, Culture & Technology) TA Training E15-207 Closed-toe shoes & clothes for fabrication work
The Ins and Outs of Development Review 9-450A

10:00 AM
From Assignment to Revision: How Instruction and Feedback Shape Student Writing 12-134
From Innovation To Commercially Viable Products 4-159
Historic Letterlocking: The Art and Security of Letterwriting 14-0513 Bring your lunch
Individual Consultations at the Writing and Communication Center 12-132
Introduction to Welding 8 - 014
Make a Map: No GIS Experience Required! 14N-132
MathWorks: Explore, Visualize, and Analyze Your Data with MATLAB 4-163
Participatory and Interactive Documentary Workshop, Taught by Emmy Award Winning Pioneer Kat Cizek E15-335
Stellar Startups: Building a Business around the New Space Economy TBD lunch provided

10:15 AM
Wind Technology Testing Center Tour Off-Campus Transportation will be provided

10:30 AM
Cold Fusion 101: Introduction to Excess Power in Fleischmann-Pons Experiments 4-145

11:00 AM
Electric Power System Modeling for a Low Carbon Economy E51-057

12:00 PM
2014 EAPS Lecture Series: Monsoons: Past Changes, Present Impacts, Future Projections 54-819 note room change
AMPS Media Makers Showcase Bush Room, 10-105
Social Security and Your Retirement 32-144

01:00 PM
A Sampling of Careers in Biology 68-181
Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation TBA Time subject to change.
Gaming Methods in Research 4-265
Instrumenting a Foucault Pendulum 300 Tech. Sq. 2nd FL Open Lab
Introduction to Welding 8 - 014
MathWorks: Introduction to MATLAB - Problem Solving and Programming 4-163
MIT Can Talk: Workshop Series 32-124
Pleasures of Poetry 2014 14E-304
Re-imagining the Mahabharata 4-149
Resources for Free and Open GIS Data 14N-132
Video on the Web: Plan it, Make it, Share it Bush Room
Visualization in Education: Creating Animations 56-191
Writing in Digital Margins - Annotation Studio Workshop E51-095

02:00 PM
Hunting Dark Matter 37-252
Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging E40-496
Introduction to JavaScript 32-144
Introduction to Surface Analysis Part 2: Scanned Probe Microscopies 13-2137
Mechanics ReView 4-153
Participatory and Interactive Documentary Workshop, Taught by Emmy Award Winning Pioneer Kat Cizek E15-335
Writing Personal Statements and Proposals That Work 8-119

02:30 PM
Gaming Methods in Research 4-265 Scheduled in advance.
High-resolution x-ray optics at the Space Nanotechnology Laboratory: From nanometers to gigaparsecs 37-252

03:00 PM
Drupal Cloud Competition for Module Development 26-168
Educational Media Design and Capture Bush Room, 10-105
ENAMELING COURSE 8-014
Methods for analyzing neural data TBA
MIT Can Talk: Workshop Series 32-124
Rap, Rai, Rock, and Revolution: The Role of Music in the "Arab Spring" 3-133
Rapid Prototyping: ISN Soldier Design Contest 66-160
Reducing the Danger of Nuclear Weapons and Proliferation 26-414

03:15 PM
Tour: Space Nanotechnology Lab 37-252 LIMIT 6--must attend two talks preceding tour

03:30 PM
Chemistry and Biology of Antibiotics 68-180
Making a TV Show Without the TV E15-384b / Lounge Bring laptop

04:00 PM
Business information for engineers and scientists 14N-132 (DIRC)
Mentor the Class of 2018: Become an Orientation Leader and/or Associate Advisor! 4-145
Nia building 57
Scientists and other Primates in Films E17-128
Tuesday Ceramica Botanica SAA Ceramics W20-431

05:00 PM
3D Animation with Blender 12-142
Caffeinated Crash Course in PHP 4-231
Marxism today, 23 Years since the "collapse of communism". 6-120

05:15 PM
Adult Beginner Swim Zesiger TeachingPool

05:30 PM
MIT Can Talk: Workshop Series 32-124
Tuesday Intro to Drawing SAA Class Location TBD

06:00 PM
Bluewater Sailing Shore School Sailing Pavilion
Kung-Fu/Taichi Z-Ctr, Multi-Purpose Taichi
MIT Hummus Experience Provided Upon RSVP
Startups 3.0: Seeing the System 3-333
Surveillance in Cultural Context: seven films 56-114

06:15 PM
Adult Efficient Freestyle- Tue/Thu Evening Alumni Lap Pool
Adult Intermediate Swim- Tues-Thurs Evening Zesiger TeachingPool

07:00 PM
Building iOS Applications with RubyMotion 4-231
Intermediate Squash Building W35
Love and Romance in Ancient India 1-135
MIT Outing Club Winter School 35-225
Tuesday Intro to the Potter's Wheel SAA Ceramics Location TBD

07:15 PM
Adult Stroke Technique- Tue/Thu Evening Zesiger TeachingPool

07:45 PM
Capoeira Angola bldg.57- studio

08:00 PM
Learn to Square Dance Lobdell
Tuesday Intro to Oil Painting SAA Class W20-426

08:05 PM
Trash Can Drumming W20-027

08:15 PM
Adult Intro to Swimming Basics Alumni Teaching Pool

09:30 PM
Women's Only Beginning Swim Alumni Lap Pool
Women's Only Intermediate Swim Alumni Lap Pool

10:00 PM
Women's Ultimate Frisbee Practice Johnson Indoor Track