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"Fuel Your Mind" -- A Primer on Transportation Fuels, Current and Future
William H. Green, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Jim Simnick, Senior Technical Advisor, Global Fuels Technology, BP, George Huff, Advisor, Conversion Technology, Downstream Technology, BP
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Jan/28 | Wed | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 66-168 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 60 participants
How is crude oil converted into gasoline and other transportation fuels? Is the gasoline available in Boston the same as what is available in Chicago? What are biofuels and what is driving the demand for these fuels of the future? Which fuel properties matter for performance? Please join us in this short course offered by engineers from BP and Prof. Green to answer these questions, and to gain a better understanding of transportation fuels, and fuel processing technology.
Projections and recent history suggest significant shifts in the transportation fuels system over the next few decades, but no one is sure how things will actually develop. This mini-course will give you a more complete perspective on the many issues involved when fuel standards or regulations shift and when new types of fuel feedstocks become available.
Experiences so far with E85 (and CNG) illustrate some of the realities which make it very challenging to introduce alternative fuels which are not compatible with existing engines and infrastructure.
Topics Include:
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: Prof. William H. Green, E17-504H, 617-253-4580, whgreen@mit.edu
"Horses and Thunder" - Meeting our Energy Needs Through Oil Exploration and Production in the Deepwaters
Ahmed F. Ghoniem, Ronald C. Crane (1972) Professor
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Jan/21 | Wed | 09:00AM-04:00PM | Room 3-333 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
How will we meet our future energy needs, which is heavily dependent on oil?
More and more, oil is discovered and produced offshore and in deeper and deeper water.
How do we know where to drill and how do you actually drill for oil?
What are the enormous engineering challenges in working at 5,000 feet of water or deeper? How do we produce energy safely and efficiently, bring it to shore and ultimately get it to our customers? What are the recent developments in science and engineering that will take us further?
This short course will discuss these and other important energy questions, focusing on gaining better understanding of exploring, drilling, and producing oil and gas in deepwater basins.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Lorraine Rabb, 3-343, 617 253-2210, LRABB@MIT.EDU
An assessment of the effectiveness of tax incentives in energy investments from a private, social and fiscal point of view
Carlos de la Torre, Research Fellow, DUSP
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Jan/29 | Thu | 12:30PM-02:00PM | Building 9 tentative |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
“Modern innovation policy is rather more a matter of ‘choosing races and placing bets’ ” - A. Hughes
Investments incentives feature prominently as part of a group of measures aimed at fostering pollution abatement and renewable energy projects facing market or “systems configurations” failures. The objective of this activity is - by taking as reference a base case fiscal regime faced by a firm on two mutually exclusive potential projects – to see, where possible, how effective are alternative tax incentive regimes in order to guide private firm project choice, while at the same time maintain fiscal space and align private return objectives to social ones.
Contact: Carlos De La Torre Salcedo, 9-9435, 617 253-4510, CDLT@MIT.EDU
Are we sure that man-made CO2 is a main cause of climatic changes?
Gian Paolo Beretta, Professor of Thermal Sciences at Brescia University, Italy
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Jan/06 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 3-270 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
110 minutes event: 70 min lecture followed by 40 min of open discussion
In the lecture we construct a plausible scenario of primary energy consumption for the rest of the 21st century so as to estimate the energy-related CO2 emissions scenario for the rest of the century and compare it with global natural carbon exchanges and inventory to see what size of natural mechanisms mankind has to compete with to gain some control of the thermal balance of our planet.
Then, we address three important questions:
1) Are anthropogenic CO2 immissions in the atmosphere responsible for increasing the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere?
2) Is the increase in CO2 concentration in the atmosphere responsible for increasing the mean global temperature?
3) Could climatic changes be caused by solar activity?
We will examine some data that are available in the literature and that will help us decide if indeed there is enough scientific evidence to support the general belief that by reducing anthropogenic CO2 immissions in the atmopshere we can control climatic changes.
We will not reach definitive conclusions other then the following:
Answer to question 1: maybe, but it is not certain, and some evidence does not confirm it.
Answer to question 2: there are several doubts, and some experimental evidence does not confirm it.
Answer to question 3: probably: some evidence does suggest this to be the case.
Brush up your favorite arguments so that during the discussion we can learn from each other.
Contact: Gian Paolo Beretta, N/A, N/A, BERETTA@MIT.EDU
Documentaries Reviewing the Scientific Evidence about 9/11
Dave Slesinger, MIT Alum
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
We will view two movies, made from Architects&Engineers for 911Truth (ae911Truth.org), one each night, about what really happened on 9/11, and then discuss them.
Learn about the evidence behind this tragedy as presented by professional architects and engineers who will demonstrate that it could not possibly have happened in the way that we've been told. The films avoid speculation and discuss evidence of what has become the most significant event of our era.
Contact: Dave Slesinger, dslesinger@alum.mit.edu
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Jan/07 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 34-302 |
Highly praised multimedia presentation by San Francisco Bay Area architect Richard Gage, AIA. Presents evidence of explosive controlled demolition of the three World Trade Center high-rise buildings on 9/11. 114 minutes with discussion following.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isTGuaaln9A
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Jan/08 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 34-302 |
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth documentary. High-rise architects, structural engineers, metallurgists, chemists, physicists, explosive/controlled demolitionists share expertise on 9/11. It's not conspiracy, it's forensics. This documentary was the most viewed and shared program on PBS.org nationally for several weeks. 58 minutes with discussion following.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIOC1J44RYw
Energy Information: Maps and Data to use with GIS
Anne Graham
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Jan/26 | Mon | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 35 participants
Where are the power plants and pipelines? How close are they to population centers? In this session, MIT GIS Services will introduce you to energy maps and spatial data available and demonstrate GIS in action on the energy front.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=836002
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Energy Underground: MBTA Facilities and Tunnel Tour
Sara Gallegos, MITEI Student Engagement Coordinator
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Jan/16 | Fri | 09:00AM-01:00PM | Location TBD |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 25 participants
Ever wonder how the MBTA really works? Join a special tour of public transit operation centers and tunnels with MBTA staff. We will visit sites such as the MBTA Charlestown Bus Yard, Highway Operations Control Center and the Haymarket MBTA Station Central Artery and discuss with how America’s oldest subway system operates on a daily basis, as well as how it handles weather emergencies.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Sara Gallegos, E19-341C, 617 452-3199, SGALLEGO@MIT.EDU
Financing Capital Intensive Energy Projects
Santosh Raikar, Managing Director, Seabron Adamson, Senior Consultant
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Have you ever wondered how the capital intensive energy projects are financed? What is non-recourse financing? What is meant by VPPs and tax equity financing? Please join to hear from industry experts about Energy Finance and learn about various aspects of Project Finance including technology choice, legal aspects, and recent market trends.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative, Energy Club
Contact: Yichen Du, YCDU@MIT.EDU
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Jan/12 | Mon | 12:00PM-02:00PM | e19-319, Lunch served |
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Jan/13 | Tue | 12:00PM-02:00PM | e19-319, Lunch served |
Santosh Raikar - Managing Director, Seabron Adamson - Senior Consultant
Fusion Energy: How it Works, Why We Want it and How to Get it Sooner
Dennis Whyte, Director, PSFC
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Jan/12 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Fusion energy is one of the most attractive options for producing large amounts of safe, carbon-free electricity. We will explore what is required to make fusion energy a reality and how its development could be accelerated by technology and science innovations.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
High Temperature Superconducting Magnets for Fusion: New Technology for a New Energy Source
Joseph Minervini, Division Head, Fusion Technology and Engineering
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Jan/12 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Magnet systems are the ultimate enabling technology for magnetic confinement fusion devices, which require powerful magnetic fields to confine the plasma. Almost all design concepts for power-producing commercial fusion reactors rely on superconducting magnets to create these magnetic fields efficiently and reliably. If fusion reactors are going to be a significant and practical energy source, future superconducting magnets will require improved materials and components.
A recent breakthrough could significantly change the economic and technical status of superconducting magnets. So-called High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) have now been used to demonstrate superconducting fields > 30T in small bore solenoid geometries. Recent studies performed at MIT indicate that HTS magnets using demountable magnets are becoming a feasible option for future devices. These magnets could make game-changing improvements to fusion reactor performance, as well as to machine maintenance, reliability and availability.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
How to Design Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Sanjay Sarma, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ryan Chin, Managing Director, City Science Initiative
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Permission of Instructor
If you are interested in designing and building electric vehicles (EVs), then this IAP class is for you.
This hands-on course brings together industry experts, MIT faculty, staff, and students to present the basic building blocks to EVs including: battery systems, electric motors, motor controllers, and the overall vehicle systems integration. Each session will delve into practical engineering issues through interactive presentations by instructors and guest speakers. There will also be working sessions conducted by student mentors. The course will address the following questions:
Guest speakers include industry experts from Boston-Power, Protean Electric, Sevcon, Ford Motor Company, and Nest. The last session will focus on current market trends, cost challenges, competitive technologies, and future applications including urban mobility, EV infrastructure, energy storage for utilities, and the role of policy and incentives.
Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences, Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Ryan Chin, 617 253-6828, RCHIN@MIT.EDU
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Jan/20 | Tue | 09:00AM-04:00PM | E15-341, Bring your laptop, lunch break at 12-1pm |
This session will introduce the goals of the overall course, provide an in-depth understanding of EV battery systems (battery packs, chemistry, battery management systems, etc.), safety guidelines in handling high-voltage battery systems, and provide a hands-on work session. The class will begin in E15-341 and will take a tour of the International Design Center (IDC) after a noon time lunch break.
Michael Lin - PhD Candidate, Sanjay Sarma - Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ryan Chin - Managing Director, City Science Initiative, Dylan Erb - PhD Candidate, Roberto Melendez - Student Clubs & Teams Coordinator, Eric Carlson - Senior Fellow, Rick Chamberlain - Chief Technology Officer, Craig Carlson - Consultant, J.R. Linna, Rui Frias
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Jan/22 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-341, Bring your laptop |
This session will be lead by guest speakers from Sevcon (Controllers) and Protean Motors (Electric Motors).
Guest Speakers:
Peter Barrass, Sevcon
Chris Hilton, CTO, Protean Electric
Ken Stewart, VP, Business Development, Protean Electric
Ryan Chin - Managing Director, City Science Initiative, Craig Carlson - Consultant
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Jan/27 | Tue | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-341, Bring your laptop |
This session will provide an automotive OEM perspective on overall vehicle integration for EVs. Guest speakers will be announced shortly.
Guest Speakers:
OEM (1) - TBA
Ford Motor Company (2) - TBC
Ryan Chin - Managing Director, City Science Initiative, Craig Carlson - Consultant
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Jan/29 | Thu | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-341, Bring your laptop |
This session will cover trends and existing/future markets for traditional EVs, new urban vehicles, vehicle-to-grid, second life EV battery re-use, and new markets (e.g., home energy management systems).
Michael Lin - PhD Candidate, Ryan Chin - Managing Director, City Science Initiative, Craig Carlson - Consultant, Praveen Subramani - Energy Partnerships
ICF - Basic Science Behind Stockpile Stewardship: Research with the OMEGA Laser
Craig Sangster, University of Rochester
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Jan/20 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
The DOE-NNSA supports a number of experimental facilities that explore the high-energy-density physics, HEDP, (e.g., pressures above 1 Mbar) relevant to Stockpile Stewardship. The OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) is one of those facilities and recently completed its 25,000th shot since becoming operational in 1996. The Stewardship program has benefited immensely from the open nature of the research conducted at LLE where the research priorities are split roughly equally among basic science, fusion and HEDP. This talk will describe many of the experimental platforms and techniques used to study physics relevant to fields such as material science, relativistic plasmas (e.g., electron-positron plasmas), hydrodynamics, cosmology and astrophysics, and planetary science. While the data from these experiments are often published in journals such as Physical Review, Nature and Science, where possible, the HEDP connection with the Sponsor will be discussed.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Inertial Confinement Fusion Tour
Maria Gatu Johnson, Research Scientist
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Jan/20 | Tue | 03:15PM-04:15PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Introduction to Microfluidics and its applications
Mehdi Salek, Postdoctoral Fellow
Enrollment: Limited enrollment
Sign-up by 12/30
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This will be a highly interdisciplinary course covering a wide range of fundamental aspects and applications of flow at micro scale. We will cover a quick review on the fluid mechanical fundamentals at micro scales followed by a review on device design principles and microfabrication techniques. The next part of the lecture will cover visualization techniques at micro/nano scales including a quick review on how microscopy helps to extract the details. The last part of the lecture will be devoted to the applications of the microfluidics including:
• Lab on a chip (Biotechnology, health and pharma industries)
• Microfluidics in environmental and ecological sciences
• Application of microfluidics in material sciences and complex fluids
• Current trends and potentials in multidisciplinary research
January 5th, 7th and 9th - 12:00pm-1:00pm
Instructors: Mehdi Salek, Anupam Sengupta
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: Mehdi Salek, 48-102, (617) 909-1789, msalek@MIT.EDU
Investment projects from alternative points of view
Carlos de la Torre, Research Fellow, DUSP
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Jan/30 | Fri | 12:30PM-02:00PM | E17-128 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Prereq: None
This session will have two parts. In the first one, we provide a framework for evaluating investment projects from alternative points of view (sponsor, society, stakeholders, the less well-off) and technical lense (financial, economic, distributive, fiscal, risk). In the second part of the session, we use this framework for assessing how effective are investment incentives in guiding private firm project choice, maintaining fiscal space and aligning private return objectives to social ones.
This event is sponsored by MIT's e4Dev, http://e4dev.tumblr.com
Contact: Carlos De La Torre Salcedo, 9-9435, 617 253-4510, CDLT@MIT.EDU
Joint Program IAP on Climate Science and Policy
Daniel Gilford
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
In the first two two sessions, we’ll discuss fundamental features of the earth system and how they’re connected to each other (and to society). Our exploration will revolve around aspects of climate and climate change, touching on the roles of the atmosphere, ocean, biosphere, and cryosphere in determining climate. This science background will help contextualize the different global and local policies discussed in the Climate Policy lectures.
The next two sessions will outline how energy use and greenhouse gas emissions are linked to the world economy and the technologies we use, how climate change impacts affect us, and discuss mitigation and adaptation options and instruments. It will also survey policies in place at global, domestic, and community levels, and major challenges and opportunities as the world works toward coordinated action.
Last, we'll have a concluding session led by a panel of grad students designed to assist the navigation of climate science and policy news as it is reported in popular media outlets, demonstrating how to get to the details of the original, peer-reviewed research.
Sponsor(s): Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
Contact: Robert Morris, E19-411, 617 324-7375, RHGMORR@MIT.EDU
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Jan/26 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-237 |
History of climate science; radiation and the greenhouse effect; the hydrological cycle; land ecology and carbon storage; ocean ecology and heat transport; sea ice and ice sheets.
Jareth Holt, Daniel Gilford
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Jan/29 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 4-237, TIME AND SCHEDULE CHANGE DUE TO STORM |
Structure and detection of climate change; metrics of climate change and irreversible warming; climate sensitivity and feedbacks; weather extremes and other impacts; climate and earth system modeling; uncertainties and current research trends.
Daniel Gilford, Jareth Holt
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Jan/29 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 4-237, TIME AND SCHEDULE CHANGE DUE TO STORM |
Evaluating policy, basic economic concepts, policy instruments, technology, side effects.
Paul Kishimoto
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Jan/30 | Fri | 01:00PM-01:30PM | 4-237 |
The conclusion of yesterday's IAP discussion, Climate Policy 101, part 1
Paul Kishimoto
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Jan/30 | Fri | 01:30PM-03:00PM | 4-237, TIME AND SCHEDULE CHANGE DUE TO STORM |
History, status and future of international (multi- and bi-lateral) policy negotiations, the road to Paris, sub-national discussions and other fora for making policy happen.
Amanda Giang
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Jan/30 | Fri | 03:00PM-03:30PM | 4-237, TIME AND SUBJECT CHANGE DUE TO STORM |
Discuss all that you've learned in a Q & A Panel following the conclusion of Climate Policy 102
Jareth Holt, Daniel Gilford, Paul Kishimoto, Amanda Giang
Kendall Co-generation Station tour
Sara Gallegos
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Jan/13 | Tue | 09:30AM-11:00AM | E19 lobby |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 24 participants
Do you wonder what is going on inside that large yellow brick building near Kendall Square? Veolia North America's Kendall Cogeneration Station uses natural gas as a primary fuel source to produce electrical and steam energy. Natural gas in burned in a combustion turbine generating electricity, then the heat remaining in the exhaust gas is used in a heat recovery steam generator to produce high pressure steam, which in turn drives steam driven electrical generators to produce even more electricity. That steam is also exported in to Veolia's District Energy system in Boston and Cambridge to heat and cool Veolia's 220 customers. A recently completed reconfiguration of the facility, including completion of a 7,000-foot steam pipeline extension, delivers the co-generated steam to Veolia's customers in Boston, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 475,000 tons per year, or the equivalent of removing 80,000 cars from the roads.
In this tour, you will see the inner workings of Veolia's co generation station, understand the concepts behind the operations and ask questions of Veolia's staff.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Sara Gallegos, E19-341C, 617 452-3199, SGALLEGO@MIT.EDU
LEED Platinum Certified tour-Artists for Humanity Sustainability Practices
Sara Gallegos, Coordinator of Student Engagement
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Jan/21 | Wed | 02:00PM-05:30PM | E-19 319 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14
Limited to 24 participants
Tour of the LEED Platinum Certified Artists For Humanity EpiCenter to discover the energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. A discussion about LEED Certification provided by the USGBC will take place on campus prior to departure for the tour. The tour will consist of learning about Artists For Humanity's youth arts enterprise that employes 250+ Boston teens in its creative studios, as well as, understanding the connection of the mission to issues of social and environmental sustainability.
Transporation to and from Artists For Humanity EpiCenter will be provided by MITEI.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Sara Gallegos, E19-341C, 617-452-3199, SGALLEGO@MIT.EDU
Massively Parallel Multiphysics Simulation Simplified by MOOSE
Derek Gaston, Idaho National Laboratory Computational Science Liaison
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Some C++ Experience (Do a tutorial or two)
The MOOSE (Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment) framework simplifies the work necessary for a scientist or engineer to simulate complex multiphysics phenomena. An object-oriented approach, overlaying a robust nonlinear solution algorithm provides an approachable interface for solving sytems of partial differential equations. In addition, MOOSE is inherently parallel allowing for utilization of all those cores in a workstation... or all the cores in a supercomputer to speed up your calculation, all without requiring the user to know anything about parallel programming.
MOOSE is in use by hundreds of scientists and engineers all over the world where it's been eployed for nuclear reactor simulation, materials science, geothermal applications, fluid dynamics, chemistry and much more. In particular, MOOSE is already utilized by multiple research groups at MIT. MOOSE has recently received an R&D100 Award and Derek Gaston (the original creator of MOOSE) was also awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for developing the code.
This tutorial is being taught by Derek Gaston and will be a comprehensive, hands-on experience: teaching you everything that you need to create your very own multiphysics simulation tool.
NOTE: If attending please go through the "Getting Started" instructions on mooseframework.org BEFORE the class begins!
Sponsor(s): Computation for Design and Optimization, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Contact: Derek Gaston, NW12-312, 208-709-4684, GASTDR@MIT.EDU
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Jan/20 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 4-231, Bring your Laptop |
NOTE: Go through the "Getting Started" instructions on mooseframework.org BEFORE the class begins!
The session will begin with a brief overview of MOOSE and a demonstration of the framework. This will be followed by an exploration of the mathematical concepts behind MOOSE. The day will end with a brief explanation of the datastructures in MOOSE and how to start / build / run MOOSE-based applications.
Derek Gaston - Idaho National Laboratory Computational Science Liaison
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Jan/21 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 4-231, Bring your Laptop |
NOTE: Go through the "Getting Started" instructions on mooseframework.org BEFORE the class begins!
The basics of how to translate a system of partial differential equations into pluggable MOOSE objects. This will cover the following "Systems" in MOOSE: Kernels, BoundaryConditions, Material Properties. Also covered will be how to run in parallel.
Derek Gaston - Idaho National Laboratory Computational Science Liaison
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Jan/22 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 4-231, Bring Your Laptop |
NOTE: Go through the "Getting Started" instructions on mooseframework.org BEFORE the class begins!
This session will cover mesh adaptivity, auxiliary calculations, Postprocessors, Functions and more. Also a brief introduction to the idea of "physics-based-preconditioning" will also be given.
Derek Gaston - Idaho National Laboratory Computational Science Liaison
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Jan/23 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 4-231, Bring Your Laptop |
NOTE: Go through the "Getting Started" instructions on mooseframework.org BEFORE the class begins!
A brief overview of many of the more advanced capabilities in MOOSE including: Dirac Kernels, Scalar Kernels, Geometric Search, DG, MultiApps, Transfers, Debugging. Further there will also be a presentation of the available "Physics Modules" MOOSE ships with and how to leverage them in your application.
Derek Gaston - Idaho National Laboratory Computational Science Liaison
MIT's High-Field Research on the Fast Track to Fusion Electricity - Alcator C-Mod and ADX
Brian LaBombard, Senior Research Scientist
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Jan/16 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
How can one harness the process that powers the sun? By compressing a hot fusion plasma with very strong magnetic fields. Recent advances in high temperature, high-field superconductors open up an exciting new design window for a compact, high-field, electricity producing device, based on the tokamak concept. MIT’s high field tokamak, Alcator C-Mod, and a proposed new high-field device, ADX, are charting the pathway forward to this vision for a practical fusion power plant.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Non-Violent Resistance: Gandhi's Satyagraha Approach to Social Change Activism
David Slesinger, MIT Alum
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Jan/06 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 34-302 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Learn about Mahatma Gandhi's approach to nonviolent civil disobedience, called "satyagraha", as a valuable and honorable approach to social change, including climate change. An MIT alum who has been arrested over thirty times will explain how most activists appeal mainly to their supporters, while Gandhi was concerned with the spiritual development of his adversaries.Those who aren't ready to be arrested or serve time in jail for your beliefs can still support those who are ready, as some of those could handle jail time if they had logistical support.
Arrange to get a copy of Gandhi’s jail writings: Email David Slesinger at dslesinger@alum.mit.edu.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: David Slesinger, davidslesinger@yahoo.com
Nuclear Measurements at the National Ignition Facility: MIT's Contribution to Fusion Ignition and Basic Science
Alex Zylstra, Graduate Student
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Jan/20 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
The High-Energy-Density Physics Division is responsible for four essential nuclear diagnostics on the National Ignition Facility: a neutron spectrometer, two proton spectrometers, and a fusion burn history diagnostic. Future capabilities include improvements on current techniques and proton back-lighting. This talk will discuss diagnostic techniques and their applications to both fusion ignition and basic science.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Nuclear Reactor Tour and Information Session for Freshmen Interested in Reactor Operator Positions (paid on-campus job)
Taylor Tracy, Administrative Assistant II
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Jan/21 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:00AM | NW12, first floor, Ring doorbell for entry, may arrive early |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: RSVP by 1/20: http://goo.gl/forms/gpclo83sJO
Looking for a job on campus? Interested in learning how to operate a nuclear reactor?
MIT's Nuclear Reactor Lab is currently seeking out motivated MIT freshmen for reactor operator positions. There will be a job information session and tour of the reactor on January 21st at 10:00am for freshmen who are interested in the position. To register for this event, please fill out the following Google Form by 1/20: http://goo.gl/forms/gpclo83sJO
No previous knowledge of nuclear physics or engineering is required and freshmen in all majors are welcomed! All knowledge and skills are taught during the training period. *Please note that to qualify for this position you must be able to work full-time during the summer in 2015*
A little bit more about the position: Those who are hired will train part-time (~10 hours/week) during the spring semester and full-time during the summer (and IAP if possible). In September, qualified students will take a licensing exam to be administered on-site by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Once licensed, students work ~16 hours/week through their senior years and have the option to work full time during subsequent summers. Flexible shifts are available to work with your varying schedule throughout the semesters.
Sponsor(s): Nuclear Reactor Lab
Contact: Taylor Tracy, NW12-108b, 617 253-4211, TTRACY@MIT.EDU
Oil and Gas Investment Analysis
Ning Wu
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This one-day course presents students with the investment analysis tool widely used within the oil and gas industry, mainly the upstream, or Exploration and Production (E&P), and teaches students how oil and gas companies make their investment decisions. The course aims to help students understand the core part of the oil and gas business, and assist them in learning more about the investment career in the oil and gas industry. It does not intend to cover every aspect of the deal making or investment in oil and gas.
The course starts with an overview of the oil and industry, and the competition landscape in the US. Then it elaborates on the investment decision system and deal makings in the oil and gas industry, and the decision tool used to conduct investment analysis. As the core part of this course, a case study, 2 Billion US dollars’ investment on shale gas by an international oil major, is adopted to showcase the investment decision analysis and process. This case study can be done by groups and with discussions. Finally, the course will close by open-ended discussion on investment risks and risk management in the oil and gas industry, as well as career in business or investment track in this industry.
Advance sign up at http://goo.gl/forms/ML7G41gFSS.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning, Sloan School of Management
Contact: Ning Wu, ningwu30@gmail.com
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Jan/21 | Wed | 09:00AM-05:00PM | E51-145 |
Ning Wu
Remembering our Roots: Agricultural Info @ MIT Libraries
Chris Sherratt, EAPS and Environment Librarian
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Jan/30 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
Limited to 30 participants
From its earliest founding as a Land-Grant institution right through today, MIT has been connected to agriculture. Many in the community travel near and far to apply what they learn in rural settings and learn more while doing so. Come hear the makers of our newest database, CAB Abstracts, describe what this resource brings to campus and their ongoing work all over the world. We’ll map out MIT ag-related projects and plan a future Spring 2015 mixer for the groups and clubs on campus that tie into these important fields.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617 253-5648, GCSHERRA@MIT.EDU
Research Funder Open Access Requirements from DOE and Other Federal Agencies
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Pub., Copyright, & Licensing, Michelle Christy, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
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Jan/15 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 1-150 |
Enrollment: Please email efinnie@mit.edu to reserve a spot.
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 40 participants
Do you or your colleagues get or seek federal funding for your research? Want to stay up-to-date on rules to get your next grant, or help others with managing their grant requirements? Come to this session and learn about new requirements from the federal government for open access: in 2013, the White House directed all large federal agencies to develop requirements for open access to publications and data created through research they fund. These requirements are now being implemented, starting with the Department of Energy (DOE).
In the session, staff from the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Libraries will:
• provide an overview of the new requirements
• focus on the requirements that have been issued from the Department of Energy
• update you on any additional requirements released in time for this session
• describe services at MIT that can help you comply with these requirements
In addition, guest speaker Martin Greenwald, Associate Director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and former Chair of the DOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, will give you an inside look at the DOE requirements.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
Socially Influencing Systems (SIS) for Improved Urban Mobility
Dr. Agnis Stibe, Practical Scientist at MIT Media Lab: City Science
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Do you want to change your behavior? Or behaviors or other people?
Have you ever thought of changing something in your behavior or influencing what others think or do? Has your experience been successful so far? If you’d like to have more success, then you are welcome to take this course to practice and learn about shaping human behaviors.
This highly interactive course combines an extensive body of knowledge from social psychology – focusing on social influence, behavioral change, persuasion, and hands-on development of socially influencing systems for urban mobility in modern cities.
The course explains the role of persuasive technologies and their applications to various problem domains, such as mobility, health and wellbeing, energy conservation and efficiency, safety, education, etc. Each session will delve into practical design issues through interactive presentations and collaborative work. The course will address the following questions:
Website – http://cp.media.mit.edu/workshops
Syllabus – http://bit.ly/SISsyllabus
Register – http://bit.ly/SociallyIS
Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Agnis Stibe, E15-368, 774 444-1750, AGNIS@MIT.EDU
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Jan/21 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-359, Media Lab, 3rd floor, bring your passion |
Q: How can I design technologies to influence what people think and do?
This session will introduce the main goals of the course and provide an in-depth understanding of the key concepts related to socially influencing systems, persuasive technologies, behavior change, and gamification. A hands-on part will focus on applying these concepts to tackle some of the major issues in urban mobility.
Dr. Agnis Stibe - Practical Scientist at MIT Media Lab: City Science, Scot Osterweil - Game Designer and Creative Director at MIT Education Arcade, Emily G. Martin - Assistant at MIT Education Arcade
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Jan/23 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-359, Media Lab, 3rd floor, bring your passion |
Q: How can people be persuaded to increase their bicycling behavior?
This session will dive into urban mobility issues and discuss persuasive strategies for motivating different groups of people to change their mobility patterns in cities from using high to low energy transportation modes, such as bicycles, in particular. An activity in groups will be aimed at designing effective persuasive strategies for frequent biking.
Dr. Agnis Stibe - Practical Scientist at MIT Media Lab: City Science, Nicole Freedman - MIT Road Cycling Coach and Director of Boston Bikes, y.t. - SCUL Controller and Project Manager at MIT Education Arcade, Emily G. Martin - Assistant at MIT Education Arcade
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Jan/28 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-359, Media Lab, 3rd floor, bring your passion |
Q: What kind of socially influencing systems has greater potential to shift people's attitudes and behavior?
This session will concentrate on reviewing the existing solutions for motivating low-energy mobility and building prototypes of new SIS for sustainable urban mobility, including the assessment of their effectiveness and future applicability.
Dr. Agnis Stibe - Practical Scientist at MIT Media Lab: City Science, Jinhua Zhao - Edward H. and Joyce Linde Assistant Professor, DUSP at MIT, Emily G. Martin - Assistant at MIT Education Arcade
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Jan/30 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | E15-359, Media Lab, 3rd floor, bring your passion |
Q: How can SIS improve city living and other aspects of modern times?
This session will envision the future of SIS and how they can be helpful in transforming various aspects of cities and societies in the future. A brainstorming session will be set around the future of SIS and benefits they can bring to cities and mankind in general.
Dr. Agnis Stibe - Practical Scientist at MIT Media Lab: City Science, Dr. Sebastian Deterding - Assistant Professor, Game Design, Northeastern University, Emily G. Martin - Assistant at MIT Education Arcade
SOFT WOOD
Sheila Kennedy, AIA, Professor of the Practice, Dpt. of Architecture, Trygve Wastvedt, Teaching Fellow
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/01
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Tuesday and Thursday sessions required, Fridays are for optional team work time
Prereq: Knowledge of Rhino 4.0, design/computation experience
This short, immersive and interdisciplinary course teaches key principles of design, zero waste production and digital fabrication through focused exploration of formal opportunities provided by kerfing--selective, subtractive cuts. In the traditional kerfing process, practiced in the design of medieval wood musical instruments, flat boards and wood sheets are bent into curved forms by selectively extracting material from one side. Today, computation and parametric constraints may be applied to this process to create curved, structural beams or “bents” with very little material waste.
The MIT Soft Rocker, an outdoor rocking lounge, will be the departure point for a short, two-week design problem. Teams of two students will imagine, design, and fabricate multi-curved chassis forms for the Soft Rocker that are capable of supporting the weight of the team. As simple as the Soft Rocker seems, it embodies sophisticated design and structural challenges of centroidal stasis, balance, dynamic loading, and the definition of interdisciplinary principles of elegance in design, structure, and fabrication. Students will learn design and fabrication concepts with the potential to greatly expand the formal range, design applications and mass-customization of contemporary low-carbon wood construction. The class will utilize a Techno- Isel CNC router, located at the KVA Matx studio, where all necessary supplies, soft wood materials and tools will be provided. Join us!
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Architecture
Contact: Sheila Kennedy, 10-411M, (617) 324-6095, sheilak@mit.edu
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Jan/06 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | KVA - 10 Farnham St., bring laptop loaded with Rhino 4.0 |
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Jan/08 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | KVA - 10 Farnham St. |
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Jan/09 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | KVA - 10 Farnham St. |
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Jan/13 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | KVA - 10 Farnham St. |
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Jan/15 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | KVA - 10 Farnham St. |
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Jan/16 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | KVA - 10 Farnham St. |
Tuesday and Thursday sessions are required.
Friday sessions are optional/flexible team work time.
All classes are located at KVA Matx Studio at 10 Farnham St., Boston, MA 02109
Please bring laptop loaded with Rhino 4.0
Space Weather Research: Scientific and Social Issues of Living Near a Star
Michael Stevens, Harvard Smithsonian Center
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Jan/14 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | Nw17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
An overview of some scientific and social issues that confront us as a technological, space-faring human race living in the atmosphere of a star. We will discuss existing space-based assets used for both basic plasma physics research and weather forecasting, along with a remarkably simple method for measuring solar wind, which will be employed in the upcoming NASA missions, DSCOVR and Solar Probe Plus.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
The Clean Bin Project, film
Ruth T. Davis, Manager, Recycling and Materials Management, Joel Dashnaw/Keeley Rafter, Green Committee Co-chairs
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Jan/27 | Tue | 05:00PM-07:00PM | 56-114 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: N/A
The Clean Bin Project is a home competition between live in partners about their waste and consumption. In this fun, multi-award winning indie documentary, a Canadian couple challenges themselves to live completely zero-waste for a whole year. Running time: 76 minutes
Sponsor(s): Department of Facilities
Contact: Ruth Davis, 4-038, 617 253-7299, RTDAVIS@MIT.EDU
Tour Aramco Research Center Labs
Sara Gallegos
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Jan/14 | Wed | 08:30AM-11:30AM | 400 Technology Squar |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 20 participants
Tour of Aramco Research labs in Technology Square. The lab tour will consist of guided tour of upstream and downstream characterization and synthesis labs.
Aramco Research Center is one of the U.S. based research and development centers aimed at expanding the global research network and capability of fully integrated energy and chemicals enterprise. The Center in Cambridge is part of the company’s ambitious R&D program, which is positioned to seek breakthrough achievements that address long-term industry challenges and contribute to Saudi Aramco’s mission of providing a secure and sustainable supply of energy for all.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Sara Gallegos, E19-341C, 617 452-3199, SGALLEGO@MIT.EDU
Tour of Alcator C-Mod Tokamak at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Ted Golfinopoulos, Postdoctoral Associate
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Jan/16 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | NW17-218 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Visit the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, a major fusion energy experiment being carried out on the MIT campus. Alcator C- Mod is the third in a series of tokamak devices at MIT that use very high magnetic fields to confine plasmas operating near 100,000,000 degrees C.
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
Wind Technology Testing Center Tour
Sara Gallegos, MITEI Student Engagement Coordinator
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Jan/22 | Thu | 12:00PM-04:00PM | WTTC, Shuttle pick up and drop off will be in Kendall Sq |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Ever wonder how those spinning wind turbines are actually tested for safety? Before a turbine can be deployed in Massachusetts, it must meet strict international safety and design standards. Come join us for an exclusive tour of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Wind Technology Testing Center. In this tour, we will have the opportunity to see first-hand the blade-testing wind rooms (that tests blades up to 90 meters in length!), as well as to meet and ask questions of the center’s staff.
Transportation to testing facility will be provided by MITEI
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Sara Gallegos, E19-341C, 617 452-3199, SGALLEGO@MIT.EDU
Writing a Lab Safety Procedure
Emily A. Ranken, IHP Officer, EHS, Judith M. Reilly, Assistant to the Director, EHS
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Jan/20 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 46-3310 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: Chemical Safety Training
You are considering an experiment involving something toxic and reactive, and you don't want to be exposed or blow up the lab. Laboratory research often involves the potential for exposure to safety or health hazards associated with chemicals or materials being used and/or the process and equipment involved. Sometimes the hazards are well characterized and the precautions needed for safety are well defined. However, this is research, and many times they are not.
This class will introduce you to a tool, the Lab Specific Safety Procedure form, to help you identify the hazards and complete a plan for conducting a procedure or experiment safely, managing any waste generated appropriately, and being prepared for an emergency. The first part of the class will be an overview to present the form and provide representative examples for how it can be used. During the second part, participants will have an opportunity to begin a procedure for their own research.
Once a Lab Specific Safety Procedure is developed it can be a useful tool for training others in conducting that procedure or experiment safely, or helping lab mates know what to do if a problems occurs.
Advanced registration required: http://ehs.mit.edu/site/content/iap-course-registration
Sponsor(s): Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: Emily Ranken, N52-496, 617-253-0908, EMRANKEN@MIT.EDU
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