MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2015 Schedule for January 16


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

08:00 AM
Design of Fixed Wing Aircraft for Radio Control IDC Building N-52

09:00 AM
Brain Hacks: The Art and Science of Brain-Computer Interfaces E15-341
Energy Underground: MBTA Facilities and Tunnel Tour Location TBD

09:30 AM
Build a Small Radar System NE45-202 Beaverworks Center
Data Visualization: The When, Why, and How of Effectively Communicating Data , Room 33-116

10:00 AM
Construction Safety: Site Walkthrough N52-496
Hands-On Aerospace 2015 Stata by D-elevators Robotics and Gas Turbine Lab tours
Individual Consultations at the Writing and Communication Center E39-115
Interactive Robotics Group Lab Tour Stata by D-elevators Bldg 32 ground floor, please be prompt.
Introduction ocean data-model analysis 54-1623
RACECAR - Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-steering Robot Room 32-141

11:00 AM
Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) N52-419D wear pants and bring safety glasses if owned
Gas Turbine Lab Tour MIT Gas Turbine Lab sign up in advance for mtg instructions, or call
MIT's High-Field Research on the Fast Track to Fusion Electricity - Alcator C-Mod and ADX NW17-218
Plasma Science and Fusion Center IAP Series NW17-218
Working with Light 10-150

12:00 PM
Abstract Writing Workshop, presented by the EDO of the Koch Institute at MIT 76-156
Exploring with Norbert Wiener: Father of Cybernetics and Student of Life 14N-118 Sign up: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=857404
Freshman Mini-UROP 48-316
IAP 2015- The Feynman Films 4-370

12:17 PM
Mystery Hunt 2015 Kresge

12:30 PM
Forces Frozen 9-255 & outdoors TBD

01:00 PM
Apollo: Behind the Scenes at the MIT Museum (ADDITIONAL SESSION AVAILABLE) MIT Museum Meet 1pm at MIT Museum
Build a Small Phased Array Radar System NE45-202 Beaverworks Center
Business information for engineers and scientists 14N-132
Electron Microprobe Analysis on the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe 54-1221
Hands-On Aerospace 2015 33-116 Student Presentations
Internet of Things: Connecting Anything and Everything to the Internet, a Hands-on Workshop E51-151
IoT @ MIT E51-151 Bring your laptop
Plasma Science and Fusion Center IAP Series NW17-218
Pleasures of Poetry 2015 14E-304
R Programming 1-115
SOFT WOOD KVA - 10 Farnham St.
The Next Step in Academic Science Whitehead Auditorium
Third World Challenge: Brainstorm and Design a Starter Core House that Grows Incrementally 9-450B
Tour of Alcator C-Mod Tokamak at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center NW17-218

01:30 PM
IAP 2015 Physics Lecture Series 4-370

02:00 PM
Coolfarming - How to Create Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs) NE25-746 bring your laptop
Disney Fairies Film Series 2-105 The Pirate Fairy
Introduction to the Art of Glass Blowing 4-003

02:30 PM
Alternative Careers Series for Grad Students: Careers in Publishing 3-270

03:00 PM
8 Mechanics ReView 32-082
Fashion Smarts Workshop

03:30 PM
Disney Fairies Film Series 2-105

04:00 PM
Prophecy and the History of the Earth 3-442
ROOT tutorial 24-307

05:00 PM
Shotokan Through Yellow Belt duPont T-Club Lounge
So you wanna be a scientist 46-3015 Group presentation/discussion

06:00 PM
Exploring Public Genomes (a fun hands-on introduction to bioinformatics) 66-154 Bring laptop please!

07:00 PM
Introduction to the Potter's Wheel Section B W20-431

07:30 PM
Diversity in STEM: How racist and sexist are we, and why should we care? 66-154 Bring laptop please!

08:30 PM
Training for OpenStackTM 56-154