IAP 2015 Activities by Sponsor - MIT-SUTD Collaboration

Wen Wang, Postdoctoral Associate, Dpt. of Chemical Engineering, Jifei Ou, PhD Student/ Designer, Lining Yao, PhD Student/ Designer

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/29
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

Explores the tangible biological interface and digital design vision to reach a controllable performance. Provides students with the concepts and tools for designing complex biological origami structures with living microorganism entities, where synthetic biology, architectural modeling, rational engineering, and tangible design, will be seamlessly fused together.

During the one-week immersion of concept brainstorming, students will explore the intersections of science and design; of time, place and people; and of inspired creativity and production. Students will collaborate on various hands-on exercises and discussions, and meet local/international designers and biologists, resulting in the documentation of studio work and final presentation.

Undergrads majoring in Engineering/Science/Arts/Design are preferred. Graduate students who are interested in expanding their knowledge in design and synthetic biology are also welcome. For enrollment and inquiries, email wwen@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Wen Wang, 16-473, (617) 253-2769, wwen@mit.edu

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	Jan/05	Mon	01:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/06	Tue	01:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/07	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/08	Thu	01:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/09	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/09	Fri	06:00PM-09:00PM	E14 3rd floor lobby

Friday 1/9 evening is a networking event. Not required, but highly encouraged!

Grace Leslie, Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT Media Lab

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This project-based course will provide students with a basic understanding of neurofeedback and brain-computer interface systems using EEG (electroencephalography).  Lectures will cover the design of brain-computer interface (BCI) systems, an introduction to EEG sensing and analysis, and creative and assistive applications of BCI, including a historical overview of systems designed by doctors, scientists, musicians, and artists. Students from complementary disciplines will be assigned to small groups for hands-on development projects working towards the creation of a new BCI concept using a commercially available dry-electrode EEG. Students with experience in cognitive science, computer programming, and/or real-time digital music or video software are encouraged to join.

 

Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Grace Leslie, E14-348D, 617 452-5736, GLESLIE@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/07	Wed	09:00AM-12:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/09	Fri	09:00AM-12:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/12	Mon	09:00AM-12:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/14	Wed	09:00AM-12:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/16	Fri	09:00AM-12:00PM	E15-341
	Jan/21	Wed	09:00AM-12:00PM	E15-341

Grace Leslie - Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT Media Lab

Bradley Perry

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 42 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: See Course Description

Are you interested in building and testing your own phased array radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a unique course in the design, fabrication, and test of a laptop-based phased array radar sensor capable of imaging moving targets in real-time, like a ‘radar video camera’. This course will appeal to anyone interested in the following: electronics, amateur radio, physics, electromagnetics, or phased array systems. Teams of three will make a phased array radar system and attend four sessions spanning topics from fundamentals of radar to digital beamforming. You will bring your radar into the field and perform imaging of moving targets around campus. Imaging unusual targets is encouraged; a final radar video competition will determine the most creative radar imagery.    

Laptop computer running Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. Other versions of Unix should work but have not been tested. At least one available USB port.  Matlab 2009b or later (The Instrumentation Control Toolbox for Matlab is strongly encouraged)

*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Dr. Bradley Perry, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, radar.course@ll.mit.edu

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Build a Small Phased Array Radar System

	Jan/09	Fri	01:00PM-03:00PM	4-153
	Jan/12	Mon	01:00PM-03:00PM	4-153
	Jan/14	Wed	01:00PM-03:30PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/16	Fri	01:00PM-03:30PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/21	Wed	01:00PM-03:30PM	TBD

IMPORTANT:

Some sessions held at Beaver Works @ 300 Technology Square, 2nd Floor

Laptop computer running Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. Other versions of Unix should work but have not been tested. At least one available USB port.  Matlab 2009b or later (The Instrumentation Control Toolbox for Matlab is strongly encouraged)

 

Bradley Perry, Todd Levy, Patrick Bell, Jeffrey Herd, Shakti Davis, Ken Kolodziej, Nicholas O'Donoughue

Patrick Bell

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 42 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: See Course Description

Are you interested in building and testing your own imaging radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a course in design, fabrication, and test of a laptop-based radar capable of forming Doppler, range, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. This course will appeal to anyone interested in the following: electronics, amateur radio, physics, or electromagnetics. Teams of three will receive a radar kit and will attend four sessions spanning topics from fundamentals of radar to SAR imaging. Experiments will be performed as the radar kit is implemented. You will bring your radar into the field and perform experiments such as measuring the speed of passing cars or plotting the range of moving targets. A final SAR imaging contest will test your ability to form a detailed and creative SAR image of a target scene of your choice. The best image wins.

Laptop computer running Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. Other versions of Unix should work but have not been tested. At least one available USB port.  Matlab 2009b or later (The Instrumentation Control Toolbox for Matlab is strongly encouraged)

*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract FA8721-05-C-0002.  Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Patrick Bell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, radar.course@ll.mit.edu

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Build a Small Radar System

	Jan/09	Fri	10:00AM-12:00PM	4-153
	Jan/12	Mon	10:00AM-12:00PM	4-153
	Jan/14	Wed	09:30AM-12:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/16	Fri	09:30AM-12:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/21	Wed	09:30AM-12:00PM	TBD

IMPORTANT:

Some sessions will be held at Beaver Works @ 300 Technology Square, 2nd Floor

Laptop computer running Windows, Mac OS, or Linux. Other versions of Unix should work but have not been tested. At least one available USB port.  Matlab 2009b or later (The Instrumentation Control Toolbox for Matlab is strongly encouraged)

Patrick Bell, Shakti Davis, Alan Fenn, Brad Perry, Ken Kolodziej, John Meklenburg, Jeff Herd

Jason Pastorello, SAA Instructor, Office of the Arts

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Session 1: Students will be issued a design challenge to create a coat of arms that represents their college experience. The groups will have to agree on a design and then assign construction tasks. A basic demonstration of hand building techniques will be presented at the beginning of the first class, as well as a discussion of the general nature and physical properties of clay. 

Session 2: Discussion of the the chemistry of glazing, underglazing and chemical washes and the way that each react with cone 6 clay bodies in the kiln. Groups will have to agree on and divide up glazing responsibilities. At the end of session two, if time permits, the instructor will give a wheelthrowing demonstration and students will be allowed to experiment on the potters wheels. 

Session 3: Finished pieces are out of the kilns and ready for group critique, after which they can be taken home. If time permits, students will be allowed to continue to experiment on the wheel and with handbuilding on the tables.

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Pyron, E15-205A, (617) 253-4003, stacyp@mit.edu

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	Jan/12	Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM	Ceramics W20-431, wear old clothes, apron optional
	Jan/14	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	Ceramics W20-431, wear old clothes, apron optional
	Jan/21	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	Ceramics W20-431, wear old clothes, apron optional

Jason Pastorello - SAA Instructor, Office of the Arts

Daniel Frey, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

	Jan/07	Wed	08:00AM-11:00AM	IDC Building N-52
	Jan/09	Fri	08:00AM-11:00AM	IDC Building N-52
	Jan/12	Mon	08:00AM-11:00AM	IDC Building N-52
	Jan/14	Wed	08:00AM-11:00AM	IDC Building N-52
	Jan/16	Fri	08:00AM-11:00AM	IDC Building N-52
	Jan/21	Wed	08:00AM-11:00AM	IDC Building N-52

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/30
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This course involves designing, building, and flying radio controlled fixed wing aircraft. Students will learn how to:

• Recognize and recall alternative configurations of fixed wing aircraft; 
• Estimate/predict performance, stability, and controllability of fixed wing aircraft;
• Generate and implement details of a design including structure, propulsion, and control surfaces;
• Evaluate and implement options for fabrication including at least laser cutting of balsa, wire cutting of foam, three dimensional printing, and covering.

Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Daniel Frey, 3-449D, (617) 324-6133, danfrey@mit.edu

Dr. Robert A. Freking

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: See Course Description

Misjudged as passé art or entertained only as an amusing physical paradox, holography critically encompasses all the essential principles governing propagating wave interactions across every domain of matter and energy.  Yet, surprisingly few in the applied sciences and engineering appreciate how to leverage holographic phenomena in real-world sensing applications.  This course will demystify holography by demonstrating how to gather and interpret 2-D, phase-preserving recordings to recover a hidden, encoded third dimension of information. Course topics progress from basic phenomenology on to specialized applications of holographic techniques in the physical and computational domains.  Participants will practice holography hands-on in the electromagnetic and audio domains through interactive laboratory exercises employing traditional film, computer-generated holography (CGH) and sonic recordings.  Measurement devices, supplies and MATLAB starter code will be provided.

All participants must supply their own laptops with MATLAB installed.

*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract FA8721-05-C-0002.  Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Dr. Robert A. Freking, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, holographycourse@ll.mit.edu

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Hands on Holography

	Jan/05	Mon	01:00PM-05:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/06	Tue	01:00PM-05:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/07	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/08	Thu	01:00PM-05:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/09	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center

IMPORTANT:

All sessions will be held at Beaver Works @ 300 Technology Square, 2nd Floor

Special Meeting Information:  All participants must supply their own laptops with MATLAB installed.

Jade Wang, David Caplan, Gavin Lund, John Moores

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Free-space laser communication (lasercom) is poised to revolutionize space-based data transmission, by enabling links with higher data rates and longer ranges than are practically achievable with radio-frequency systems. MIT Lincoln Laboratory and NASA recently demonstrated a record-breaking high-data-rate lasercom link, from a spacecraft orbiting the moon to ground stations on Earth, in the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD).

Although we won’t be sending laser beams into space, this class will provide students with hands-on experience designing and building a basic lasercom system. The accompanying lectures will provide an overview of lasercom concepts, lasers and optical components, lasercom-relevant electronics, communication link design, and analog and digital modulation techniques. Students will learn to apply these principles by building their own laser audio communication systems, and will work in teams to compete for a best-project award. 

*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Jade Wang, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, jpwang@ll.mit.edu

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Intro to Lasercom

	Jan/06	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/08	Thu	10:00AM-01:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/13	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/15	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/20	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/22	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center

Jade Wang, David Caplan, Gavin Lund, John Moores

Dario Marrocchelli, Research Scientist, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

THIS ACTIVITY IS FULL. There is already a lengthy waitlist as well. No new enrollment requests please.

Cooking is one of the most fascinating (and rewarding!) applications of science and engineering. Indeed, few people realize that even the easiest recipe requires a working knowledge of important scientific principles spanning the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and many more. The goal of this course is to show this connection between cooking and science. This course is designed to be a fun, hands-on experience in which students learn basic scientific principles by performing simple experiments with food. The first three lectures will cover ice-cream making, chocolate tasting, naked eggs and other fun activities. The instructor will draw connections between the concepts presented and his everyday scientific research in Materials Science. A tour of the Taza Chocolate factory is an optional encouraged activity to supplement the session on chocolate. 

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Nuclear Science and Engineering
Contact: Dario Marrocchelli, NW13-221, (617) 710-2527, dmarrocc@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/07	Wed	06:00PM-07:30PM	W20 3rd fl. coffee., please bring a laptop
	Jan/14	Wed	06:00PM-07:30PM	W20 3rd fl. coffee.
	Jan/21	Wed	06:00PM-07:30PM	W20 3rd fl. coffee.

Dario Marrocchelli - Research Scientist, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Pierce Hayward, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/01
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Opportunity for hands-on personal experience testing materials at your own pace- The lab has four conventional testing machines so that students can get the direct, repetitive experience frequently missing from standard courses. The lab also has an attached machine shop where grips and specimens are made and students will get an introduction to lathe and mill operations.  Students will test provided specimens as an introduction and then make material specimens from stock and extract material from products, something mechanical engineers are called upon to do. Some students may be interested in testing particular materials, such as carabineers, 3D printed parts, ropes, chains, etc; this course can generally accommodate such special testing projects. Routine procedures for handling materials, such as heat treatment, for hardening and strengthening of steels and aluminums are part of the course. Bluing & tempering of strengthened steels is presented, along with hardness as an indicator of presumptive material strength. Comparisons are made among tensile, compression and bending results for determining material properties.

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Pierce Hayward, 1-307, 617-253-3841, phayward@mit.edu

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	Jan/13	Tue	01:00PM-04:30PM	1-307
	Jan/14	Wed	01:00PM-04:30PM	1-307
	Jan/15	Thu	01:00PM-04:30PM	1-307
	Jan/20	Tue	01:00PM-04:30PM	1-307
	Jan/21	Wed	01:00PM-04:30PM	1-307

Lab will be open with flexible hours if students wish to test materials outside of class times.

Prof. Sertac Karaman, Dr. Michael Boulet, Owen Guldner, Dr. Michael Park

	Jan/07	Wed	10:00AM-12:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/09	Fri	10:00AM-12:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/10	Sat	10:00AM-04:00PM	AeroAstro Hangar, Optional Hackhathon
	Jan/12	Mon	10:00AM-12:00PM	Room 33-319
	Jan/13	Tue	10:00AM-12:00PM	Room 33-319
	Jan/14	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	AeroAstro Hangar, Optional Hackathon
	Jan/15	Thu	10:00AM-12:00PM	Room 32-141
	Jan/16	Fri	10:00AM-12:00PM	Room 32-141
	Jan/17	Sat	10:00AM-04:00PM	MIT Tunnels, Optional Hackathon
	Jan/20	Tue	10:00AM-12:00PM	Room 32-141
	Jan/21	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	MIT Tunnels, Optional Hackathon
	Jan/22	Thu	04:15PM-06:15PM	MIT Tunnels, Final Race

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/02
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: See description.

Modern robots tend to operate at slow speeds in complex environments, limiting their utility in high-tempo applications. In the RACECAR course, you will be tasked with pushing the boundaries of unmanned vehicle speed. Participants will work in teams of 3-5 to develop dynamic autonomy software to race a converted RC car equipped with LIDAR, camera, inertial sensors and embedded processing around a large-scale, “real-world” course. The course culminates with a timed competition to navigate an MIT tunnel network. To subscribe, send an e-mail to racecar-iap-course-subscribe@mit.edu with a description of your programming / robotics experience and MIT/SUTD affiliation.

Participants must attend all lectures and capstone demonstration. Additionally, 6-10 hours per week of hands-on effort is required to complete the objective task. Attendance at the hackathons is strongly suggested but not required in cases of conflict with other IAP activities.

Prereqs: Advanced undergraduates and graduates with some background in controls or robotics. Majors include AeroAstro, Mechanical, Ocean, and EECS. Students with a background in computer science with interest in robotics and controls may also effectively participate.

*This work is sponsored by the Dept. of the Air Force under Contract FA8721-05-C-0002.  Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the U.S. Government.

Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics, Lincoln Laboratory, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Prof. S. Karaman, sertac@mit.edu

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
	Jan/08	Thu	01:00PM-05:00PM	KVA - 10 Farnham St.
	Jan/09	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	KVA - 10 Farnham St.
	Jan/13	Tue	01:00PM-05:00PM	KVA - 10 Farnham St.
	Jan/15	Thu	01:00PM-05:00PM	KVA - 10 Farnham St.
	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

Scott Pudlewski, Thomas Royster

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: See Course Description

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a course on software defined radio technology with a focus on software based GPS receivers.  Satellite-based navigation and localization has become a part of our everyday lives, and this course will use the familiar GPS system to demonstrate many of the signal processing and wireless receiver techniques required to enable a wireless communication receiver.

Students will work in teams of two to build a GPS receiver using a combination of MATLAB and the USRP2 software defined radio platform.  Concepts such as binary-phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation, code division multiple access (CDMA), and Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) will be introduced in lecture and then demonstrated in software.

* This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Scott Pudlewski, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, scott.pudlewski@ll.mit.edu

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Software Radio

	Jan/13	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/15	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/20	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center
	Jan/22	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	NE45-202, Beaverworks Center

Important:  All sessions will be held at Beaverworks (300 Technology Square - 2nd Floor)

Scott Pudlewski, Thomas Royster