MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016 Schedule for January 15


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

09:00 AM

Bamboo Bicycle Frame Making Workshop IDC (N52 3rd fl)
Day-Long Design Workshop for Budding Entrepreneurs 36-153 Participants must commit to whole session
Hands-On Holography NE 45 2nd floor
Individual Consultations at the Writing and Communication Center E39-115 sign up online
Intro to Modeling, Instrumentation and Control Using Skateboards and Scooters N52 3rd floor
LabVIEW for Controls and Mechatronics 1-004

09:30 AM

Introduction to Python 56-114 Bring your laptop with Python installed
JOYSTRUCTURES E14-251 Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes.

10:00 AM

Build a CNC Drawing Machine 9-255 One hour lunch
Building decentralized and privacy-oriented Web applications. 32-G531 Bring your laptop
Designing Your Life E51-151
Excelling at MIT and beyond: Developing a "Growth Mindset" 8-205
Hands-on Aerospace: Introduction to Air Traffic Control 33-419
Infrastructure Design for Climate Change 1-371
Introduction to Metal Casting 4-006
Persuasive Cities for Sustainable Wellbeing E15-359, Media Lab 3rd floor, bring your passion
The Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation 4-159
The Science and Engineering of Intelligence: A bridge across Vassar Street 46-3002

10:30 AM

Bioinformatics for Beginners 2016 14N-132
Introduction to ocean data-model analysis room 54-1623 bring your laptop

11:00 AM

Historical Hooch and Fabulous Food 14N-118
Intro to Metal Sculpture 4-006
Mars Settlement Design Workshop 4-265

12:00 PM

Build a CNC painting robot W20-429 /START STUDI Bring your laptop / times may vary
IAP 2016- The Feynman Films 6-120
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Water and Food Sectors: An Introduction to MIT and outside resources for MIT Students and Post-docs E51-145 bring your own lunch, snacks provided
Mars Settlement Noon Series 4-265
Mystery Hunt 2016 all around campus
Queer Relationships and Dating 50-005
Ride or Die: Introduction to The Fast and the Furious 3-370

12:30 PM

(CANCELED) Sensory Translations: Interactive Interpretations of Artworks TBA Bring laptop

01:00 PM

Build a Small Radar System NE-45 2nd floor
Case Interview Workshop with Accenture 4-163
Comprehensive Overview of Arduino Microcontrollers for Creative Exploration (8-day workshop) TBD Students should bring a laptop to each class. Befo
EC.S02: Applied Innovations through Bicycle Dynamics (AIBD) N51-337
Electron Microprobe Analysis on the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe 54-1221
Form and Color W20-425
GlobeMed-GHMHI Friday Seminar Series 4-237
(CANCELED) Innovation Tournament 2016 NE45 2nd floor
Introduction to Welding 4-006
Neuropsychiatry in Translation: The Next Generation 46-4062
Pleasures of Poetry 2016 14E-304
RACECAR - Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-steering Robot 32-081
Sales for Start-ups 3-270

01:30 PM

IAP 2016 Physics Lecture Series 6-120

02:00 PM

Beyond the "Like": Collecting and Contemporary Art E15-207
Coolhunting and Coolfarming through Swarmcreativity E51-057 bring your laptop
Create Your Own Comic! (Artistic Ability Optional) 56-167 bring laptop
PCB Soldering Workshop 38-501
Quidditch Practice MacCourts in Zcenter
Technologies for Speech and Language Processing 66-148 Bring your laptop

02:30 PM

How Financial Engineering Works and How to Get a Quant Job on Wall Street 24-615 ESG Commons Area

03:00 PM

Opening up your research to the web 46-5165

03:30 PM

Creature and Character Creations in Clay W20-431

04:00 PM

Balanced & Brilliant: Wellness for College Life 4-149 Bring a notebook

05:30 PM

"The Neuroscience Business" (Reading/discussion group) 46-4062
Swim Stroke Technique - Fridays ZesigerTeachingPool

06:30 PM

Creature and Character Creations in Clay 2 W20-431

07:00 PM

Greatest Hits of 6.006 56-114