IAP 2016 Activities by Sponsor - Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Michael Follows, Associate Professor of Oceanography

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveal the extreme diversity of living organisms in the ocean. We will discuss recent advances in marine biology and ecology using modern tools from gene sequencing to the latest in underwater vehicles.

Individual lectures in the series will be given in 54-915, noon to 1pm. Please check individual session listing for descriptions of each topic and the day it will be offered.

Since there is a delay in information posted to the IAP website please see <eapsweb.mit.edu/events/2016/iap-lecture-series> for up-to-date schedule information.

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Vicki McKenna, 54-910, 617 253-3380, VSM@MIT.EDU

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Predators in the plankton: the menagerie

Jan/21

Thu

12:00PM-01:00PM

54-925

Predators in the plankton: the menagerie.

Matt Johnson - Associate Scientist

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North Atlantic right whales

Jan/22

Fri

12:00PM-01:00PM

54-914

The role of science and technology in the conservation of North Atlantic right whales

Mark Baumgartner - Associate Professor of Oceanography

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Life in the deep

Jan/25

Mon

12:00PM-01:00PM

54-915

Life in the deep: hot topics in hydrothermal vent biology.

Lauren Mullineaux - Senior Scientist

Glenn Flierl, Professor of Oceanography

Jan/07	Thu	11:00AM-12:00PM	54-1827
Jan/14	Thu	11:00AM-12:00PM	54-1827
Jan/21	Thu	11:00AM-12:00PM	54-1827
Jan/28	Thu	11:00AM-12:00PM	54-1827

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

The Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate and the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences have been hosting a two foot diameter spherical display system.  If you have data or interactive models you'd like to see visualized on the sphere, come to the sessions to learn how it can be done and to figure out better ways and how to present information using the iGlobe.  Or try to make a compelling environmental movie using the sphere, an auxiliary screen, and sound.  Or come if you'd just like to experiment with the way things look projected on a spherical surface.

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Glenn Flierl, 54-1626, 617-253-4692, glenn@lake.mit.edu

Nilanjan Chatterjee

Jan/15

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

54-1221

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

This session is to introduce new users to the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe. You will have hands-on experience (if time permits) on our electron microprobe equipped with enhanced imaging capabilities and learn about wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, back-scattered electron, secondary electron, cathodoluminescence, and elemental X-ray imaging. 

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, x3-1995, nchat@mit.edu

Gael Forget, Research Scientist

Jan/08	Fri	10:30AM-12:00PM	room 54-1623, bring your laptop
Jan/15	Fri	10:30AM-12:00PM	room 54-1623, bring your laptop
Jan/22	Fri	10:30AM-12:00PM	room 54-1623, bring your laptop
Jan/29	Fri	10:30AM-12:00PM	room 54-1623, bring your laptop

Enrollment: Contact instructor before 1st meeting.
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This non-credit activity intends to inform students and postdocs of the wealth of ocean data and models that are readily available to them at MIT, including vast collections of Argo profiles, MITgcm set-ups and ECCO output. It will proceed through interactive lectures and MATLAB sessions, aiming to enable attendees to exploit available data and models for their own research.

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Gael Forget, 54-1422, 617 452-2977, GFORGET@MIT.EDU

Michael J Person

Jan/22

Fri

06:30PM-11:15PM

Wallace Observatory

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come tour the heavens at MIT's George R. Wallace Jr. Astrophysical Observatory located 45 minutes northwest of Boston in Westford, MA. Use various telescopes from 14" to 24" for both visual observing and electronic imaging of the moon, Jupiter, and other celestial bodies. Required signup via website: http://web.mit.edu/wallace/iaptour/

Sponsor(s): Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Michael J Person, wao-iap-tour@mit.edu