IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Chemical Engineering

Mian Qin

Jan/17

Tue

09:00AM-04:00PM

66-110

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Learn multiphysics simulation with COMSOL experts. These lectures are suitable for anyone with an engineering, physics, or science background, who is interested in developing or using COMSOL models and apps. No previous COMSOL experience necessary.

 * To receive the trial version before this lecture, please confirm your attendance at:

https://www.comsol.com/events/workshop/15241

Schedule overview:

9-10:30am 1. Introduction to COMSOL Multiphysics and Application Builder (Dr. Peter Lyu)
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10:45-12:00 2. Chemical Engienering (Dr. Peter Lyu)
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1:00-2:00 3. Heat Transfer (Dr. Peter Lyu)
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2:15-3:45 Structural Mechanics (Dr. Temesgen Kindo)
Q&A

 

 

Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: Adrienne Bruno, 66-350, 617 253-4562, BRUNOA@MIT.EDU

Dr John F. Carrier, Sloan School of Management

Jan/25

Wed

02:00PM-03:00PM

66-110, bring a story and photo from your lab

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

 Would you like to reduce your lab's output by 10%, 20%, or even as much as 50%?

Then Optimally Dismal Laboratory is a must attend event for you!

 

In this session, we provide an optimal approach for disrupting productivity, reducing safey, and dampening morale for your laboratory. We will explain the rationale behind these techniques through the systems and psychological studies of several notable MIT faculty, including Jay Forrester, John DC Little, Ed Schein, Douglas McGregor, and Kurt Lewin.  

Finally, we will show some "best practices" from several MIT labs. Also, feel free to submit photos of your lab's best productivity-disrupting activities for inclusion in the talk.

Finally, we'll issue a "playbook" for implementing it in your lab.

Common Questions

Q: I am worried about the impact on my colleagues' productivity.

A: No need to worry. It will reduce their productivity as well.

Q: Could these techniques be used in reverse to improve productivity, safety, and morale?

A: Yes, but that would require a modicum of consideration and self-discipline.

Q: Will I regret not attending?

A: Most likely, but if you don't come, you'll never know.

 

Help make MIT less un-Great again!

 

 

 

 

Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering, Sloan School of Management, Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: John Carrier, JFCARRIE@MIT.EDU

Wen Wang, Research Scientist, Lining Yao, Research Assistant, Teng Zhang, Assistant Professor, Syracuse, Chin-Yi Cheng, Research Assistant, Daniel Levine, Research Assistant

Jan/09	Mon	02:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
Jan/10	Tue	02:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
Jan/11	Wed	02:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
Jan/12	Thu	02:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
Jan/13	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	E15-341
Jan/17	Tue	01:00PM-05:00PM	E14-240
Jan/18	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	E14-240
Jan/19	Thu	01:00PM-05:00PM	E14-240
Jan/19	Thu	05:30PM-06:30PM	Media Lab
Jan/19	Thu	06:30PM-09:00PM	Media Lab

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/31
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Passion for digital design and food. No specific major.

This course teaches the theory, design, and fabrication of shape-transforming food by hydration or dehydration processes during making, cooking and eating. It is based on recent research by the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab, which explores edible, composite-structured food. The course will include lectures and hands-on design workshops as well as a final exhibition highlighting group projects.

Course Activities:

During lectures, students will learn about design concepts related to transformative materials as well as the underlying principles of materials science and mechanical engineering. Students will also learn to use Rhino and Grasshopper software for 3-D design and some basics of the hardware (3D food printer system).

 In the design workshop, the classroom will become a food lab. Students will work with both physical edible material toolkits as well as a digital software simulation toolkit. Concepts of future food will be explored, and students will transform their edible ideas into reality under the instruction of a team of experts that includes a chef, food texture expert, material scientist, designer, software architect, and mechanical engineer! 

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Media Arts and Sciences, Chemical Engineering
Contact: Wen Wang, wwen@mit.edu