Aero/Astro UROP "Faire"
Scott Uebelhart
Wed Jan 6, 03-04:30pm, 37-252, Marlar Lounge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
Come meet representatives from the labs in Course 16 to learn about their research and potential job opportunities for UROPs. This will be a friendly, informal session where you can talk with the graduate students from the Technology Lab for Advanced Composites, the Space Systems Lab, and others, to get a feel for where your interests may lie and what steps to take to get a UROP in Aero/Astro.
This event is co-sponsored by Sigma Gamma Tau.
Contact: Scott Uebelhart, 37-346, x3-8364, suebel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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An Introduction to Manufacturing
Timothy Gutowski
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: Timothy Gutowski, 35-232, x3-2034, gutowski@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
Manufacturing from the Ground Up
Timothy Gutowski
Technology is an important component which can drive system design. In our first meeting we will explore how process performance optimization at the machine level and technology development can lead to high level designs. Examples include Transfer Lines, Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), and probably the most prevalent factory design, the Job Shop.
Wed Jan 13, 11am-12:00pm, 35-520 Given Lounge
Top Down Design of New Manufacturing Systems
Timothy Gutowski
In this session we will explore how high level societal needs can also drive manufacturing system design. To be sure, these designs can also incorporate significant new technology, but they distinguish themselves by the clear presence of a new, important, high level goal. Examples include: Interchangeable Parts, Mass Production, and the Toyota Production System.
Fri Jan 15, 11am-12:00pm, 35-520 Given Lounge
The People in the Middle
Dr. Jane Snyder Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Perhaps one of the most important goals of management is to align enterprise goals and the goals and aspirations of the workers. Examples of the nature of the conflict, solutions, and magnitude of the effect of human relations on the manufacturing system will be presented. Theories of motivation will be discussed.
Wed Jan 20, 11am-12:00pm, 35-520 Given Lounge
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Breeze & Bicycles
Peter Ahumada
Tue Jan 19, 01-03:00pm, 5-232
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Imagine tunnels under Boston and New York where a 20 mph wind always blows your way. Faster than cars? En masse, you bet! Cyclists and rollerbladers could swiftly sail these trade winds. Come brainstorm alternative transportation.
Contact: Peter Ahumada, 864-2007, ahumada@mit.edu
Sponsor: Peter M Ahumada, ahumada@mit.edu
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Discover Course 1 --Public Lectures by Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty
Patricia Dixon
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
Want to hear about exciting engineering projects? Come and hear from faculty in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Refreshments served!
Contact: Patricia Dixon, 1-290, x3-2335, patdixon@mit.edu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
Traffic Simulation
Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva
Wed Jan 6, 02-03:00pm, 2-131
Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
Prof. Elfatih Eltahir
Wed Jan 6, 03-04:00pm, 2-131
Arsenic and Old Waste
Prof. Harold Hemond
The events portrayed in the recently-released film "A Civil Action" make
reference to the contamination, by organic solvents, of city wells located
in the Aberjona River valley. Yet, with a history of almost two centuries
of industrial activity, the valley has become contaminated with many other chemicals as well. In this talk, we will discuss other chemicals now present in the watershed of the Aberjona River, and focus especially on arsenic.
Wed Jan 13, 02-03:00pm, 1-390
Can Ocean C02 Sequestration Help Prevent Global Warming?
Dr. Eric Adams
One option to help reduce the build-up of atmospheric greenhouse gases is
to capture carbon dioxide from power plants, or other stationary combustion
sources, and inject it directly into the ocean. Most of the CO2 which we
now put in the atmosphere enters the ocean anyway, but the so-called
biological and dissolution pumps are very slow; direct injection could
speed the process, short-circuiting the CO2's deleterious residence within
the atmosphere. Would this be an effective strategy? In particular, (1)
will the injected CO2 remain in the ocean sufficiently long to justify the
costs, and (2) will there be adverse impacts to the marine environment that
offset the reduced atmospheric-terrestrial impact? The seminar will
summarize modeling studies which address these two issues, and describe an upcoming internationally sponsored pilot scale field experiment designed to
help test the strategy.
Wed Jan 13, 03-04:00pm, 1-390
Wavelet Representations for Data Modeling
Prof. Kevin Amaratunga
Wed Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 1-390
Tren Urbano: Building a New Rail System in San Juan
Prof. Nigel Wilson
Wed Jan 20, 03-04:00pm, 1-390
The Northumberland Bridge Project (and Other Experiments
with Project Delivery and Finance)
Prof. John Miller
Wed Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 1-390
Underground Construction in Boston
Prof. Andrew Whittle
Wed Jan 27, 03-04:00pm, 1-390
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Environmental Perspectives: Research at MIT
Prof. Bettina Voelker , Julia Parsons '01
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
Presentations by MIT faculty and staff on scientific, technological and policy issues relating to the environment. Come to any or all lectures for a sampling of the latest environmental research at MIT. Cosponsored by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and SAVE.
Contact: Prof. Bettina Volker or Julia Parsons, 48-419, x3-3726, volker@mit.edu or julz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
Colloidal Transport of Plutonium at the Nevada Test Site
Kenneth R. Czerwinski
Tue Jan 5, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
Should We Fertilize the Oceans?
Sallie W. Chisholm
Thu Jan 7, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
The Fate of Benzene Discharge from a Superfund Site
Philip Gschwend
Tue Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
Can We Quantify the Human Impact on Climate?
Peter Stone
Thu Jan 14, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
The Global Anthropogenic Lead Emission Experiment
Edward A. Boyle
Tue Jan 19, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
What's Choking the Black Sea--An Extreme Example of Human-Induced Eutrophication
Paola Rizzoli
Thu Jan 21, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
The Ins and Outs of Recycling
Scott Cassel and the 11.949 Students
Tue Jan 26, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
Seawalls as Coastal Protection: Are They Good or Bad?
Ole S. Madsen
Thu Jan 28, 03-04:00pm, 56-154
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From Spring-Friction Devices to Constitutive Modeling
Prof. Franz-Jossef Ulm
Thu, Fri, Jan 14, 15, 21, 02:30pm-04:30am, 1-236
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This six-hour crash course gives a short introduction to comprehensive constitutive modeling of engineering materials. Emphasis placed on 1D-rheological schemes illustrating elastic, plastic and chemo-mechanical material behavior.
Contact: Prof. Franz-Jossef Ulm, 1-280, x3-3544, ulm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
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Geosynthetic Clay Liner
Dr. Rolf Nuesch, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland
Wed Jan 27, Thu Jan 28, Fri Jan 29, 09am-05:00pm, 1-375
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This is a sequel to the 1998 IAP on the fundamentals of applied clay mineralogy. The 1999 IAP subject will start with a short review of these fundamentals. It will then emphasize the practical application of the clay liners. Specifically, Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCL) and their use in waste sites and road and tunnel construction will be discussed including comments on advantages and disadvantages. The discussion will show that fundamentals of clay mineralogy are important to understand the performance of GCL. There will be a break from 12 noon to 1 p.m. each day.
Contact: Prof. Herbert Einstein, 1-342, x3-3598, einstein@mit.edu
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
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Highlights of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Prof. Carlos Cesnik , Prof. Eric Feron
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: N/A
A series of lectures on the activities of the department will cover areas of interest in research, with oral presentations, films and/or demos and examples.
Contact: Ms. Marie A. Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Collaborative Decision-Making: A Major Development in Air Traffic Management
Prof. Amedeo Odoni
Wed Jan 6, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Systems Engineering the Value Stream
Dr. Joyce Warmkessel
Thu Jan 7, 04-05:00pm, 33-206
Pegasus XL's Flight Anomalies and Return-to-Flight
Colonel Peter W. Young
Fri Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Flutter and Vibration Aircraft and Other Structures
Prof. John Dugundji
Tue Jan 12, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
1961 and All That
Dr. Richard Battin
Tue Jan 19, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Modeling of Active Helicopter Rotor Blades
Prof. Carlos Cesnik
Tue Jan 26, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Information Security in the Aerospace Industry
Prof. Pamela McCauley-Bell
Thu Jan 28, 11am-12:00pm, 33-206
Micro Air Vehicles: How Small Can a Useful Airplane Be?
Prof. Mark Drela
Fri Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Managing Pilot Error: Research on Flight Deck Decision Aiding Systems
Prof. James Kuchar
Wed Jan 13, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Real-Time Control of Busy Airports
Prof. Eric Feron
Tue Jan 5, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Flying GPS on the Shuttle--An Experiment in Attitude Measurement and Interferometry
William M. Johnson, Draper Lab
Mon Jan 11, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Can We Afford New Aerospace Vehicles?
Prof. Earll Murman
Mon Jan 4, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
A Glass Cockpit For General Aviation Aircraft
Prof. John Deyst
Note schedule change from Thursday, 1/14 to FRIDAY, 1/15 from 2-3 pm
Fri Jan 15, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Environmental Issues in Aviation
Prof. John-Paul Clarke
Wed Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Micro Engines Materials and Structures
Prof. S. Mark Spearing
Fri Jan 22, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
What's Up on NeuroLab and Space Station: Virtual Reality Experiment in Zero-g
Dr. Charles Oman
Mon Jan 25, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Robust Architecture
Prof. Daniel Frey
Wed Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 33-206
Aiming at the Moon
Prof. Robert Seamans
Note change of schedule from 1/15 to THURSDAY, 1/14 from 4-5 pm.
Thu Jan 14, 04-05:00pm, 33-206
Enhanced Dynamic Load Sensors Experiment on the Russian Mir Space Station
Prof. Dava Newman, Amir R. Amir
Thu Jan 21, 02-03:00pm, 33-418
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Hybrid Finite Element Methods
Prof. Theodore H.H. Pian
Mon Jan 11, Tue Jan 12, Wed Jan 13, Thu Jan 14, Fri Jan 15, 10-11:00am, 33-422
No limit but advance sign up required
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Signup by: 07-JAN-99
Prereq: Knowledge of Elementary Finite Element Methods
For hybrid finite element methods in solid and structural mechanics, the element
stiffness matrices are formulated by assuming not only displacements but also stresses
and/or strain. Lectures will cover evolution of the methods and recent advances for the
construction of finite elements with robust performances from the point of view of
solution accuracy and computational efficiency. Examples to be included are analyses of
plates and shells, composite materials, 2-D and 3-D fracture and visco-plastic flow
problems.
Contact: Ms. Carolyn Fialkowski, 9-469, x3-3511, cski@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Introduction to Systems Engineering
Dr. Joyce Warmkessel
Mon, Wed, Jan 4, 6, 11, 13, 20, 25, 27, 11am-12:00pm, 33-418
No limit but advance sign up required
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: N/A
This seminar is designed to introduce undergraduates to the concepts and
approaches used in conceiving and designing aerospace products. The focus is to broaden the students' understanding of the systems engineering activities that have been used to increase the probability of developing products that meet user needs and expectations. It should be useful as a foundation for the Course XVI undergraduate capstone design classes.
Contact: Dr. Joyce Warmkessel, 33-408, x2-1539, jwarmk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Japanese Air and Water Warriors
David Gordon Wilson
Thu Jan 28, 04:30-06:00pm, 2-131
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This activity is co-sponsored by the MIT Japan Program. The Japan International Birdman Rally is an amazing event in which dozens of human-powered aircraft and gliders, made by individuals, students and other amateur groups, are launched from a platform 10m above Lake Biwa. Some go straight down into the water; some go respectable distances; this year saw records broken. The rally is presented with a great deal of humor, sportsmanship and excitement, superb photography, and with views of Japanese life and attitudes that will amaze you. We will also show parts of a video of another event that attracts great interest in Japan: a race-meet for human- and solar-powered boats, many of them hydrofoils, displaying outstanding performance and engineering.
Contact: David Gordon Wilson, 3-455D, x3-5121, dgwilson@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Logan Airport Visit
Prof. Carlos Cesnik , Prof. Eric Feron
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Take a trip to Logan Airport to talk to air traffic controllers, tour the tower, etc. Before visiting the operations rooms, a briefing will be provided by the FAA, describing their work and how the aircraft traffic operations are handled at Logan.
Contact: Prof. Carlos Cesnik, 33-313, x2-1518, ccesnik@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Logan Airport Visit - 1st Session
Prof. Carlos Cesnik , Prof. Eric Feron
Please see main description. Meet in front of MIT Room 33-206 at 9:00 AM for session 1 to allow travel time by "T" to Logan.
Tue Jan 26, 10am-12:00pm, 33-206, THIS SESSION IS FULL.
Logan Airport Visit - 2nd Session
Prof. Carlos Cesnik , Prof. Eric Feron
Please see main description. Meet in front of MIT, Room 33-206 at 11 AM for session 2 to allow travel time by "T" to Logan.
Tue Jan 26, 12-02:00pm, 33-206, THIS SESSION IS FULL.
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Manufacturing with Particles, Fields and Waves
Larry Stelmack , Nannaji Saka
Wed, Fri, Mon, Jan 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 02-04:00pm, 3-270
No limit but advance sign up required
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This lecture course provides an introduction to advanced processes for manufacturing microsystems of technological and commercial interest, including integrated electronic and photonic devices, quantum-well structures, thin film coatings, and other surface-engineered objects. Students will be introduced to sources of electro-magnetic radiation, atoms, ions and electrons, and their applications to manufacturing. Processes to be discussed include evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, and etching by ion, electron and laser beams. Tours of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP), the Microsystems Technology Laboratory (MTL) and the CMSE Thin Film Laboratory will be arranged.
Contact: Larry Stelmack, (781) 641-0847, lstelmac@lynx.neu.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Operational Space Surveillance
Dr. David Finkleman, Chief Scientist, United States Space Command
Wed Jan 13, 09:30-11:00am, 33-206, Please note room change.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Dr. Finkleman will describe USSPC's space surveillance objectives and operations. Originally conceived to discriminate satellites from incoming ballistic missiles, space surveillance uses ground-based sensors to
measure the orbits of all items orbiting the Earth. Dr. Finkleman will describe techniques, requirements, and methodologies currently in use.
Contact: Peter W. Young, Col, USAF, 33-413, x3-5340, pwyoung@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Private Pilot Ground School
Prof. Eric Feron
Mon, Wed, Jan 4, 6, 11, 13, 20, 25, 27, 04-06:00pm, 33-419
No limit but advance sign up required
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: N/A
This is a preparatory course for the FAA's Private Pilot written exam. In addition to the
basic aeronautical knowledge required by the FAA (which includes meteorology,
aircraft performance, navigation, regulations, and physiology), practical operational
information will be presented.
Contact: Ms. Donna Martinez, 33-218, x3-2424, donnam@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Technical Sketching
Professor Ernesto Blanco , Guillermo Oropeza
No limit but advance sign up required
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: Kate Melvin, 3-461, x3-6236, kmelvin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
Technical Sketching, Session I
Professor Ernesto Blanco , Guillermo Oropeza
This course will cover mental visualization of solid objects and representation in pictorial and orthographic forms. It is intended to enhance the ability of graphical communication of ideas and the essential self-communication demanded by the design process. In addition, the course will cover the basis of conventional engineering drawing as done in industry. The subject is essential to engineers from the freshmen to the doctoral level. Students must bring unruled paper, pencils and an eraser to classes.
Tue, Jan 5, 12, 07-10:00pm, 3-270
Technical Sketching, Session II
Professor Ernesto Blanco , Guillermo Oropeza
(Please note: This non-credit activity replaces the withdrawn subject 2.971.) This non-credit course will cover mental visualization of solid objects and representation in pictorial and orthographic forms. It is intended to enhance the ability of graphical communication of ideas and the essential self-communication demanded by the design process. In addition, the course will cover the basis of conventional engineering drawing as done in industry. The subject is essential to engineers from the freshmen to the doctoral level. Students must bring unruled paper, pencils and an eraser to classes.
Tue, Jan 19, 26, 07-10:00pm, 3-270
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Will Venice Survive?
Prof. Andrea Rinaldo , Prof. Rafael L. Bras, Prof. Donald R.F. Harleman, Prof. Chiang C. Mei
Thu Jan 7, Fri Jan 8, 02:30-05:00pm, 48-316
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
The survival of Venice is perceived by many as the paradigm of the choices that humankind will have to face in the future. Will Venice, cradle of art and once a ruling power in the old world, survive? The discussion of several chosen
topics will introduce a complex and relevant CEE problem. The class focuses on: sea-level rise and land subsidence scenarios; environmental pollution; geomorphologic and hydrologic issues; hydrodynamic problems. Also critically examined are flooding problems--'Acqua alta'--and proposed intervention schemes.
Contact: Prof. Andrea Rinaldo, 48-209, 253-7176, rinaldo@mit.edu (email preferred)
Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Eng
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