AIAA 14th Annual Paper Airplane Contest
Kari Bingen , Col. Pete Young, T Rivkin
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
So your airplane design wasn't pick for the new F-22? Well show 'em all at the AIAA 14th Annual Paper Airplane Contest. Come design, build, and fly paper airplanes. Or, bring
your own secret design. Supplies will be provided. Prizes will be awarded in several design and performance
categories.
Contact: Kari Bingen, Ashdown 103A, 225-9654, bing20@mit.edu
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AIAA 14th Annual Paper Airplane Contest
Kari Bingen , Col. Peter Young, Tyra Rivkin
Fri Jan 22, 02-05:00pm, Lobby 7
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
So your airplane design wasn't picked for the new F-22? Well, show 'em all at the AIAA 14th Annual Paper Airplane Contest. Come design, build, and fly paper airplanes. Supplies will be provided. Prizes will be awarded in several design and performance categories.
Contact: Kari Bingen, Ashdown 1034, x5-9654, bing20@mit.edu
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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
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Competitive Model Aviation Technology
Colonel Pete Young
Thu, Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 10-11:30am, 33-419
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: N/A
An overview will be presented of the current technologies involved in competitive model aviation events conducted at National and International class events. Summaries will be given of the different competitive categories and sub-categories in free-flight, control-line, and
radio-controlled aircraft. Short videos and aircraft displays will supplement the lecture material.
Contact: Colonel Pete Young, 33-413, x3-5340, pwyoung@mit.edu
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Draper Lab Tour
Prof. Wallace Vander Velde , Dr. George Schmidt
Wed Jan 20, 02-04:00pm, Meet in Draper Reception Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 35 students.
Single session event
Signup by: 13-JAN-99
Prereq: Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder.
We will begin with an introduction to the Draper Laboratory including its history and major projects. We will then visit several areas of the Laboratory and see some of its
project activities.
Contact: Ms. Carolyn Fialkowski, 9-469, x3-3511, cski@mit.edu
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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
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
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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
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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
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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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
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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
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Supersonic Projectiles Producing Thrust By External Combustion
Robert G. Hohlfeld, Research Assoc. Prof., Center for Computational Sc., B.U.
Wed Jan 13, 06-08:00pm, 35-225, Co-Sponsored by AIAA.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
Air-breathing hypersonic propulsion systems have received renewed interest in
recent years for use in systems for economical access to low earth orbit and
in other aerospace systems. We have successfully built and tested projectiles
that generate thrust by the combustion of a metallic fuel on their external,
trailing surfaces. This is an experimental system with considerable promise
for development of hypersonic flight. Evidence will be presented for net
thrust production (i.e. exceeding projectile drag) under favorable
circumstances. Proposals for thrust production by external combustion date
from the 1950s, but to our knowledge, this is the first tractable experimental
system exhibiting thrust production by external combustion, and almost
certainly the first such system for a free-flying projectile. Plans will be
discussed to extend this work to higher Mach numbers for various applications
including low-cost access to space.
Contact: Colonel Pete Young, 33-413, x3-5340, pwyoung@mit.edu
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