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
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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Design and Entrepreneurship in the Bicycle Industry
Owen Hughes
Thu Jan 28, Fri Jan 29, 01-04:00pm, 2-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Founders, designers and manufacturers will share their experiences, comment on the current state of the bicycle industry and speculate on future trends. Keynote address by Professor David Gordon Wilson, author of "Bicycling Science." Additional speakers will represent 1) retailers, 2) single builder frame shops, 3) components manufacturers, 4) non-conventional cycles builders (recumbent and handicap), and 5) mass-market bicycle manufacturers. Speakers will focus on the place of design in their industry, the structure of their industry and opportunities for entrepreneurship. Builders will be invited to display their creations. Finally, a field trip to a local manufacturer will be organized for the following day.
Contact: Owen Hughes, 925-8170, owen@mit.edu
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Flutes@IAP
Patsy Sampson
Thu, Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, 07-09:00pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 30 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: At least three years flute experience
Fee: 5.00 for Copy and refreshment costs
Need an excuse to play your flute? Flutes@IAP is on for its third season, featuring bi-weekly gatherings (day/time/place to be announced). Music from Pink Floyd to others. Must have at least twenty flutists enrolled so we can blast our audience on our Friday, Jan. 29 concert!
Contact: Patsy Sampson, 253-4562, patsys@mit.edu
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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
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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
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Take a Floppy Drive Apart: Have Fun and Learn Something in the Process
Ben Wells, Wells Research and Development, David Trumper
Tue Jan 5, Thu Jan 7, 01:30-03:00pm, 1-004, Mechatronics Teaching Lab
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This activity presents design and manufacturing principles for mass-produced electromechanical devices by taking apart a 3.5" floppy disk drive. Each participant will be provided with a floppy drive and tools for disassembly. We will attempt to develop and understanding of the function of each of the elements of the floppy drive. We will use this exercise as a means to understand the functioning of storage devices for computers and also to illustrate more general design and manufacturing techniques. The instructor has experience with developing electromechanical products at major corporations and in a start-up company. He will use these experiences to illuminate issues associated with developing and manufacturing such devices.
Contact: Ben Wells,, (781) 259-7995, ben@wellsresearch.com
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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
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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