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Physical Sciences: Hands-on

Advanced Project Based Welding
Matt Humbert
Tue Jan 17 thru Fri Jan 20, 01-04:00pm, 8-003

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Dec-2011
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Intro to welding or equivalent

Students will participate in fabricating a foundry sand muller. Flame cutting, grinding, jigging, and welding will all be used to recycle an oil drum into a muller. Previous welding and or fabrication knowledge is a must. Contact humbertm@mit.edu to confirm qualifications and request admission.

Note: THE CLASS IS FULL.
Contact: Matt Humbert, 4-046, x8-9790, humbertm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering

Build Your Own Bicycle Frame
Forrest Whitcher, Samuel Allen
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 02-Dec-2011
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

Mandatory attendance for planning meeting and material selection in Mid-December.

Participants will design and build a steel bicycle frame, learning how to correctly fit frame dimensions to their body and riding style. Construction method may be welded, lugged & brazed or fillet-brazed.

Frame style: road, hard-tail MTB, beach cruiser, BMX ...

Participants will evaluate design trade-offs in frame design, construction techniques (TIG welding, brazing, machine and hand mitering of tubing as well as artistic treatment of both frame detail and how to beautify lug work.

We will also discuss alternate materials choices, Aluminum, Carbon Fiber, Bamboo, etc.

Schedule: TBD -- 1x2 hour instruction sessions per week 5-7 PM days TBD. 3x2 hour construction sessions per week time/days TBD

Note (12/19/2011) - THIS CLASS IS FULL
Contact: Forrest Whitcher, 4-003, forrestw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering

Electron Microprobe Analysis on the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe
Nilanjan Chatterjee
Fri Jan 13, 03-05:00pm, 54-1221

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

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. Please contact Dr. Chatterjee by submitting form at http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www/courses.shtml#noncredit, or call: 617-253-1995/email: nchat@mit.edu,
Web: http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www/courses.shtml
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, x3-1995, nchat@mit.edu
Sponsor: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Introduction to Blacksmithing
Mike Tarkanian, Samuel Allen, Forrest Whitcher, James Hunter
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Dec-2011
Limited to 18 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

Students must choose to be a part of group 1, 2 or 3. Mandatory introductory training with demonstration will be held for all participants from 3–5 PM on the first day of each session. At this meeting, students will be assigned to the 1-3, 3-5 or 5-7 PM sections for three consecutive afternoons.

Students will learn basic blacksmithing techniques using traditional tools to hand-forge mild steel. Drawing a taper, forming a scroll, twisting, and finishing techniques will be incorporated into simple projects.

Limited to participants with no prior blacksmithing experience. Please indicate whether you want to be a part of Group One, Two or Three in your email to tarky@mit.edu.

GROUP ONE:
January 17, 3–5 PM All participants
January 18-20: 1–3 PM, or 3-5 PM or 5-7 PM (TBD)

GROUP TWO:
January 23, 3–5 PM All participants
January 24–26: 1–3 PM, or 3-5 PM or 5-7 PM (TBD)

GROUP THREE:
January 30, 3–5 PM All participants
January 31– February 2: 1–3 PM, or 3-5 PM or 5-7 PM (TBD)



Note: THE CLASS IS FULL.
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction to Machine Tools
Matt Humbert
Tue Jan 17 thru Fri Jan 20, 09-11:00am, 4-131B, Group 1
Mon Jan 23 thru Thu Jan 26, 09-11:00am, 4-131B, Group 2
Mon Jan 30 thru Fri Feb 3, 09-11:00am, 4-131B, Group 3

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Dec-2011
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

Students will learn basic mill and lathe operations as well as other machine shop practices. The class project will be to make a small AA flashlight out of round and square aluminum stock. Machining operations include, drilling, milling, turning, knurling, band sawing, and thread cutting. Preference will be given to those preregistered for 3.042 in the spring.

Please indicate whether you want to be a part of Group One, Two or Three in your email to humbertm@mit.edu.

Students must choose to be a part of group 1, 2 or 3.


Note: THE CLASS IS FULL.
Contact: Matt Humbert, 4-046, x8-9790, humbertm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction to Metal Casting
Mike Tarkanian
Tue Jan 17 thru Fri Jan 20, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014, Group 1
Mon Jan 23 thru Fri Jan 27, 09:30-11:30am, 8-014, Group 2

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Dec-2011
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None

NOTE NOVEMBER 7, 2011: THE CLASS IS FULL

Students in this class will learn the techniques necessary for investment casting metals. We’ll first make models of the items to be cast – either by sculpting wax into the desired shape, or by casting wax into a rubber mold of an existing object. We will then build ceramic shells around the models, burn out the wax, and cast molten bronze, brass or aluminum into the resulting mold. If time permits, we will also cover the basics of sand casting.

Applicants should state their group preference when signing up.
Contact: Mike Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction to Welding
Michael Tarkanian, Matt Humbert
Mon Jan 9, 09am-12:00pm, 8-014, Group 1 (Humbert)
Mon Jan 9, 01-04:00pm, 8-014, Group 2 (Tarkanian)
Tue Jan 10, 09am-12:00pm, 8-014, Group 1 (Humbert)
Tue Jan 10, 01-04:00pm, 8-014, Group 2 (Tarkanian)
Wed Jan 11, 09am-12:00pm, 8-014, Group 1 (Humbert)
Wed Jan 11, 01-04:00pm, 8-014, Group 2 (Tarkanian)
Thu Jan 12, 09am-12:00pm, 8-014, Group 1 (Humbert)
Thu Jan 12, 01-04:00pm, 8-014, Group 2 (Tarkanian)
Fri Jan 13, 09am-12:00pm, 8-014, Group 1 (Humbert)
Fri Jan 13, 01-04:00pm, 8-014, Group 2 (Tarkanian)
Mon Jan 23 thru Fri Jan 27, 01-04:00pm, 8-014, Group 3 (Humbert)
Mon Jan 30 thru Fri Feb 3, 09-11:00am, 8-014, Group 4 (Tarkanian)

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Dec-2011
Limited to 3 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Signup via email; Preference given to freshman and Course 3

Note: As of 11/8/2011 THIS CLASS IS FULL!

This course will cover the basics of welding metals with various techniques: oxyacetylene torches, stick welding (SMAW), MIG (GMAW) and TIG (GTAW) will be explored. The first four instructional sessions will review the procedures and techniques, safety concerns and equipment, and capabilities of each welding methods. Students can then use the final session as time to practice welding or to weld a small project under the supervision of the instructor.

Others will be lotteried into available spaces after enrollment closes Limited to 3 students per group
Signup via email

Applicants should email tarky@mit.edu, and state their group preference when signing up.

Signup deadline: December 9, 2011
Contact: Michael Tarkanian, 8-003, x3-5946, tarky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering


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