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"Horses and Thunder" -- Meeting the Energy Needs and Oil Exploration and Production in the Deepwaters
Ahmed Ghoniem, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Adam Ballard, Ryan Yeley
| Jan/29 | Tue | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 66-144 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
How will we meet our growing energy needs in the future, especially for transportation, which is heavily dependent on oil? More and more oil is discovered and produced offshore, in deeper and deeper water. How do we know where and how to drill for oil? What are some of the engineering challenges in working at 5000’ of water? How do we produce it efficiently, bring it to shore safely, and beyond? What are some of the recent developments in science and engineering that will take us further? This short course will discuss: 1. Energy needs and role of offshore oil 2. Exploration - the idea phase 3. Drilling - the discovery and development phase 4. Production - the extraction phase 5. Transportation - getting it to market 6. Recent science and engineering developments We will look at the Thunder Horse field located in the Gulf of Mexico. Starting with 1999, this field has contributed > 5% of the oil produced within the United States. Since then, oil has been discovered further out and effort is underway to produce from these fields.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up, lunch provided.
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Prof. Ahmed Ghoniem, 3-344, 617) 253-2295, ghoniem@MIT.EDU
An Introduction to Data Acquisition with NI CompactDAQ and NI LabVIEW
David L. Trumper, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
| Jan/25 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 35-122, Bring your laptop with Labview Installed |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: none
In this seminar, you’ll get started with NI LabVIEW System Design Software to easily acquire, analyze, and record data from any sensor using the industry-leading NI CompactDAQ modular hardware platform.
Reserve your spot by registering online
If you have further questions, contact Josh Brown at josh.brown@ni.com or registration@ni.com. Due to hardware limitations there will be a hard cap of 24 people for this seminar.
You must have Labview 2012 installed on a laptop and able to be run before you come to the activity:
1. Download and install LabVIEW from the link below.
http://www.ni.com/trylabview/ (click the “See Download options” and choose “Professor or Student?”
2. Download and install NI-DAQmx 9.6 from the link below.
http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/3423/lang/en (IMPORTANT: Install LabVIEW first)
3. Go the link below and review “Developer Zone Tutorial: LabVIEW Core 1 - The Software Development Method” and “Developer Zone Tutorial: Introduction to Data Acquisition”. You can do this while LabVIEW and NI-DAQmx are downloading and installing. It should take you 30-60 minutes.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/01977BD019F7A53E8625765F0063790C
Note to MacIntosh users: We recommend that you use Boot Camp. You can run LabVIEW natively in the Mac OS but your user experience will be different when you are access hardware such as DAQ devices.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: David Trumper, 10-140G, 617 253-3481, TRUMPER@MIT.EDU
An Introduction to Modeling of Physical Systems with Modelica
Dan Burns, Member Research Staff, Chris Laughman, Member Research Staff
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/21
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Come learn about Modelica, an open-source modeling language that aims to make multi-domain modeling of physical systems easier, more powerful and more convenient.
System modeling is often a difficult skill to apply in practice, due in part to the cumbersome software tools often used. Modelica is an object-oriented programming language that works with a sophisticated compiler to translate equation-based physical models into executable code for simulation or controller design. Engineering systems from multiple energy domains can be readily simulated because no assumptions about constitutive relationships are made in the language design. The user can express models in a natural mathematical representation of components (e.g., a resistor model) and connect those objects (e.g., a circuit) in such a way that no equation manipulation is required by the user. This enables component model reuse-something not possible when models must be manually manipulated into ordinary differential equations (e.g., for simulation in MATLAB/Simulink).
This course will provide a gentle introduction to the language using Dymola, a commercial Modelica editor/compiler. Open source tools will also be discussed. Students will learn language constructs and conventions through brief lectures and in-class examples. Students from any department and any level (undergrad or graduate) are welcome, although familiarity with physics and programming will be helpful.
To sign-up, email burns@merl.com by Dec. 21st.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Dan Burns, 617-621-7520, burns@merl.com
| Jan/10 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 35-122 | |
| Jan/17 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 35-122 | |
| Jan/24 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 35-122 | |
| Jan/31 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 35-122 |
Dan Burns - Member Research Staff, Chris Laughman - Member Research Staff
Beekeeping Lecture Series
Dean Stiglitz, Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer, Beekeeper
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Join the authors of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping (Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer) for three Monday lectures on beekeeping: Treatment Free Beekeeping, Microbial Culture of the Beehive, and Urban Beekeeping. Laurie and Dean live in Leominster, Massachusetts (birthplace of Johnny Appleseed), where they breed and keep bees, market treatment free honey, run beekeeping conferences and classes, write and do research. They are active in the Worcester County Beekeepers Association, travel around the country speaking about treatment free beekeeping and the importance of the microbial environment in the beehive. Golden Rule Honey, LLC, is their honey business, which maintains a certified food production facility (located in the building where the pnk plastic lawn flamingo was born), where they package, distribute, and retail honey from treatment free beekeeping operations, and produce The Queen of Chocolate, a unique cocoa mix free of dairy products and sweetened only with honey.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Tony Pulsone, pulsone@mit.edu
| Jan/07 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-149 |
A lot of decisions on equipment or methods, depend on your personal philosophy of life and your personal philosophy of beekeeeping. Some people have more faith in Nature to work things out, while some are more interested in keeping their bees healthy with chemicals and treatments. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of treatment free beekeeping.
Dean Stiglitz - Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer - Beekeeper
| Jan/14 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-149 |
Before the advent of DNA sequencing technology, the honeybee (Apis Melifera) was the second most studied animal on earth. However, even with millennia of beekeeping, study and observation, the microbial culture of the beehive is only recently beginnig to be understood. This lecture will summarize some of the recent studies, and the importance of maintaining the microbial culture of the beehive.
Dean Stiglitz - Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer - Beekeeper
| Jan/28 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 4-149 |
Urban Beekeeping presents special challenges, and advantages to that of rural or suburban environments. Learn some of the ins-and-outs of keeping bees in your backyard, on your porch, or up on the roof.
Dean Stiglitz - Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer - Beekeeper
Beekeeping! Two-day Beginner's Intensive
Dean Stiglitz, Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer, Beekeeper
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $80.00
for instruction
Interested in keeping bees and harvesting honey - or just have an interest in honeybees? Join the authors of the The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping (Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer) for a two-day beginner beekeeping intensive. Learn the latest techniques of beekeeping and how to keep honeybees, which are the most fascinating and important insect on our planet. Topics covered will include: Honeybee Behavior and Biology; Fundamental Concepts in Beekeeping; Equipment Overview/Choices; Your First Season; When Your Bees Arrive; Getting Ready for Winter. The fee also includes online access to printable handout material, and access to an online forum for continuing support. Attendance of the Beekeeping Lecture Series (on 1/7, 1/14, and 1/28) is not required, but is encouraged. Send an email to Tony Pulsone (pulsone@mit.edu) to sign up.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Tony Pulsone, pulsone@mit.edu
| Jan/30 | Wed | 10:00AM-06:00PM | 66-168 |
Dean Stiglitz - Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer - Beekeeper
| Jan/31 | Thu | 10:00AM-06:00PM | 66-168 |
Dean Stiglitz - Beekeeper, Laurie Herboldsheimer - Beekeeper
Effective Speaking
Barbara Smith
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None Required
Have you always wondered why some people seem at ease in public speaking? Have others told you to speak up because you speak too softly, or perhaps you are self-conscious because of your foreign accent? Well, this course is for you! You will learn the proper techniques for projecting your voice and delivering that talk.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Barbara Smith, 5-320, 3-0137, bsmith@mit.edu
| Jan/08 | Tue | 03:00PM-05:00PM | Room 3-270 | |
| Jan/10 | Thu | 03:00PM-05:00PM | Room 3-270 | |
| Jan/15 | Tue | 03:00PM-05:00PM | Room 3-270 | |
| Jan/17 | Thu | 03:00PM-05:00PM | Room 3-270 |
Barbara Smith
Essentials of Mechanical Assembly and Its Role in Product Development
Daniel Whitney, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Systems, Emeritus
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/18
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: (Nice to have) Matrix Algebra, Statics, 2.008
This course is closely modeled after the very popular 2.875 MIT graduate course that was not offered this year. The course presents a systematic approach to design and assembly of mechanical assemblies, which should be of interest to engineering professionals, as well as post-baccalaureate students of mechanical, manufacturing and industrial engineering.
This offering comprises the first half of 2.875, focusing on "Assembly in the large:" a system view of assembly, including the notion of product architecture, feature-based design, and computer models of assemblies, analysis of mechanical constraint, assembly sequence analysis, and tolerances.
Learn what most schools fail to teach you about how things really go together. Reading the book, Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development by Daniel E. Whitney, is highly recommended! It can be accessed here:
http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/basic_search/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=1837
There will be no homework or exams, and the course will be non-credit.
Seating is limited, must email mech_assembly_iap_2013@mit.edu by deadline for seating.
For more information see:
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: David McCalib, 503-505-8219, dmccalib@mit.edu
| Jan/22 | Tue | 08:30AM-02:30PM | 3-333 | |
| Jan/23 | Wed | 08:30AM-02:30PM | 3-333 | |
| Jan/24 | Thu | 08:30AM-02:30PM | 3-333 | |
| Jan/25 | Fri | 08:30AM-02:30PM | 3-333 |
Daniel Whitney - Senior Lecturer in Engineering Systems, Emeritus
From Innovation To Commercially Viable Products
Afarin Bellisario, Technology Licensing Officer
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
The course consists of 4 independent 2 hour sessions, and will focus on the journey from an innovative concept (or proof of concept) to a commercially viable product. Each session covers an independent part of the process. All sessions will use real examples from real world products. We may have other mystery guests. Throughout the course we will discuss building of a financial model to determine the viability and test a variety of scenarios. Students are encouraged to bring their own projects to work on. Participants are welcome in individual sessions and can sign up by sending an email to aobell@mit.edu up to 24 hours before the actual class.
Dr. Afarin Bellisario is currently a technology licensing officer at MIT, overseeing electronics and semiconductor portfolio. She has over three decades of experience in semiconductors, advanced materials, communications and signal processing, and holds both a doctorate in engineering and an MBA from MIT. Professionally, she has held executive positions with Intel Corp., Analog Devices, BBN (now part of Raytheon), Booz-Allan and Hamilton, Shawmut Advanced Materials, and Fonix. Prior to joining TLO, Dr. Bellisario was the founder and president of Transtrategy Inc. a consulting firm specializing in commercializing technology in advanced materials and semiconductors. She has taught this IAP class since 2005.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Afarin Bellisario, ext. 8-8329, aobell@mit.edu
| Jan/10 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 1 is focused of identifying and selecting a target application/market. This session covers concept of commercial viability, and the process of identifying opportunities, the value proposition, pricing, and timing.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
| Jan/17 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 2 covers concept of markets, size, growth and eco systems. We will cover customers, channels, supply chain, as well as market sizing, competition and the role of partnerships and start up revenue and business models. The financial aspects of product and business are also discussed.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
| Jan/24 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 3 covers commercialization strategy and role of IP, and its protection, in commercialization. In addition to various strategies to commercialize technology, the subjects covered include: IP protection and formation of corporations. A patent attorney will join us for this session.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
| Jan/31 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 4 is focussed on a variety of commercialization strategies and synthesizing a commercialization strategy for a new technology base and testing various assumptions and scenarios.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
Invention
Emanuel Sachs
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/21
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Invention – we hear a lot about it. Some may even venerate it. But how’s it done? Can you learn to do it? Are their methodologies? Is it a state of mind? Do inventions just come to you? Can you sit down and decide to invent, as if on cue? What can we learn from examples of inventions and inventors? What do psychologists say about invention? Look around for a societal need and bring it along to a series of four classes.
Please email Ely Sachs (Sachs@1366tech.com) in order to register.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Emanuel Sachs, Sachs@1366tech.com
| Jan/08 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 3-333 | |
| Jan/10 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 3-333 | |
| Jan/15 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 3-333 | |
| Jan/17 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 3-333 |
Emanuel Sachs
LabVIEW - 2 Day Boot Camp
David Trumper, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Josh Brown, National Instruments Engineer, Jeff Steele, National Instruments Academic Program Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/31
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none, but basic programming skills helpful
This is an introductory seminar that will cover the following topics:
Attendees will receive:
Students participating in the course must bring their own laptop with an evaluation copy of LabVIEW installed before the start of class (http://www.ni.com/trylabview/). The course is limited to 24 students - please register by emailing jordan.brackett@ni.com.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Josh Brown, josh.brown@ni.com
| Jan/07 | Mon | 09:00AM-04:30PM | 35-122, please bring your own laptop | |
| Jan/08 | Tue | 09:00AM-04:30PM | 35-122, please bring your own laptop |
Josh Brown - National Instruments Engineer
LabVIEW for Controls and Mechatronics
David Trumper, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Jeannie Sullivan Falcon, Ph.D., National Instruments Chief Engineer
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/31
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: LabVIEW experience or IAP LabVIEW Boot Camp on 1/7 & 1/8
This is an introductory seminar on LabVIEW for Controls that will cover the following topics:
Atendees will receive:
This course is limited to 18 students. Please register by emailing jordan.brackett@ni.com.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Jeannie Sullivan Falcon, Jeannie.falcon@ni.com
| Jan/09 | Wed | 09:00AM-04:30PM | 1-004 |
Jeannie Sullivan Falcon, Ph.D. - National Instruments Chief Engineer
| Jan/10 | Thu | 09:00AM-04:30PM | 1-004 |
Jeannie Sullivan Falcon, Ph.D. - National Instruments Chief Engineer
Love and Romance in Ancient India
Shekhar Shastri
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Romantic poetry was considered the supreme form of aesthetics in ancient Indian literature. Strikingly uninhibited in their content and intensity, the works of poets such as Bhartrhari, Kalidasa, and Jayadeva are unparalleled in their sublime expression of love which provide deep insight into ancient Indian society, culture, and relationships in general. In addition, a brief background in Indian aesthetics would be provided to help in understanding the literary works and the sensibilities of the era under study; paintings inspired from the above-mentioned love poetry would be shown and discussed
Students would be encouraged to create original works on their own deriving inspiration from the works studied in the class. The final session will take place in the Indian Art Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Comments from IAP 2011-12 students: "...very engaging and dynamic...what a wonderful way to learn Indian culture...drew us in immediately...very stimulating...beautiful...moving"
Instructor
Shekhar Shastri is an entrepreneur, poet, and filmmaker and is a Director of Meru Education Foundation, which produces educational programs on the arts and culture of India. He writes poetry and plays in Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, and English. He has produced four films, one of which was nominated for a National award in India. To register, please email: shastri.shekhar@gmail.com
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Shekhar Shastri, shastri.shekhar@gmail.com
| Jan/08 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 1-135 | |
| Jan/10 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 1-135 | |
| Jan/15 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | (CANCELED) | |
| Jan/17 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 1-135 | |
| Jan/24 | Thu | 05:30PM-07:30PM | MFA Boston |
Shekhar Shastri
| Jan/22 | Tue | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 1-135, Make-up for canceled session on 1/15 |
Shekhar Shastri
Musical Mechanical Engineers
Barbara Hughey
| Jan/28 | Mon | 03:30PM-05:30PM | Killian Hall 14W-111 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Participate in the fourth annual IAP Course 2 concert! Anyone affiliated with the ME Dept is invited to perform in a concert to be held in Killian Hall on Monday, Jan 28 at 3:30 pm. The hall will be available at 1 pm on the 28th for run-throughs, and the concert will be later in the afternoon. You may form your own group, or simply sign up and ask to be placed in a group. More information will be posted on the Wiki:
https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/2IAPCONCERT/Home
Please email Barbara Hughey (bhughey@mit.edu) with any questions.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Barbara Hughey, 3-038, x2-1812, bhughey@mit.edu
Technology Addressing the Automotive Paradox: Increased efficiency with increased power for an increasing population
Brian Papke, Senior Tribologist
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Shell’s lubricant R&D group and MAHLE’s piston and ring group are partnering together to offer a two part lecture on technologies that are being used to address some of the demanding objectives in the automotive industry. A contest will be issued for the participants to apply the information from the lectures. A prize will be given to the winner(s). The lecturers will be available for question and answer until 2:00pm.
Part I: Improving efficiency in today's modern world is becoming more important as the population and subsequently energy demand increases. This trend also applies to the automotive sector where not only efficiency but also durability and clean operation are desired. Lubricants are a key parameter in the realization of these desires. The Part I lecture will discuss how lubricants maximize efficiency, durability, and cleanliness using lubricant science techniques to support the automotive industry’s objectives.
Part II: The demand for increased power density with reduced emissions in diesel engines results in high combustion gas temperatures and pressures. This environment introduces mechanical and thermal design challenges for the power cylinder unit, especially in terms of carbon formation for the piston. The Part II lecture will discuss current thermal conditions for diesel pistons, lubrication cooling strategies of pistons, piston rings, basic design overview, and power cylinder thermal management techniques.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Janet Maslow, 31-153, 617 253-4529, JSABIO@MIT.EDU
| Jan/08 | Tue | 09:00AM-02:00PM | 5-233 |
The automotive sector has conflicting objectives to reduce engine emissions yet maintain or even improve power, durability, and clean operation. Lubricants are a key parameter in the realization of these objectives. This lecture will discuss how lubricants maximize efficiency, durability, and cleanliness to support the automotive industry.
Dieter Gabriel - Piston Product Expert, Brian Papke - Senior Tribologist, Erich Rabassa - Simulation Engineer, Steve Sytsma - Piston Ring Product Expert, Wei Yuan - Research Engineer
| Jan/09 | Wed | 09:00AM-02:00PM | 5-233 |
The diesel engine¿s high combustion gas temperatures and pressures introduce mechanical and thermal design challenges for the power cylinder unit, especially in terms of carbon formation for the piston. This lecture will discuss current thermal conditions for diesel pistons, lubrication cooling strategies of pistons, piston rings, basic design overview, and power cylinder thermal management techniques.
Dieter Gabriel - Piston Product Expert, Erich Rabassa - Simulation Engineer, Steve Sytsma - Piston Ring Product Expert
Wedding Planning 101
Tony Pulsone, Photographer
| Jan/28 | Mon | 06:00PM-07:00PM | 8-119 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
A professional photographer with over a decade's worth of documenting weddings will share his insights with you about your wedding day. Learn about your most important resource; some universal truths; why you should consider thinking outside the box; the course of events; vendor considerations; and finally, why hair stylists and make-up artists are evil.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Tony Pulsone, pulsone@mit.edu
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