IAP 2018 Activities by Category - Engineering: Hands-on

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Solidworks and LABview experience not necessary

Let’s commission and build new instrumentation with older X-ray equipment!

CMSE X-ray Facility has X-ray generators, sources, optics, goniometers, chillers, and detectors that could be potentially utilized for a variety of analytical purposes. We will spend IAP 2018 salvaging and re-designing older components into a useful instrumentation using Solidworks and LabView.

Three projects for new equipment are (1) a hard radiation diffractometer for atomic pair distribution function analysis (atomic PDF) of disordered or amorphous materials (2) a lab based X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectrometer (XANES) for local coordination and valence state of 3d transition metal complexes (3) a Bonse-Hart ultra small angle X-ray scattering (uSAXS) instrument for particle sizing from 100 nanometers - 10 microns.

This workshop gives people with a diverse variety of skill sets the availability to tinker and design an X-ray instrument that would be beneficial to the research effort at MIT!

Contact: Charles Settens, 13-4009A, 845 430-2584, SETTENS@MIT.EDU

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Design and Build

Jan/11

Thu

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Jan/12

Fri

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Jan/18

Thu

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Jan/19

Fri

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Jan/25

Thu

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Jan/26

Fri

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Feb/01

Thu

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

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Design and Build

Feb/02

Fri

10:00AM-02:00PM

13-4041

Inventory / Discussion / Planning / Solidworks / Labview / Troubleshooting

David Sun Kong, Ph.D., Director, Community Biotechnology Initiative, MIT Media Lab

Enrollment: Please email dkong@mit.edu
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Preference will be given to individuals able to attend all sessions

What does your microbiome sound like? The Media Lab, in collaboration with EMW Street Bio, a local community bio lab, has developed a hardware-software-wetware interface called BIOTA BEATS. Inspired by the DJ turntable, Biota Beats converts data about microbes from the body into music!

Biota Beats jas been covered in NPR, the Washington Post, and Scientific American, but to take this project to the next level we need YOU!

In this four-day IAP workshop, we will work in teams to design the next generation of Biota Beats. We will explore questions such as: what kinds of data can we gather about an individual's microbiome? How can we effectively visualize and sonify the data? How can we make the process interactive for users?

We are looking for creatives and nerds of all stripes, including biologists, hardware and software hackers, interaction designers, musicians, artists. Each day will feature speakers including experts in the science of the human microbiome, interaction design, and musical performance. Participants will work in teams to develop new concepts for Biota Beats to explore for 2018 and beyond!

To apply please send a short description of yourself, your technical / creative skills, and your interest in the project to dkong@mit.edu, Director of the Community Biotechnology Initiative at the MIT Media Lab.

Sponsor(s): Media Lab
Contact: David Kong, DKONG@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/22	Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM	MIT Media Lab
	Jan/23	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	MIT Media Lab
	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	MIT Media Lab
	Jan/26	Fri	01:00PM-04:00PM	MIT Media Lab

David Sun Kong, Ph.D. - Director, Community Biotechnology Initiative, MIT Media Lab

Kenneth Kolodziej

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a course focusing on the design, fabrication and test of a laptop-based radar capable of forming Doppler, range, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images.  Teams of three will receive materials to build a radar and will be given instructions to watch prerecorded lectures spanning topics from fundamentals of radar to SAR imaging.  Instructors will be on-hand to answer questions and debug issues.

Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory
Contact: Kenneth Kolodziej, radar.course@ll.mit.edu

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Build A Small Radar IAP

	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	Beaver Works NE45, bring your laptop
	Jan/29	Mon	01:00PM-05:00PM	Beaver Works NE45, bring your laptop
	Feb/02	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	Beaver Works NE45, bring your laptop

Kenneth Kolodziej

Okor Joseph, ALUM

	Jan/16	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/17	Wed	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/18	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/19	Fri	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/22	Mon	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/23	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/24	Wed	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/25	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/26	Fri	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/29	Mon	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/30	Tue	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Jan/31	Wed	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Feb/01	Thu	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Feb/02	Fri	04:00PM-06:00PM	2-136
	Date TBD		04:00PM-06:00PM	(CANCELED)
	Date TBD		04:00PM-06:00PM	(CANCELED)
	Date TBD		04:00PM-06:00PM	(CANCELED)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: NONE

If you ever wanted to build something especially electronics related, this IAP is your chance. We have a large collection of electronic projects ready to be put together.You get the chance to solder things and program them to do fun stuff. You also get the chance to design and build new stuff and help launch a Kickstarter.

http://iap2018.xfunbotix.com/

Contact: Joseph Okor, 2-136, (561) 431-8294, joe.okor@xfunbotix.com

Elsa Olivetti, Professor

	Jan/16	Tue	02:00PM-04:00PM	4-134
	Jan/25	Thu	10:00AM-12:00PM	4-134

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Are you curious about Course 3 research or just want to learn more about Course 3? Learn about materials science at MIT from several laboratories within the department, covering topics ranging from extraction processes, electrochemistry, photonic materials, physical metallurgy, polymer composites among others. Hosted by current faculty, graduate and undergraduate students.

Priority will be given to first year undergradauate students if interest is high.

Two dates are listed, and the labs visited for each tour will be different.

The tour will meet at 4-134 and head out from there. Food will be served.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Prof. Elsa Olivetti, elsao@mit.edu

Karen Tapia-Ahumada, Research Scientist

	Jan/16	Tue	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/17	Wed	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/18	Thu	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/19	Fri	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/22	Mon	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/23	Tue	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/24	Wed	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/25	Thu	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/26	Fri	09:00AM-03:00PM	E51-376, Bring your laptop.

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Also available for credit as IDS.S31.

This 9-session intensive activity presents power system analysis techniques that will help in modeling and understanding the role of electric power systems in a carbon-constrained economy. The massive deployment of intermittent renewables, the anticipated surge of active demand response or the development of smart grids are among the challenges that have to be faced by the mathematical models for optimization, analysis and simulation of the complex decision making processes in power systems. Apart from a theoretical description of the models, the instructors will provide the students with a collection of prototypes that will allow them to run study cases and to understand the effect of the different mathematical formulations on the outcomes. The use of these models in some real-world applications will also be presented.

Part I: Models for the short term
1. Introduction to power systems.
2. Optimal power flow in electricity networks & nodal pricing.
3. Unit commitment of generation plants with RES

Part II: Models for the medium term
4. Mid-term hydro-thermal coordination
5. Modeling the behavior of participants: equilibrium models.

Part III: Stochastic short and mid-term models
6. Stochastic unit commitment of generation plants
7. Mid-term stochastic hydro-thermal coordination

Part IV: Models for the long term
8. Generation expansion planning.
9. Expansion of electricity transmission networks

Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Karen Tapia-Ahumada, katapia@mit.edu

Jose Gomez Marquez, Instructor/Research Specialist, IMES

	Jan/29	Mon	10:00AM-12:00PM	IDC, N52-391
	Jan/30	Tue	10:00AM-12:00PM	IDC, N52-391
	Jan/31	Wed	10:00AM-12:00PM	IDC, N52-391
	Feb/01	Thu	10:00AM-12:00PM	IDC, N52-391
	Feb/02	Fri	10:00AM-12:00PM	IDC, N52-391

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Curiosity and hands on energy + Application Email

Can we design devices that enable everyone to have a lab in their pocket for infectious disease?  How can we make new types of health hardware for infectious diseases from Chile to Connecticut? How do we move away from black box instrumentation that is expensive and unaffordable to one that is open and crowdsourced? Learn in a hands-on studio about these issues in DIYDx over IAP, brought to you by Little Devices Lab and HST MakerLab.

You will design and prototype the next generation of crowdsourced biosensors for infectious diseases for ebola, dengue, and Lyme disease. This fast paced design workshop and studio will explore the design of field ready biosensors, sample processing and on site analysis from vector to DNA & antibody signatures using multiplexed, paper based analytical devices that you can build. Teams will work in 4 design sprints and user the HST MakerLab and Little Devices Lab facilities that includes 3-D printing, laser cutters, CNC, physical computing, bio lab and 10,000 square feet of prototyping space.

In addition to scheduled meeting times, afternoon freeform lab and prototyping time will be available.

 

To Enroll, email littledevices@mit.edu. Open to undergraduates. Graduate students + staff with permission of instructors.

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD International Design Center
Contact: Jose Gomez Marquez and Anna Young, littledevices@mit.edu

Nilanjan Chatterjee, Principal Research Scientist

Jan/19

Fri

01:00PM-03:00PM

54-1221

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

This session is to introduce new users to the JEOL JXA-8200 Superprobe. It will involve hands-on instructions on the electron microprobe, and a discussion on wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, and imaging with back-scattered electrons, secondary electrons, x-rays (elemental mapping) and cathodoluminescence. Please fill out the form located here, or e-mail Dr. Chatterjee at nchat@mit.edu if you plan to attend.

Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, 617 253-1995, NCHAT@MIT.EDU

Karl Berggren, Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Mark Mondol, Assistant Director NanoStructures Laboratory

Jan/25

Thu

10:00AM-04:00PM

24-041

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 12 participants

Learn to use the most recent innovation in charged particle imaging. You will learn to operate a Zeiss Orion He Ion Microscope (HIM) with sub-nanometer beam diameter and very localized interaction volume. Surface imaging of conductive and non-conductive samples up to 3" in diameter and 5 mm thick (note that wet, non-vacuum suitable samples are not allowed).

Fundamentals of He Ion source and imaging will be presented by a Zeiss scientist closely involved with the design and innovation of the HIM followed by instruction and use of the HIM to image samples provided by the attendee or interesting samples on hand.

To sign up for this activity, please fill in your information here.

Sponsor(s): Research Laboratory of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Rinske Wijtmans, 36-213, 617-253-0926, wijtmans@mit.edu

Vladimir Bulovic, Professor of Engineering, MacVicar Fellow

	Jan/31	Wed	10:30AM-02:30PM	TBD
	Feb/01	Thu	10:30AM-02:30PM	TBD
	Feb/02	Fri	10:30AM-02:30PM	TBD

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

When the cement trucks roll away and the last construction crews leave, the MIT.nano building will finally open in 2018... but there's still a lot to do inside!

Join us to help develop the community spaces in MIT.nano, from designing interactive visitor exhibits in the first floor galleries to laying out the Patent Wall, a celebration of MIT's history of innovation; from creating a 2018 time capsule to capture the MIT of the present to planning the opening celebrations to launch MIT.nano into the future!

Come with friends and make new ones as we'll spend each morning covering a different set of potential projects inside MIT.nano and break into groups to come up with ideas, concepts, and plans for making MIT.nano an engaging, warm, and welcoming community space. Some of these projects may be selected to continue on as UROP projects into the spring semester.

Bring your awesome ideas and sign up at mitnano.mit.edu/iap2018 !

(Updates and more details, including daily schedule, will be posted at mitnano.mit.edu/iap2018 as they become available.)

 

Sponsor(s): MIT.nano
Contact: Tina Gilman, tgilman@mit.edu

JM.Modisette, Phd, Technical Evangelist

Jan/22

Mon

10:00AM-02:00PM

32-141, Attendees should bring a laptop

Enrollment: Register on MathWorks Website (below)
Limited to 90 participants
Prereq: None

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to import data from an external file, plot the data over time, then perform some analysis to view the data trends.  You’ll learn how to write a MATLAB script and publish it to a format for sharing, such as HTML. You’ll also learn how to write your own MATLAB functions, use flow control, and create loops.

By the end of the session, you’ll have learned to create an application in MATLAB.

 

Register at: https://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit-iap-2341781.html 

Note: Attendees should bring a laptop to this hands-on lab.

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: JM.Modisette, JM.Modisette@mathworks.com

Jeffrey A. Meldman, Senior Lecturer

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of U.S. patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent.  Designed for students in all MIT departments.

Meets MWF Jan 17 through 29, 2-4 pm, E51-151.

Topics include:  Requirements for a patentable invention : utility, novelty, and non-obviousness  .  .  .  Eligible categories of  invention (software? business methods? human genes?)  .  .  . Applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims  .  .  .  New U.S. law of inventor priority (first to invent? first to file? first to disclose, or what?)  .  .  .  Infringement, defenses, and remedies  .  .  .  Patents  in comparison with copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.

Meets with 15.620, which offers 3 units of G credit.  (Students who wish to receive credit should register for 15.620 and plan to take a comprehensive quiz in the final class meeting on January 31.)

Reading materials include key sections of the U.S. patent statute (Title 35, U.S. Code) and related judicial decisions.  All readings and lecture slides will be posted on the 15.620 Stellar website. No textbooks or course packs.  For the benefit of non-credit participants, the MIT community will have access to the 15.620 website throughout IAP.

Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Jeffrey Meldman, E62-317, 617 253-4932, JMELDMAN@MIT.EDU

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Patents and Intellectual Property

Jan/17

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Overview of U.S. patent law and of intellectual property more generally.  Critical differences among patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.

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Patentability

Jan/19

Fri

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Requirements for a patentable invention: utility, novelty, and non-obviousness.  New U.S. law regarding inventory priority.

  

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Eligible Catergories of Invention

Jan/22

Mon

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Eligible subject matter.  Can software be patented?  Business methods?  Human genes?  Rights of patent ownership.

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Obtaining a Patent

Jan/24

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

The process of applying for a patent.  Contents of the patent application, especially the specification. The role of the patent search.  Demonstration of on-line search tools available to MIT students.

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Patent Claims and Patent Licenses

Jan/26

Fri

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Patent claims as property boundaries.  The scope, language, and structure of patent claims.  Patent licences and the MIT Technology Licensing Office

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Infingement, Defenses, and Remedies

Jan/29

Mon

02:00PM-04:00PM

E51-151

Literal infringement and the doctrine of equivalents.  Patent invalidity and other defenses.  Legal and equitable remedies.  Anatomy of a recent patent infringement case.  ALSO--  Introduction to the B.U. Entrpreneurship and Intellectual Property Law Clinic at MIT.

Klavs F Jensen, Professor Chemical Engineering

Enrollment: Send CV, candidate interview
Sign-up by 01/01
Limited to 3 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

The Pharmacy on Demand initiative seeks to create mobile, reconfigurable platforms capable of synthesizing multiple active pharmaceutical ingredients. Following on from past iterations, the group is now working towards the design build and implementation of this platform for one selected API and gaining regulatory approval of the synthesis and platform. To accomplish this, the system and synthesis needs to be characterized to ensure a complete understanding of the different process parameters, residence time distributions (RTD) etc.

 UROPs will be involved with the characterization of different system components, i.e. reactors, liquid/liquid separators, pumps etc. Accurate RTD measurements will be acquired for each of the components and integrated into a basic software model that can predict RTD of the entire system; an essential criterion if the project goal of regulatory approval is to be realized. Students will also get some exposure to organic flow synthesis, the creation and use of FTIR models as a process monitoring tool and some basic HPLC exposure.

Prerequisites (if any): The major requirements are motivation and an eye for detail. Knowledge of (or interest in) the Pharmaceutical industry, basic organic chemistry, reactor characterization/RTD models and some experience with LabVIEW/Matlab.

Contact: Luke Rogers, 66-5.07, 857 559-3226, LROGERS@MIT.EDU

Philip Greenspun, Tina Prabha Srivastava, Matt Guthmiller

	Jan/16	Tue	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-114, Bring your tablet or phone and laptop.
	Jan/17	Wed	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-114, Bring your tablet or phone and laptop.
	Jan/18	Thu	09:00AM-05:00PM	56-114, Bring your tablet or phone and laptop.

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Register for 16.687 (3 units; graded PDF)

Would you like to fly a plane, helicopter, or commercial drone?Or understand the engineering behind today's human-occupied aircraft and air traffic control system? Come spend 3 days with us and learn everything that an FAA-certificated Private pilot or Remote Pilot needs to know for the official knowledge test.

The course includes qualitative aerodynamics, airplane and helicopter systems, practical meteorology, navigation and cross-country flight planning, and human factors. We present the FAA-required theory, pose some thought-experiments, and offer practical advice based on instructors' real-world experience.

Course staff:Philip Greenspun, an FAA Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor for both airplanes and helicopters, MIT alum (Course 18; Course 6 PhD); Tina Prabha Srivastava, pilot and MIT alum (Course 16; SDM SM, ESD PhD); Matt Guthmiller, a Course 6 undergraduate who flew a 6-seat Bonanza around the world at age 19.

Prerequisites: About two evenings of reading. Download three free PDFs from the FAA web site:  Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (read Chapters 1, 3-8, 12, 14-16), Airplane Flying Handbook, (read Chapters 1-3, 7-8, 10), and Helicopter Flying Handbook (read Chapters 1-4, 9). Download ForeFlight (iOS only) or Garmin Pilot (Android or iOS) and set yourself up with a 30-day free trial. Bring your tablet or phone to class and also a laptop, if convenient. In-class exercises will be done in pairs, so you don't need to have your own devices.

 

Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Philip Greenspun, philg@mit.edu

Dr. Rozzeta DOLAH, Post Doctoral Fellow

Jan/25

Thu

01:30PM-04:30PM

14N-132, Bring a Windows laptop or use a lab computer

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 21 participants
Prereq: None, Open to all MIT affiliates

Hosted by MIT-PDA Professional Development Committee

MINITAB is a powerful statistical software for process optimization and research enhancement. It provides Zero-Defects and optimum yield for product and process in science and engineering field. MINITAB is a simple, effective way to input statistical data, identify trends and patterns, problem’s troubleshooting, and extrapolate answers to the problem at hand. During this workshop, you will learn how to:

-Optimize process through response optimizer
-Assure process robustness
-Control variation and correlate process parameters

Prerequisite: none

Date and Time: Thursday, January 25, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Location: 14N-132

Link for download and installation of MINITAB18 (FREE 30 days trial) will be provided after registration. Use a lab computer or bring your own laptop to the workshop. A window-based computer is required.

This workshop is FREE for MIT affiliates. Refreshments will be served. 

REGISTER HERE 

About Instructor:  Dr. Rozzeta Dolah is a post doctoral fellow at Prof. Karnik Lab, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. She has extensive experience in industry as a process engineer, where she uses MINITAB in various Black Belt Six Sigma projects, problem solving for defects, and variation elimination. As a MINITAB trainer, she builds quality into product design through the implementation of robust Taguchi Method (Robust Quality Engineering), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Lean Six Sigma.  

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Dr. Zhen CAO, NE46-608, (860)-771-3080, zhencao@mit.edu

Alan Hawse, Greg Landry, Patrick Kane, Steven Leeb

	Jan/29	Mon	09:00AM-05:00PM	38-501
	Jan/30	Tue	09:00AM-05:00PM	38-501
	Jan/31	Wed	09:00AM-05:00PM	38-501

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Some experience with C is recommended

Wi-Fi-101 is an in-depth class on creating an IoT device using a Cypress WICED Wi-Fi development kit. Students will receive instruction and will complete exercises related to:

The WICED Wi-Fi Ecosystem

WICED Studio software

The basics of Wi-Fi and the TCP/IP Network Stack including TLS security

Interacting with the outside world using buttons, LEDs, displays, and analog sensors such as temperature, humidity, and ambient light.

Several common cloud application protocols.

 

As a final project, each student will build an IoT weather station that senses local weather conditions (temperature, humidity, and ambient light) and publishes them to the web.

Limited enrollment.

Register at http://bit.ly/2zlzIyY

 

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Patrick Kane, cua@cypress.com