MIT 150- DMSE Events & Descriptions

This spring, MIT will be celebrating "150 years of inventional wisdom" with a institute wide open house. Each department will be displaying and demonstrating what drives them, and makes them unique to MIT. DMSE will be a hub of activity that day, with everything from lively lectures to kid friendly demonstrations.

To Do

  • Determine grad students to stand at door for Blacksmithing and Medallion casting
  • Order more safety goggles for demos. (Potentially branded?)
  • Order shoes covers for safety purposes in hot spaces (unless some in storage?)
  • Determine grad student for Nanolab preloaded demonstrations

Glassblowing

 

Location

4-003

Time

11:00-1:00

Demo staff

Peter Houk
others

Other staff

Door person (Rachel)
Babysitter (Juliette)

Restrictions

long pants, closed shoes, eye protection
maximum of 12
enter from the door by the bench
divide into 2 groups: 7-8 by window, 4-5 by annealer
mark floor with masking tape to show how far forward they can go
20 minute presentations, start at bench with explanation of safety procedures
group will move outside when the demonstration staff need to reach the annealer
small children are in strollers, backpack, or held by the hand
if parent can't manage children in the room, they watch from the window
volunteer in hallway, another watching the group in the room

Equipment

eyewear: borrow from UGTL, children's size ordered
stanchions: get from 150

Foundry

 

Location

8-014

Time

11:00-1:00

Demo staff

Mike Tarkanian
Matt Humbert

Other staff

Door person 
Babysitter (Nathaniel)

Restrictions

long pants, closed shoes, eye protection, face masks 
maximum of 10 
use stanchions to show how far forward they can go
20 minute presentations, start with explanation of safety procedures
small children are in strollers, backpack, or held by the hand
volunteer in hallway, another watching the group in the room

Equipment

eyewear: borrow from UGTL, children's size ordered
facemasks 
stanchions: get from 150

Forge

 

Location

4-003

Time

2:00-4:00

Demo staff

Mike Tarkanian
Matt Humbert
Sam Allen

Other staff

Door person (Rachel)
Babysitter

Restrictions

long pants, closed shoes, eye protection
maximum of 10 
enter from the door by the bench
divide into 2 groups: 5 to right, 5 to left 
use stanchions to show how far forward they can go
20 minute presentations, start at bench with explanation of safety procedures
small children are in strollers, backpack, or held by the hand  
volunteer in hallway, another watching the group in the room

Equipment

eyewear: borrow from UGTL, children's size ordered
stanchions: get from 150

LAM

 

Location

8-102

Time

11:00--3:00

Demo staff

11:00 and 11:30 Yet-Ming Chiang
"Electrifying the World of Transportation and Renewable Energy"
12:00 and 12:30 Krystyn Van Vliet
"Making Liquid Stone"
1:00 and 1:30 Lorna Gibson
"Microstructures of honeycombs and foams in engineering, nature and medicine"
2:00 and 2:30 Yoel Fink

Other staff

Door person ? 

Restrictions

maximum of 15 

Equipment

 

UGTL

 

Location

8-107

Time

11:00-4:00

Demo staff

David Bono
Kathy Bui
Brinenne Kugler
others

Other staff

Door person (Elissa)

Restrictions

?

Equipment

?

Ice Cream

 

Location

6-104

Time

11:00-4:00

Demo staff

?

Other staff

Amy

Restrictions

? 

Equipment

?

NanoLab

 

Location

8-10

Time

11:00-4:00

Demo staff

Alan Schwartzman

Other staff

 

Restrictions

not open 

Equipment

 

Lunch

 

Location

6-103

Time

11:00 onwards

Demo staff

 

Other staff

 

Restrictions


Equipment

 
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