Events

Sponsored by: Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

Compete in this year’s Soldier Design Contest. Attend sessions for a foundation in the fundamental processes of rapid prototyping and build a winning design for prizes. Prototype development will be funded through lab resources and teams will compete to win a portion of $15K.


Details

January 15–31, 2019

Course schedule:

*All sessions are from 2:00–3:00 pm and will be held in room NE47-189

  • Tuesday, January 15: Soldier Design Contest (SDC) overview, project descriptions, interest statements and scheduling
  • Thursday, January 17: Caffeinated crash course in PCB design (and finish up SDC project description / signups)
  • Tuesday, January 22: Lab equipment introduction. Partial equipment list; Various Microscopy (AFM, SEM, TEM), assorted chromatography, basic metal and wood shop, 3-D printing, etc.
  • Thursday, January 24: MIT Beaverworks Tour
  • Tuesday, January 29: NVidia Hackathon
  • Thursday, January 31: Final project presentations

No advance sign-up required. Participants welcome at any session.

Contact: Kurt Keville, 4-6424, kkeville@mit.edu

For more information, visit the IAP website