| Activity | Location | Time | Personnel | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmithing | Forge 4-006 | 10-11:30 | Mike | The mining and metallurgical roots of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) are still alive in the DMSE Forge. Visit the smithy to watch students and staff hammer, bend, cut, and twist red-hot steel. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over are welcome. |
| Casting | Foundry 4-006 | noon-1:30 | Mike | Course III invites you into the foundry, where silicon bronze MIT medallions are hand-crafted for every Department of Materials Science and Engineering graduate. Witness the casting process first hand and become part of a time-honored tradition. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over welcome. |
| Enameling | 4-006 | 1:30-3:00 | Tara | Love Lalique? The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to view the metalsmithing technique that made the jeweler famous. Enameling involves the process of diffusion, in which vitreous enamels, composed of smelted minerals such as sand, feldspar, borax, and soda ash, as well as transition metals, are bonded to formed and etched copper sheets. The glossy, colorful results will be combined with other metal components to create a site-specific sculpture at MIT. Open to all ages. Children must be accompanied by adults. Please wear closed-toe shoes. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. |
| Glassblowing | Glass Lab 4-003 | 10-2 | Peter | Imagine a troupe of six dancers traversing a small space, wielding metal rods with blobs of 2000-degree molten glass on the ends and you will get some sense of what a pumpkin crew is like in the MIT Glass Lab. Production glass blowing is heavily team oriented and carefully coordinated. Visitors will watch two teams of three glass blowers as they create pumpkins for the annual MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. The main funding vehicle for the Glass Lab, the Pumpkin Patch, is an eagerly anticipated event each fall, drawing visitors from all over the country. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over welcome. |
| Materials Science Fair | LAM 8-102 and UGTL 8-107 | 10-3 | Erica, Brad, Mary Beth (organizers) | Students are presenting demos and hands-on activities related to materials science and engineering. Full description to come. |
| Liquid Nitrogen ice cream | Commons 4-134 | 10-3 | Erica, Brad, Mary Beth (organizers) | Come enjoy some engineered treats! We will be making and serving liquid nitrogen ice cream. We will also be making edible juice and soda gels. Because we will be using liquid nitrogen, long pants and closed-toe shoes are required. |
| 3D Printing | LEM 4-131 | 10-3 | Erica, Brad, Mary Beth (organizers) | Come to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) Lab for Engineering Materials to see 3D printing in action. We will have our 3D printers running, as well as different printed materials to see and handle. Learn about the history of 3D printing at MIT! |
| Elephant Toothpaste | Killian Court | every hour 11-2 | Weather permitting, every hour on the hour, come see us make "elephant toothpaste”, an “explosive” chemical reaction making a column of colored foam! | |
| NanoLab 8-114 | ? | Alan | no activity submitted. have not discussed with Alan. | |
| Chipman Room 6-104 | ? | no activity submitted. | ||
| 6-103 | no activity submitted. | |||
| Lunch | 11-1 |
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