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IAP 2022: Hands-on Fabrication on Zoom—Jan. 24

During MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT.nano will offer a hands-on fabrication demo over Zoom. Join Assistant Director for User Services Jorg Scholvin in the cleanroom to learn about thin-film deposition, lithography and etching processes at the micro- and nano-scale—and how to combine these techniques to build a semiconductor device.

January 24, 2022
4 PM - 6:30 PM EST
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MIT.nano Seminar: Flat imaging—Jan. 24

MIT.nano's January Seminar—Flat imaging —will be delivered by Dr. J.P. Laine, Division Leader for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at Draper.

Monday, January 24, 2022
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
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IAP 2022—A practical introduction to biomechanics; register by Jan. 21

During MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT.nano will offer the class "A practical introduction to biomechanics." See how motion capture and physiological recordings can be applied to understand more deeply how our body achieves tasks that seem intuitive and easy to us, and how these tools can be used in research, education, and athletic and artistic improvement.

Registration deadline: January 21, 2022.

IAP 2022: Mission innovation program dual-use ventures: Navigating both commercial & defense markets—Jan. 19-21

From the MIT Innovation Initiative, this non-credit IAP course helps technology startups navigate early-stage challenges in market research, use cases, and federal funding opportunities. It will provide insights into navigating federal funding opportunities while working within the commercial marketplace so that tech founders go from $0 in revenue to $1,500,000 in defense contracts over the course of 24 months.

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Nano Explorations: Peptide beacon integrated planar waveguide sensor for low-cost, rapid, and highly sensitive detection of COVID19—Jan. 11

Join us on Tuesday, January 11 for the next Nano Explorations talk. PhD student Soumya Pratap Tripathy will present "Peptide beacon integrated planar waveguide sensor for low-cost, rapid and highly sensitive detection of COVID19."

11 a.m. — 11:45 a.m. EST
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IAP 2022—Introduction to Blender: Modeling, materials, and simulations; register by Jan. 8

During MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT.nano will offer the class "Introduction to Blender: Modeling, materials, and simulations. This session is designed to give you the resources and skills to create your own 3D models that can be applied to game design, architecture, simulations, animations and more.

Registration deadline: January 8, 2022. Event capacity: We have five workstations, ten BYOC (Bring your own computer) is an option.

IAP 2022—nanoStories: Workshop on science communication at the nanoscale; register by Jan. 3

During MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT.nano will offer the class, "nanoStories: Workshop on science communication at the nanoscale." Guided by instructors, in each two-hour class students will explore a new topic, jointly developing an instructional narrative to be told in text, video, and/or interactive multimedia. Outside of MIT labs, nanoscience and nanotechnology appear mysterious. Help us demystify them!

Registration deadline: January 3, 2022. Open to MIT community, limited to 60 participants. To receive course credit (optional), register for 6.S090 (U, 6-units).

Miniaturized chip-scale quantum & terahertz systems through tight integration of electronics, electromagnetics, & qubits—Dec. 8

Join the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL) for their doctoral dissertation seminar by Mohamed Ibrahim, MIT DDS.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
RLE Combined (36-462 and 36-428)
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MIT.nano Seminar: Lipid nanoparticles for RNA delivery: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, chemistry, and beyond—Dec. 6

MIT.nano's December Seminar—Lipid nanoparticles for RNA delivery: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, chemistry, and beyond —will be delivered by Kathryn A. Whitehead, associate professor and Dean’s career fellow in chemical engineering and biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Monday, December 6, 2021
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
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Raith VELION FIB-SEM user meeting—Dec. 3

During this meeting, taking place at MIT.nano, users of the VELION focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) will hear from Raith staff, present research updates, and have the opportunity to share input, ideas, and feedback.

Friday, December 3
10 AM – 12:30 PM ET