MIT Subject Listing & Schedule
Fall 2018 Search Results

Searched for: "how to make"    Subjects offered any term

6 subjects found.

4.140[J] How to Make (Almost) Anything

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(Same subject as 6.943[J], MAS.863[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-9-6
Lecture: W1-4 (E14-633) Recitation: R EVE (5 PM) (E14-633) +final

Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.
N. Gershenfeld
No required or recommended textbooks

6.943[J] How to Make (Almost) Anything

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(Same subject as 4.140[J], MAS.863[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-9-6
Lecture: W1-4 (E14-633) Recitation: R EVE (5 PM) (E14-633) +final

Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.
N. Gershenfeld
No textbook information available

15.351[J] Introduction to Making

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(Same subject as 2.351[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-3 [P/D/F]
Lecture: T1-2.30 (E62-233)

Provides basic skills and knowledge with a set of core maker technologies that form a broad foundation for creating prototypes. Fosters an understanding of how to make the abstract concrete. Includes a large experiential component that builds skills in the various elements of making. Limited to 50 via lottery; application required.
M. Culpepper, N. Meyer, J. Hunt
No textbook information available

21W.747 Rhetoric

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Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW9.30-11 (E17-136) or MW1-2.30 (E17-136)

For students with a special interest in learning how to make forceful arguments in written form. Studies the forms and structures of argumentation, including organization of ideas, awareness of audience, methods of persuasion, evidence, factual vs. emotional argument, figures of speech, and historical forms and uses of arguments. Limited to 18 per section.
Fall: S. Strang
Spring: S. Strang, A. Karatsolis
Textbooks (Fall 2018)

MAS.863[J] How to Make (Almost) Anything

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(Same subject as 4.140[J], 6.943[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-9-6
Lecture: W1-4 (E14-633) Recitation: R EVE (5 PM) (E14-633) +final

Provides a practical hands-on introduction to digital fabrication, including CAD/CAM/CAE, NC machining, 3-D printing and scanning, molding and casting, composites, laser and waterjet cutting, PCB design and fabrication; sensors and actuators; mixed-signal instrumentation, embedded processing, and wired and wireless communications. Develops an understanding of these capabilities through projects using them individually and jointly to create functional systems.
N. Gershenfeld
No textbook information available

MAS.865 Rapid-Prototyping of Rapid-Prototyping Machines: How to Make Something that Makes (Almost) Anything

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Prereq: MAS.863
Units: 3-9-0

Studies rapid-prototyping machines and covers the theory and practice of digital fabrication processes. Weekly lectures supported by readings from research literature. Students work on machine development projects throughout the term.
Staff