| MIT - Precision Engineering: Theory, Concepts and Principles [2.75Ts] 2008-07-07 - 2008-07-08
MIT Campus | Cambridge, MA
http://web.mit.edu/mitpep/pi/courses/precision_engineering.html
Intensive coverage of precision engineering theory, modeling, design and manufacturing practices. Emphasis is placed on understanding principles and how they were applied to current and emerging applications. The fundamentals are reinforced via case studies from diverse fields, including:
- Optics (X-rays and micro-scale)
- Biomedical instruments
- Consumer products
- Nanopositioners
- Machine tools
- Instruments
- MEMS
WHY TAKE THIS COURSE
The successful development of technologies which need micron to nanometer-level precision (e.g. Machine tools, Nano-manufacturing, MEMS, Space-based telescopes, etc..) requires knowledge of Precision Engineering principles, their application and new technology emerging from research efforts. This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of precision engineering. Several tours of MIT Precision Engineering Laboratories will also be held.
TOUR AND QUESTION SESSIONS
These sessions are interspersed between lectures/seminars. The goal is to provide an opportunity for participants to examine new concepts in precision engineering research and experimental hardware/prototypes. These tours enable one-on-one interaction with course instructors and researchers from the following laboratories:
- Cranfield Manufacturing Systems Department
- MIT Precision Compliant Systems Laboratory
- MIT Precision Engineering Research Group
- MIT Space Nanotechnology Laboratory
- MIT Precision Motion Control Laboratory
* New for 2008 - Add on a day of lab work
Precision Engineering: Design and Practice [2.75Ps]
Use concepts, theory and principles taught during 2.75Ts to fabricate, characterize and operate a precision machine (either a nanopositioner or a desktop lathe). Participants are allowed to keep the mechanical components (i.e. no electronics or sensors) of the machines built. Primary focus is on (i) the fabrication, integration and use of structures, flexures, kinematic couplings, and linear/rotary bearings and (ii) the use of precision instruments/metrology to measure performance. Prerequisite: 2.75Ts
Additional Nano & Micro Technology / Tribology related short courses at MIT
- Nanomaterials for Biological and Pharmaceutical Technologies
- Design of Flexures and Compliant Mechanisms: Fundamentals and Practical Application
- Organic, Molecular and Nanostructured Electronics-Physics and Technology
- Tribology: Friction, Wear, and Lubrication
- Axiomatic Design for Complex Systems
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