More Exciting Times!!!

COPUS Mixer/Science Outreach Night @ MIT Museum

The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) and the MIT Museum invite everyone associated with MIT Ocean Engineering to an evening of networking, science outreach, and fun. Come hear about plans for the COPUS 2009 Year of Science and learn how you can get involved. Featuring over two dozen science outreach organizations from MIT and across the Greater Boston area. If you are a science educator, a researcher, or just interested in the public understanding of science, this is the event of the season. With videos, presentations, posters, handouts, demos, performances, and more. Open bar, snacks, and music, too.

FREE and open to all. No alcohol will be served without ID.

Sponsors: MIT Museum, COPUS-Boston Hub

For more information, contact:
museuminfo@mit.edu or 617-253-5927

THIS FRIDAY from 5:00-8:00 P.M.

Presenters include:

Biogen Idec Community Lab
BU School of Medicine CityLab
Cambridge Science Festival
Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT
Classroom Encounters
CommuniTech
COSEE-New England
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Life
Ginkgo BioWorks
Global Poverty Initiative at MIT
HMS Office for Diversity and Community Partnership
Middle East Education through Technology
MIT Center for Materials Science and Engineering
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
MIT Office of Engineering Outreach Programs
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
MIT Public Service Center
MIT Sea Grant College Program
MIT Teacher Ed Program
MIT@Lawrence
NOVA scienceNOW
Science Club for Girls
Tech and Culture Forum at MIT
Understanding Science
WGBH

Hope to see a lot of you there!

Could you be an Engineer-Diver?

On Thursday, October 2nd Mr. Rocelio Morales-Garcia will be giving a presentation at 12pm in 5-314. The talk in entitled "Engineer-Diver: A new frontier for engineers".

The idea of engineers performing their work underwater (either offshore or inland) is getting more relevance these days; the near future announces new challenges waiting in the deep. Therefore, it is important to prepare the next generation of engineers that will research, develop and implement solutions in this new frontier. A commercial diving training might be the first step to lead the way to this goal, providing a safer and powerful tool. This seminar will explain the concept, importance and possibilities of this new profession.

Mr. Morales-Garcia is a Metallurgical Engineer (Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2001),
Professional Commercial Diver (Divers Institute of Technology, 2001) and a Master in Physics of Non Destructive Testing (Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2008). He was a guest student in Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) with Prof. Hanumant Singh in 2008, and will be an International Guest at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) working in Underwater Augmented Reality starting in 2009. He is also a member of the ADCI Engineering-Diving Committee, IEEE, and MTS. His research is concerned with the design and development of underwater visual inspection systems for commercial diving, ROVs, and AUVs applications. He is also interested in ways to improve the visibility and work conditions for divers and of course in the development and promotion of the Engineer-Diver profession.