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From: "Namiko Yamamoto" <namiko@MIT.EDU><br>
To: <dalia@mit.edu>, <easterly@mit.edu>,
<lregan@mit.edu>, <gumby@mit.edu>,<br>
<debra@mit.edu>,
"Debroah Hodges-Pabon" <debb@mtl.mit.edu>,<br>
<angelita@mit.edu>,
"Barbara Lechner" <blechner@mit.edu>,<br>
"Traci Anderson"
<tanderso@mit.edu>, <bevkt@mit.edu>,<br>
<linda@media.mit.edu><br>
Subject: SmallTalks April 22nd, 4-5pm in 6-104<br>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:53:29 -0400<br>
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Below please find an announcement for a graduate student seminar given
Wednesday afternoon. This seminar series is sponsored by the
Graduate Student Life Grants, the departments of Materials Science,
Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry , Aero/Astro, RLE, and the
MEMS@MIT Center, and would be of interest to a broad range of graduate
students and post-docs.<br>
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Please distribute the announcement to the appropriate email lists
(both graduate students and post-docs, if possible).<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Namiko<br>
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The CityCar<br>
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Franco Vairani and Peter Schmitt, MIT, PhD students,
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(Chipman room)</blockquote>
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Discussion Topic<br>
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The rapid development of the automotive industry has forced cities to
adapt quickly, and massive structures (paved streets, highways,
parking lots, etc) have been built to meet the demand of vehicular
transportation, that continues to grow.<br>
One of our goals was to reverse this approach and instead of designing
cities that adapted to cars, we wanted to design a car adapted to the
city.<br>
The CityCar is a system for urban transportation based on that idea.
These are shared vehicles for short trips within a city. Similar to
shopping carts, these small electric vehicles for two passengers fold
and collapse and are park in stacks throughout the city. Users simply
take the first car of the stack and drive away, and then return it to
the back of another stack when they reach their destination.<br>
The compact design of CityCars is possible thanks to the Robot
Wheels. Robot Wheels are modular elements that eliminate the
need for a traditional engine block, and provide the vehicle with all
necessary functions to move. Each wheel includes an electric
motor, steering, braking and suspension and is connected to a
drive-by-wire system.<br>
The CityCar was recognized by Time magazine as one of the best
inventions of 2007 and received an award from ID magazine in 2006.<br>
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Small Talks -- Educational Seminars for Students by Students<br>
<a
href="http://web.mit.edu/small-talks">http://web.mit.edu/small-talks</a
><br>
Sponsors -- Graduate Student Life Grants, DMSE, MechE, Chemistry, RLE,
Aero/Astro, MEMS@MIT<br>
Every Week, Wednesday Afternoons, 4-5p<br>
Light Refreshments & Drinks<br>
<br>
Each hour-long Small Talk features a researcher introducing their
domain of research for an audience of fellow scholars. Presenters
speak for about a half-hour and give a general overview of their
research area, spiced with a few personal research examples, leaving
plenty of time for Q&A. This is not intended as a
practice-talk for a conference or for delivery of detailed research
results. Instead, we ask presenters to introduce the basics and
big picture of their broad category of work. The intent of Small
Talks is to raise general awareness of current research across MIT; to
increase opportunities for collaborations; and to be an informal,
interdisciplinary forum for students.<br>
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_______________________________________________<br>
Small-talks-announce mailing list<br>
<a
href="imap://tkm@po11.mit.edu:993/fetch%3EUID%3E.INBOX%3E33034"
>Small-talks-announce@mit.edu</a><br>
<a
href="imap://tkm@po11.mit.edu:993/fetch%3EUID%3E.INBOX%3E33034"
>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/small-talks-announce</a><br>
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager<br>
MIT<br>
Vice President for Research Office, 11-268<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
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