SmallTalks April 23nd, 4-5pm in 6-104

[Debra L. Martin]

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>To: <dalia at mit.edu>, <easterly at mit.edu>, <lregan at mit.edu>, <gumby at mit.edu>,
>         <debra at mit.edu>, "Debroah Hodges-Pabon" <debb at mtl.mit.edu>,
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>Subject: SmallTalks April 22nd, 4-5pm in 6-104
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:53:29 -0400
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>Hello,
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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 at MIT Center, and would be of interest to a broad range of 
>graduate students and post-docs.
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>Please distribute the announcement to the appropriate email lists 
>(both graduate students and post-docs, if possible).
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>Thanks,
>Namiko
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>The CityCar
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>Franco Vairani and Peter Schmitt, MIT, PhD students, Architecture
>Wednesday, April 23nd, 4-5pm, Room 6-104 (Chipman room)
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>Discussion Topic
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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.
>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.
>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.
>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.
>The CityCar was recognized by Time magazine as one of the best 
>inventions of 2007 and received an award from ID magazine in 2006.
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>Small Talks -- Educational Seminars for Students by Students
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>Sponsors -- Graduate Student Life Grants, DMSE, MechE, Chemistry, 
>RLE, Aero/Astro, MEMS at MIT
>Every Week, Wednesday Afternoons, 4-5p
>Light Refreshments & Drinks
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>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.
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager
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debra at mit.edu
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