[Mitworld] New: Morash on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Silbey and panel on Teaching the Second Law

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 34 | April 2, 2008
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[ADVANCEMENTS IN UNDERWATER VEHICLES:
 RESPONDING TO CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES]

In this Soap Box event at the MIT Museum, Morash describes the new
generation of autonomous underwater vehicles.

SPEAKER:
James Morash
Research Engineer, MIT Seagrant Program


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/539/>

[QUOTE]
"There are only a handful of deep sea submersibles in the world. ... You
spend a lot of money to go out on a research vessel, deploy your sub and
dive into the deep ocean. You want something to be there when you get to
the bottom, especially if you're as tall as me and you're crammed into a
six-foot sphere for eight to 12 hours."
-- James Morash


EVENT HOST: MIT Museum <http://web.mit.edu/museum/>

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[TEACHING THE SECOND LAW]

This panel of educators discusses the challenges of teaching the Second
Law of Thermodynamics.

MODERATOR:
Robert J. Silbey
Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry

PANELISTS:
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Samuel C. Collins Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Howard Butler
Retired Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia
University

Andrew Foley
Associate Professor, Engineering Department, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Kim Hamad-Schifferli
Homer A. Burnell Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and
Biological Engineering, MIT

Bernhardt Trout
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT

Jeffrey Lewins
Life Fellow, Praelector, Magdalene College, Cambridge University

Enzo Zanchini
Professore Ordinario, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Energetica, Nucleare e
del Controllo Ambientale

Michael von Spakovsky
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/540/>

[QUOTE]
"I've taught thermodynamics in the chemistry department for about 40
years. Whenever I get to the Second Law, I always am very nervous. ...
Toscanini, when he had to conduct Beethoven's 9th, told the orchestra,
take courage. When you do the Second Law, it's the same thing."
-- Robert J. Silbey


EVENT HOST: Department of Mechanical Engineering <http://meche.mit.edu/>

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