The Seoul Metropolitan Government is seeking solutions to reconnect the city with the riverfront, proposing floating parks, highway coverings, and layered urban interventions. This workshop invites participants to envision innovative designs—such as bridges, floating structures, or highway coverings—that reunite the city with its landscape. The project integrates architecture, infrastructure, landscape, and climate considerations, addressing urban interventions to enhance seamless access to the riverfront. Projects can be developed individually or in groups using images, panels, models, or videos. Students in civil engineering, architecture (undergraduate or graduate), or related fields are welcome to explore ideas from conceptual design to master planning. Guidance will include virtual and in-person sessions with guest lecturers and critics. The aim of this course is to exhibit material together in Seoul in 2025.Students should bring laptop to all sessions with Rhinoceros installed.

Title: Synthesis and perception of sounds from physical interactions reveals auditory intuitive physicsSpeaker: Vinayak Agarwal Abstract: Object interactions – collisions, scraping and rolling – create many of the sounds that we hear in the world around us. These sounds are generated via lawful physical dynamics. Anecdotally, humans possess some intuitive knowledge of the physical generative processes underlying sound production, but little is known about the extent and nature of this knowledge. This thesis characterizes the auditory perception of physical object interactions, making three main contributions. First, we develop realistic contact sound synthesis tools, in part via large-scale measurements of object acoustics. Second, we show that humans solve ill-posed problems of inferring object mass and damping by using internalized knowledge of the distribution of object resonances. Third, we provide evidence for “auditory intuitive physics” in which human listeners derive physical information through sound, maintain it over time in object representations, and compare it across sensory modalities.

Registration is now open!Before the start of each semester, TLL offers a series of workshops for TAs and teacher trainees to help them prepare for the roles and responsibilities of the position of teaching at MIT. Topics include giving feedback, presenting a class session, and facilitating office hours, among other practical subjects related to teaching. Please visit our Teaching Days page to view the full schedule and location for each of the workshops . Register via CanvasPlease note that the IAP 2025 Teaching Days schedule includes a mix of in-person and online sessions.

Design, build and test your own laptop-based radar capable of forming Doppler, range and synthetic aperature radar (SAR) images. Must register by 1/22/2025Dates: Jan 27th, 29th, 31stTime: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ESTLocation: 33-419Registration Opens: November 25, 2024To register email: kenneth.koloddziej@ll.mit.edu

Oscar Volpe, University of Chicago

This IAP will have 4 sessions, you can choose which one(s) you would like to attend.You are invited to exciting presentations by researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, showcasing the latest advancements in topics such as Space Exploration, Advanced Materials and Next-Gen Weather.Event Details: 📅 Date: January 10, 2025 - Laser Communication to Enable Space Exploration Speaker: Dr. Farzana Khatri 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: NE45 MIT Beaver WorksEvent Details: 📅 Date: January 17, 2025 - Accelerated Discovery of Advanced Materials Speaker: Kevin Tibbetts and Mark Polking 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: NE45 MIT Beaver WorksEvent Details: 📅 Date: January 24, 2025 - Next-Generation Weather Radar Speaker: Christine Parry 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: MIT Bldg 32-D677Event Details: 📅 Date: January 31, 2025 - Advanced Remote Sensing for Disaster Response Speaker: Daniel Dumanis and Chad Council 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: MIT Bldg 45-344You are invited to an exciting presentation by researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, showcasing the latest advancements in Laser Communication to Enable Space Exploration, new Advanced Materials and Next Generation Weather Radar. Attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge research, practical applications, and emerging trends in the field.Why Attend?Learn directly from Lincoln Laboratory expertsExplore potential collaborations and research opportunitiesEngage in a Q&A session to deepen your understandingDon’t miss this opportunity to connect with leading innovators and discover how Lincoln Laboratory is driving technological breakthroughs.Registration Opens November 25Link for registration: https://mit-bwsi.formstack.com/forms/iap_seminar_series