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Nautical Night - the Museum's last Second Friday!
| Date |
Time |
Location |
| March 11th, 2016 |
5:00pm-8:00pm |
MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States |
Join us for an evening of nautically-themed science and engineering! Hear short presentations, get your feet wet with some hands-on nautical activities, meet MIT scientists and learn about their research projects. You won't want to miss this oppor-tuna-ty of a lifetime!
Presentations by:
5:30 p.m. - Kurt Hasselbalch, Digitizing the Herreshoff Collection
6:15 p.m. - Sampriti Bhattacharyya, Drones for underwater exploration
7:00 p.m. - Keith Ellenbogen, The intersection of underwater photography and conservation
Hands-on Activities:
Knot-tying: Lauren TenCate and Edith Chavez
Wave Energy Generator: Taylor Njaka
Underwater Robots: MIT AUV Lab
Boat Design: MIT Museum Education Team
Nautical Collection Exploration: MIT Museum Hart Nautical Team
Proteomics for Diagnosing the Ocean: Noelle Held
Satellite Tracking of Fish, Camrin Braun