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Fri, 02/04/2022

Open Forge, Wednesdays, 5-7 pm

Open Foundry, Fridays, 3-5 pm

Thu, 09/09/2021

Have you missed working with metal? Listed below are extracurricular work hours for this semester.

Fall 2021 Open Hours:

Open Forge, Mondays, 5-7 pm, contact: James Hunter...

Tue, 06/30/2020

The video of 2020 DMSE Metal Arts Lecture by Keizo Myochin is now available online.
 

Tue, 03/17/2020

In line with MIT's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Lab will be closed until further notice.
 

Sat, 02/22/2020

Resonance: Keizo Myochin

The Myochin family is an unbroken line of master armorers and blacksmiths who have produced forged works since the late Heian Period (784-1185 CE) in Japan.  

Ever adapting to the changing needs of society, the Myochin family...

Sun, 12/01/2019

3.042 final presentations will be held on 12/5/19 at 1 pm in 6-104 (Chipman Room).  3.042 is “Materials Project Laboratory,” which serves as the capstone design class in the course 3 undergraduate curriculum.

There are 5 teams this semester, presenting at the following times:

1:05...

Sat, 08/31/2019

A new, metalworking class will be offered Fall 2019, Spring 2020 and Fall 2020. 3.S06: Casting a Tradition.

Tradition runs deep at MIT. From hacking to Pi Day, students welcome the opportunity to add their individual contribution to the line of collective tradition. In this special...

Fri, 05/17/2019

Students and instructors from 3.094 "Materials in Human Experience" will smelt malachite today in the East Campus BBQ pits. Smelting will take place inside a wayra (Andean smelting furnace) built by the 3.094 class members. Smelting will begin at noon.

Fri, 05/10/2019

Please join us for this semester's final 3.042 presentations in the Chipman Room, 6-104. 3.042 is “Materials Project Laboratory,” which serves as the capstone design class in the course 3 undergraduate curriculum.

2:05 pm: Tuning the properties of phenolic impregnated carbon ablator (PICA...

Wed, 12/05/2018

This year's 3.042 final presentations will be held 12.06.18 @ 1:30pm in the Chipman Room, 6-104. 3.042 is “Materials Project Laboratory,” which serves as the capstone design course in the course 3 curriculum.