MIT VISTA

⚛️ Ready for VISTA Research Insights at the Interface of Nuclear Structure and AMO Physics? ⚛️

This Friday, Alex, a friend of VISTA, will host us for a tour of a lab working where nuclear physics meets atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Join us right after VISTA lunch to explore how precision measurements with ions, lasers, and traps can be used to study nuclei and search for new physics.

📍 Location: Room 24-035
📆 Date: Friday, September 25, 2026

⏰ Details:
Tour starts right after VISTA lunch

🧪 What to expect:
Alex will introduce us to the lab’s work across several projects, including negative ion production, collinear laser spectroscopy, cryogenic buffer gases, parity violation and fifth-force searches with ion traps, and precise isotope-shift measurements in a Paul trap using quantum logic spectroscopy. Depending on time and who is around, we may get to hear about multiple projects in the lab.

RSVP in bio!

See you there!

🤖✨ RoboBoston – Robot Block Party! 🚀

Join us on Saturday, September 26, to explore robotics, AI, and technology together! Expect interactive demos and robots from universities, startups, and student teams. 🦾🎮

📍 88 Seaport Blvd, Boston
⏰ Meeting Time: 10:30 AM.
We’ll post the exact meeting point as a Google Maps location in the group.

The event runs from 10:45 AM to 4:00 PM—stay for as long as you like! 😊

🎟️ RoboBoston is free, but please register individually for your own ticket (link in bio)!
🌧️ If it rains heavily, we’ll head to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) instead! Keep an eye on the group for updates. 🎨
https://www.icaboston.org/

🔋 Ready for VISTA Research Insights on Anode-Free Li-Ion Coin Cells? 🔋

This Thursday, Andrea will host us for a session on anode-free lithium-ion coin cells. Join us to learn how battery researchers build and study these compact test cells, and why anode-free designs are an exciting direction for improving energy density and understanding next-generation battery behavior.

📍 Location: MechE Department, Room 3-333
📆 Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026

⏰ Details:
Session starts at 6:30 PM

🧪 What to expect:
Andrea will introduce us to her work on anode-free Li-ion coin cells and explain how these cells are assembled, tested, and analyzed in the lab. We’ll get insight into the experimental challenges behind battery research and how small-scale cell studies connect to larger questions in energy storage.

RSVP in bio!

See you there!

🏮🎨 Boston Festival Afternoon 🎶✨

Join us this Saturday, September 12, to explore two free festivals together!

🏮 _Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival_
📍 Chinatown Gate | Enjoy lion dances, martial arts, opera, and food pop-ups! 🦁🥟

🎨 _Boston Arts Festival_
📍 Christopher Columbus Park | Discover local artists and enjoy live music by the waterfront! 🖼️🎶

📍 Meet at 11:30 AM at Chinatown Station (Orange Line). We’ll start in Chinatown, then walk along the Greenway to the Arts Festival. 🌿

💸 Both festivals are free!

_Come for one festival or both!_
We’ll share our live location so you can join anytime, and there’s no fixed end time for our group. 😊

🚀 Ready for VISTA Research Insights on Ionic Thrusters? 🚀

This Friday, we’ll visit MIT’s Space Propulsion Laboratory (SPL), where Giulia will introduce us to her experimental work on electrospray thrusters. Join us to learn how tiny charged droplets can generate thrust and why this technology is exciting for future spacecraft propulsion.

📍 Location: Meet outside Building 37
📆 Date: Friday, September 11, 2026

⏰ Details:
Tour from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
We’ll meet outside Building 37 and go to the lab together.

🧪 What to expect:
Giulia will guide us through her research on ionic/electrospray thrusters and explain how these propulsion systems work, how they are tested experimentally, and what makes them relevant for space missions.

RSVP in Bio!

See you there!