Chaperoned users
To become a chaperoned user (or just tour the tank):
- Send an email to any of the Tow Tank Lab members, or just towtank@mit.edu
Chaperoned users may
- Use/tour the facility (without training) if chaperoned by a member of the Tow Tank Lab (Triantafyllou advisees)
This is best for a one-off experiment. However, since we don't have a lab technician, we are not really paid to do this. Please be patient, and if you come more than 2-3 times, we'll request that you become an unchaperoned user. We reserve the right to deny chaperoning you if we are otherwise busy with our own research obligations
Your chaperone will add the experiment time to our Google Calendar
Unchaperoned users
To become an unchaperoned user:
- You must get permission (email is fine) from Michael Triantafyllou
- You have to schedule lab-specific safety training with the lab EHS rep (currently Jacob Izraelevitz jsi@mit.edu)
Unchaperoned users may
- Open the doors (we'll give you the door code)
- Use the labspace next to the big tank at any time
- Only when scheduled - mount to the carriage, tank walls, or small tank
- Only if a buddy is with them - enter the water
Class Labs
If you are a TA for one of the OE/2N classes, you should first
- You have to schedule lab-specific safety training with the lab EHS rep (currently Jacob Izraelevitz jsi@mit.edu)
Class TA's may then
- Open the doors (we'll give you the door code)
- Use the labspace next to the big tank at any time
- Only when scheduled - run the actual class lab. Since there is a lot of people, we will probably send someone to chaperone anyway
- Only if a buddy is with you - enter the water
Scheduling Time
- If you are an Unchaperoned user, you only need to schedule time with us if you are actually mounting your experiment. Otherwise you may use the labspace at will