Microelectronics and Hardware Development Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistants (TA) are needed for a 4-week long summer program, the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI), being taught virtually. BWSI is a rigorous STEM program for talented high school students from across the country.  Microelectronics and Hardware Development is a new course for 2023 where students utilize single-board microcontrollers with Qwiic & other hardware to build basic sensor systems without solder. Prior to the summer class, the students will receive a basic kit and will have the opportunity to purchase additional hardware components to implement their own unique hardware designs.   

 

This course will be a virtual “lab-based” course that encourages the students to tinker with hardware at home. Starting in June or May (timeline is flexible), TAs will help the instructors prepare the course material. During the four weeks (July 10 – August 6, 2023) of the actual summer program, TAs will largely help the students debug their hardware systems and monitor their progress during the daily Zoom-based lab sessions. During the first week, the TAs may be asked to give a few lectures on the fundamentals of microcontrollers. For the remaining weeks, guest lecturers will present supplementary material about general hardware topics and microelectronics which serve as enrichment material but will not be in the critical pathway for the students to complete their sensor systems.

 

Tasks for this class include the following:

 

 

If interested in applying fill out application at the following website: 

 

A brief resume will be needed to complete the application.