![Staff member David Caplan, far right, taught an IAP course in Free-Space Laser Communication, in which teams of students designed and built their own lasercom system.](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_large_generic/public/page/image/2018-04/IAP_2017-IAPLasercom-2500w.jpg?h=748d7e9c&itok=E8Ercj6G)
MIT Independent Activities Period
During MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), a four-week period between semesters, MIT students can sign up for activities led by Lincoln Laboratory technical staff ranging from academic seminars to hands-on engineering projects.
Lincoln Laboratory staff members have organized the following classes in the past:
- Build a Small Radar System
- Free-Space Laser Communication
- Hands-on Holography
- Mathematics of Big Data
- RACECAR: Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-steering Robot
- Software Radio
- Technology Innovation Accelerator