| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Wed.
Sept. 3 |
2.009 Introduction
(.pdf)
Failed prototype test
(.mpeg )
|
No lab this week |
Lab
section signup |
|
No lab this week |
| |
Buy design
notebook
Read chapters 1 and 2 in textbook
Scooter
design case study
(.pdf) |
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Fri.
Sept. 5 |
Creativity and project
introduction
(.pdf)
Creativity
strategies cheat-sheet
(.pdf)
Brainstorming
tutorial (.pdf)
For drawing help see the sketching tutorials
Project ideas from class brainstorming
|
Design
notebook
Project timesheet
Brainstorming
Idea
fair
|
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| |
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Sat.
Sept. 6 |
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|
Lab
section signup (due by noon) |
| |
Mon.
Sept. 8 |
Idea
fair logistics
Teams and
meetings (.pdf)
Running
a meeting primer (.pdf)
Team-building
challenge roles (.pdf) |
Week
1 lab instructions
Electing officers and ideation |
3-Ideas presentation |
Idea
fair
Presentations from the fair |
Brainstorming |
| |
|
|
|
Wed.
Sept. 10 |
Finding
information (.pdf)
Treasure hunt instructions
and resources |
Treasure
hunt |
|
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|
|
|
Thurs.
Sept 11 (noon)
|
|
|
Treasure
hunt |
| |
|
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|
Fri.
Sept. 12 |
Observation and customer needs. What about patents?
(.pdf)
Elaine Yang, Lahive
Observation exercise
Read chapters 3 and 4 in textbook
|
Observation
exercise |
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| |
|
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Sept. 15 |
Estimation and testing
(.pdf)
|
Week
2 lab instructions
|
|
|
Observation
exercise |
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Sept. 17 |
3-ideas logistics and more estimation
(.pdf)
(.pdf)
For drawing help please
see
the sketching tutorials |
Exploring ideas and selecting for the 3 ideas presentation |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Fri.
Sept. 19 |
3-ideas welcome slide
(.pdf)
3-Ideas
presentation results
Credit card training,
3 PM in 3-434. All financial
officers must attend. |
|
Sketch
model review |
3-Ideas
presentation
|
| |
Mon.
Sept. 22 |
Student holiday |
Week
3 lab instructions
More exploring and developing the team's idea area into concepts |
|
|
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
| |
|
|
|
Wed.
Sept. 24 |
Sketch models
(.pdf)
For help with sketch modeling
techniques and materials, please see the sketch modeling tutorials
|
|
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| |
|
|
|
Thurs.
Sept. 25 |
7PM information
session with course
librarians. Information
officers must attend |
|
|
| |
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|
|
Fri.
Sept. 26 |
Teardowns and benchmarking
(.pdf)
Teardown exercise
instructions
(.pdf)
Teardown exercise results
Teardown in 60 seconds (5.3 Mb, .mov)
Plastics identification
Plastics identification symbols
Costing guidelines (certs required)
Read chapter 4 (if you have not already) in the textbook
Related materials by David Meeker
(MIT only, certificates required)
Erasure
benchmarking study
Costing
case study
|
|
|
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Sept. 29 |
Tips for successful projects (.pdf)
Sketch model presentation logistics, walking on water (.pdf)
|
Week 4 lab
instructions
Preparing for the sketch model review |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Oct. 1 |
No formal class due to Thursday evening presentation
Time to work in lab |
|
|
| |
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|
Thurs.
Oct. 2 (evening) |
|
|
Sketch
model review |
|
|
|
|
Fri.
Oct. 3 |
Sketch
model feedback and water walk
(.pdf)
Sketch model results |
Peer
review 1
Mockup
review
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Mon.
Oct. 6 |
Customer needs, human use, and product form
(.pdf)
Mockup review logistics
(.pdf)
|
Week 5 lab
instructions
Identifying and resolving key risks |
|
Peer
review 1 |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Oct. 8 |
Scheduling and time
estimation
(.pdf)
Origami ball time
estimation experiment
Read chapter 16 in textbook
|
|
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| |
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|
|
|
|
Fri.
Oct. 10 |
Project consulting |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 13 |
Columbus day holiday |
Week 6 lab
instructions
Preparing for the mockup review |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Oct. 15 |
No formal class. Mockup review is Thursday evening
Project consulting
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Thurs.
Oct. 16 (evening) |
Mockup presentation introduction
(.pdf) |
|
Mockup
review |
|
|
|
|
Fri.
Oct. 17 |
Mockup
presentation feedback
(.pdf)
Specifications
(.pdf)
Specification exercise results
Read chapter 5 in textbook (if you have not already) |
Team
review A |
|
|
|
|
|
Mon.
Oct. 20 |
What's next
(.pdf)
Ethics and critique
(.pdf)
ASME
code of ethics
Anchor quantity exercise
Be curious. Have fun!
|
Week 7 lab
instructions
Making the decision |
Code
of ethics
Anchor
quantity exercise
|
Team
review A |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Oct. 22 |
Product architecture
(.pdf)
Read chapter 9 in textbook |
Peer
review 2
Technical
review
Assembly
model
|
Code
of ethics |
| |
|
|
|
Fri.
Oct. 24 |
Project consulting
|
|
Peer
review
2
|
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 27 |
Safety and design
for
assembly
(.pdf) |
Week 8 lab
instructions
Clarifying the system vision |
|
Anchor
quantity exercise |
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Oct. 29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fri.
Oct. 31 |
Project consulting |
|
Assembly
model |
| |
|
|
|
Mon.
Nov. 3 |
Assembly
review
Presentation schedule
Results
Introduction slide
(.pdf) |
Week 9 lab
instructions
Resolving design details |
|
|
Design
notebook
Project timesheet
Lab cleanup |
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Nov. 5 |
Assembly
review
Presentation schedule
Results
Introduction slide
(.pdf) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fri.
Nov. 7 |
Technical review and debugging process
(.pdf)
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 10 |
Veteran's day holiday
|
Week 10
lab instructions
Building the prototype |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Nov. 12 |
2.009 business case (.pdf)
Product
costing /economics model (axles)
Read chapters 15 and 11 in textbook |
Peer
review 3
Team
review B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fri.
Nov. 14 |
Project consulting and work session |
|
Peer
review 3
Team
review B |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mon.
Nov. 17 |
Final presentation overview
(.pdf)
Annotated final presentation example (.mov, 25 Mb) |
Week 11
lab instructions
Redesigning and improving the prototype |
|
|
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Nov. 19 |
Project consulting and work session
Drop date |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Fri.
Nov. 21 |
Project consulting and work session |
|
|
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 24 |
No class due to technical review
|
Week 12
lab instructions
Planning prototype rebuild |
Final
presentation
Final
presentation practice |
Technical
review
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Nov. 26 |
No class due to technical review |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thurs.
Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Fri.
Nov. 28 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mon.
Dec. 1 |
Presentation design
(.pdf) |
Week 13
lab instructions
Prototype rebuilding, presentation designing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Dec. 3 |
Final presentation logistics and presenting data
(.pdf) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fri.
Dec. 5 |
Presentation practice sessions |
|
Practice
sessions |
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
Mon.
Dec. 8 |
No class due to evening presentations
See the final presentation logistics |
Week 14 Lab
wrap up instructions |
|
Final
presentation |
|
|
|
|
|
Wed.
Dec. 10 |
No class, last day of classes
Lab cleanup, course evaluation,
and dinner |
Final
peer review |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sat.
Dec. 13 |
|
|
|
Final
peer review |
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