Resource Index
Course Textbook
PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, 4th Edition (the 3rd edition is fine too)
Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger
MacGraw Hill
ISBN 0072471468
Battery primer (pdf), 2.009 notes
Benchmarking and Costing by David Meeker
(MIT only, certificates required)
Erasure
benchmarking study, Costing
study
CRADLE TO CRADLE
William McDonough and Micheal Braungart, (2002)
North Point Press, 19 Union Square West, New York, 10003.
(An alternative view on product development. Two copies are on reserve in Barker Library and copies may be borrowed from the course instructor)
Creativity strategy cheat-sheet
DESIGN SECRETS: PRODUCTS
Massachusetts, Rockport Publishers, 33 Commercial St. Gloucester, MA 01930,
2001.
ETHICS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
Caroline Whitbeck (1998)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/001418584
Estimation anchor quantities wiki
Environmentally conscious mechanical design
Edited by Myer Kutz. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2007.
Barker Library - Stacks | TJ233.E58 2007
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/001468456
Gantt chart software (open source).
HANDBOOK OF BATTERIES
David Linden and Thomas B. Reddy (2001)
McGraw-Hill
ISBN 0-07-135978-8
HUMAN FACTORS DESIGN HANDBOOK
Woodson, W. E. (1981)
New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company
1991 edition: http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000594297
1981 edition: http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000119668
KINKAJOU PROJECT: PRODUCT
DESIGN OF A LOW COST MICROFIM PROJECTOR
Stacy Figueredo
MIT 2003
This thesis documents the process and techniques used to define the second-generation
implementation of the Kinkajou projector.
MATERIALS AND DESIGN: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MATERIAL SELECTION IN PRODUCT
DESIGN
Ashby, Johnson
Butterworth Heinemann
ISBN 0750655542
Plastics identification: burn tests
Plastics idenification: recycling
symbols, typical applications, and properties
Plastics identification (concise); recycling symbols and applications
PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS: A
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Alison Wong
MIT 2003
This thesis geared toward students unfamiliar with the product development
process, teaching the main stages and familiarizing students with working
in groups and with deadlines. The material is based on the 2.009 curriculum.
Pugh Charts. How do they work?
RULES FOR REACHING CONCENSUS
Steven Saint and James R. Lawson
Pfeiffer and Company
ISBN 0-89384-256-7
Running a meeting primer
Surveys: Implementing web-based surveys (forms) hosted in your Athena directory
Ten tips for 2.009, Doug Vincent, 2005
THE DESIGN OF EVERDAY THINGS
Norman, D. (1989)
New York, Doubleday Currency
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000426319
THE MEASURE OF MAN: HUMAN FACTORS IN DESIGN
Dreyfuss, H. (1967)
New York, Whitney Library of Design, 18 East 50th Street.
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000355378
THE TEAM BUILDING TOOLKIT
Deborah Harrington-Mackin
AMACOM
ISBN 0-814407826-3
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000670603
Work safety awards , source unknown
What about creativity? (news article about the importance of creativity in modern engineering practice)
Project-Related
Materials
CRADLE TO CRADLE
William McDonough and Micheal Braungart, (2002)
North Point Press, 19 Union Square West, New York, 10003.
(An alternative view on product development. Two copies are on reserve in Barker Library and copies may be borrowed from the course instructor)
Ecological footprint calculators
Environmentally conscious mechanical design
Edited by Myer Kutz. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2007.
Barker Library - Stacks | TJ233.E58 2007
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/001468456
Presentation slides from the idea fair.
Project brainstorming from class.
Example products:
Environmentally sound and compostable upholstery fabrics
Patagonia, company known for its environmental activism and recycled garments
Eco-Modern goods store on Mass Ave in Cambridge
Online references:
Consumption of materials in the US from 1900 to 1995
EPA website
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (includes environmental health)
EPD (Environmental Product Declarations) website
City of Cambridge Recycling Division
Website with "actionable" environmental info for the average American's everyday life. Database of local resources, by zipcode.
Resources and products for living a "modern green lifestyle"
Inspiration:
Website of the authors of Cradle to Cradle
Nonprofit that encourages "creative redesign of industry" to implement sustainability
GOOD Magazine: "Media for people who give a damn"
Plenty Magazine: "Environmental News and Commentary"
Intolerable Beauty -- Portraits of American Mass Consumption
The vaccine cold chain, KC Puua, Path
Cold chain problems (2.2 MB, .mov)
Field conditions in developing countries (2 Mb, .mov)
Existing vaccine refrigerators (4.3 MB, .mov)
Technology options: audio is very poor in this segment (5.5 Mb, .mov)
Questions from students (8.2 Mb, .mov)
Finding Information
2.009 Library Resources
Tips for finding
information on the Internet
Refworks: A web-based resource designed to help you to organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts, and makes it easy write papers, or post your results to web pages.
Events
Information officer session with the course
librarians
October 1, 7:00-8:30 PM, room 14N-132 (Digital
Instruction Resource Center)
Information officers must
attend, dinner will be provided (pizza).
The sketch
model presentation requires technical benchmarking, market, and customer
information for the ideas that your section is pursuing. Several librarians
will be on hand for one-on-one consultation. Be prepared with descriptions
of your teams concepts, what information you have already found, and what you are finding
difficult to locate.
Vendors and Resources
New media center: MIT facility where
you can edit movies.
McMaster-Carr: Company that sells a multitude of materials, fasteners, fittings, measurement tools, etc. Just about anything.
MSC Industrial Supply Co.: Another company that sells just about any mechanical/electrical device or material you could want.
Digi-Key Corporation: Electronic components, supplies, test equipment, and accessories.
American Science and Surplus: Motors, pumps, switches, optics, batteries and power and a lot of other stuff.
Home Depot: Home repair supplies, electrical basics, lumber, fasteners. Home depot is your friend.
Freeman Supply: Polyurethane foam supplier.
Bell's Powder Coating: Place that does powder coating, quickly. Phone 508 431-2212 or 508 643-2222.
Surplus Motors and Actuators: motors and actuators cheap!
SolidWorks:
Download from the Meche server.
