| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
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Wed.
Sept. 7 |
2.009 Introduction
(.pdf)
Failed prototype test
(.mpeg) |
No lab this week |
Lab
section signup
Design
notebook
Reading:
Read chapters 1 and 2 in textbook |
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Fri.
Sept. 9 |
Creativity and project
introduction
(.pdf)
Creativity
strategies cheat-sheet
(.pdf)
Brainstorming
tutorial (.pdf)
Project ideas from class brainstorming |
Brainstorming
For sketching help see the sketching tutorials
Idea
fair
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Special tutorial by David Wallace, idea sketching primer. All students welcome. 4 PM, room 3-270. |
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Sat.
Sept. 10 |
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Lab
section signup
(due at 5 PM) |
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Mon.
Sept. 12 |
Teams (.pdf)
Team-building tower challenge (.mov)
Team-building
challenge roles (.pdf)
Running
a meeting primer (.pdf) |
Week
1 lab instructions:
Electing officers and ideation |
3-Ideas presentation
Project timesheet |
Idea
fair
(7 PM)
Idea
fair logistics
Presentations from the fair |
Brainstorming |
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Wed.
Sept. 14 |
Meetings and finding information (.pdf)
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Treasure
hunt (instructions and resources) |
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Thurs.
Sept. 15
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Treasure
hunt
(due at noon)
Treasure hunt results |
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Fri.
Sept. 16 |
Customer observation and estimation
(.pdf)
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Observation
exercise
Reading:
Read chapters 3 and 4 in textbook |
Special tutorial by Dan Braunstein on how to observe and learn from potential users, 4 PM, room 1-150. |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
|
Mon.
Sept. 19
|
3-idea presentation and estimation challenge (.pdf)
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Week
2 lab instructions: Exploring ideas and preparing for the 3-ideas presentation |
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Special workshop
by Eric Sugalski on designing using
sourced parts: Session I, design and source. |
Observation
exercise |
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Wed.
Sept. 21 |
Student holiday
Lab will be open if your team wants to meet |
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Special tutorial by David Kmetz on product idea-sketching. |
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Thurs.
Sept. 22 |
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Special tutorial by Justin Lai and Geoff Tsai on building a design portfolio—tips from professional designers, room 3-370. |
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Fri.
Sept. 23 |
3-idea presentation introduction (.pdf)
3-idea presentation results, team idea areas
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3-Ideas
presentation (1 PM)
Credit card training, All financial
officers must attend. 4 PM, room 5-314. |
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Mon.
Sept. 26 |
Ideas feedback and sketch models (.pdf)
For help with sketch modeling
techniques, please see the sketch modeling tutorials |
Week
3 lab instructions: From opportunity area to concepts |
Sketch
model review |
Special Workshop
by Eric Sugalski on designing using
sourced parts: Session II, build and test |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet
All team officer positions should be finalized |
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Wed.
Sept. 28 |
Product teardown
(.pdf)
Teardown activity
instructions
(.pdf)
Results from class:
Teardown results
Teardown in 60 seconds (.mov)
References:
Plastics identification
Plastics identification symbols
Costing guidelines (certs required)
Case studies by David Meeker
(MIT only, certificates required):
Erasure
benchmarking study
Costing
case study
|
Reading:
Chapter 4 in the textbook (if you have not read it already) |
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Thurs.
Sept. 29 |
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Special tutorial on finding information for your product with course
librarians. All information
officers must attend. 7 PM, room 14N-132
Special Seminar by Robin Miller. 2.009 start to finish in the real world. The Otis hoist machine development project. 7-8 PM, room TBA. |
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Fri.
Sept. 30 |
What 2.009 students should know about patents
(.pdf)
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RFP training, All financial
officers must attend. 4:00 PM, room 5-314.
Special tutorial. Top-down design in Solidworks. This crash course by Eric Sugalski will get your team modeling assemblies effectively. 4 PM, room 35-125. |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 3 |
Sketch model review logistics
Build challenge (.pdf)
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Week 4 lab
instructions: Preparing for the sketch model review |
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SI communication workshop (part 1 of 3) with cr instructors. All system integrators must attend, other class members are welcome. 7 PM, room 12-134. (schedule for part 2 & part 3)
Special Tutorial by Sangbae Kim. A hands-on introduction to micro-controllers. 7 PM, room 3-270. |
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Wed.
Oct. 5 |
Time to work in lab |
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Thurs.
Oct. 6 |
Sketch model review introduction (.pdf)
Review results:
Sketch model results |
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Sketch
model review
(7 PM) |
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Fri.
Oct. 7 |
Sketch
model feedback and challenge instructions (.pdf)
Tips for successful projects (.pdf) |
Peer
review 1
Mockup
review
Team
review A
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Mon.
Oct. 10 |
Columbus day holiday
|
Week 5 lab
instructions: Identifying and resolving key risks |
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Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Wed.
Oct. 12 |
Mockups, customer needs, and human use
(.pdf)
|
Reading:
Chapter 5 in textbook |
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Thurs.
Oct. 13 |
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Peer
review 1 (5 PM)
Team
review A (5 PM)
SI communication workshop (part 2 of 3) with cr instructors. All system integrators must attend, other class members are welcome. 7 PM, room 12-134. (schedule for part 3) |
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Fri.
Oct. 14 |
Family weekend
Specifications (.pdf)
The homer
Results from class:
Specification exercise |
Reading:
Chapter 16 in textbook
Lab instructor review I |
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|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 17 |
Scheduling and time
estimation (.pdf)
Results from class:
time
estimation experiment
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Week 6 lab
instructions: Preparing for the mockup review |
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Lab instructor review
(5 PM) |
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Tues.
Oct. 18 |
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Solidworks bootstrap: feeling rusty as we head into a key solid modeling phase for 2.009? 4 PM Tuesday in 35-125 with Eric Sugalski |
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Wed.
Oct. 19 |
Mockup review pointers (.pdf)
Detailed logistics
Time to work in lab
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Thurs.
Oct. 20 |
Mockup review introduction
(.pdf) |
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Mockup
review
(7 PM) |
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Fri.
Oct. 21 |
Mockup feedback, critique, and ethics (.pdf)
A tale of two critiques, worse and better (.mov)
ASME
code of ethics
Results from class:
Team codes of ethics |
Peer
review 2
Technical
review
Assembly
model
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Mon.
Oct. 24 |
Product architecture (.pdf)
|
Week 7 lab
instructions: Making the decision! |
Code
of ethics |
Peer review
2
SI communication session (part 3 of 3) with cr instructors. All system integrators must attend, other class members are welcome. 7 PM, room 12-134. |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Wed.
Oct. 26 |
Design
for
assembly
(.pdf) |
Reading:
chapter 9 in textbook
|
Code
of ethics
(draft, 5 PM) |
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Fri.
Oct. 28 |
Project consulting
Assembly review overview (.pdf)
|
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Code
of ethics
(final version, 5 PM)
Special Tutorial.
Ilan Moyer will provide power user tips on helping to manage a complex design in Solidworks. 4 PM, room TBA. |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 31 |
Product form
(.pdf)
Chicken chart!
(.pdf) |
Week 8 lab
instructions: Clarifying the system vision, design details |
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Tues.
Nov. 1 |
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Assembly
model
(5 PM, digital files for red, green, blue and yellow teams) |
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Wed.
Nov. 2 |
Assembly
review
Assembly review introduction
(.pdf)
Results from class: Assembly review |
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Thurs.
Nov. 3 |
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Assembly
model
(5 PM, digital files for pink, orange, purlpe and silver teams) |
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Fri.
Nov. 4 |
Assembly
review
Assembly review introduction
(.pdf)
Results from class: Assembly review
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Mon.
Nov. 7 |
Safety, technical review and debugging process
(.pdf)
Short circuit! (.mov)
Gorilla and Banana demonstrate inattentional blindness
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Week 9 lab
instructions: Resolving design details and prototyping |
|
Special Tutorial on product costing by David Meeker. This will put you in position to have a good cost estimate for your final presentation. 7 PM, Pappalarco lab. Part 1 of 2, see schedule for part 2) |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet
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Tues.
Nov. 8 |
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Wed.
Nov. 9 |
Component library (.pdf)
Project consulting
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Thurs.
Nov. 10 |
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Special industrial design consultation by Jeremy Vanhill. This consultation will help you resolve the usability and vision for your product's embodiment. (see the detailed description for schedule) |
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Fri.
Nov. 11 |
Veterans day:
student and staff holiday.
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 14 |
Project consulting |
Week 10
lab instructions: Building the prototype |
Peer review 3
Team review B |
Special tutorial. The communications instructors will provide pointers on how to obtain user feedback and assess usability. 3:30 PM, room 12-134. |
Tool officers organize team area cleanup |
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Wed.
Nov. 16 |
Work period in lab |
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Fri.
Nov. 18 |
Final presentation overview I
(.pdf)
2010 final presentation compendium (.mov, 13 Mb)
Annotated final presentation example (.mov, 25 Mb)
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Final
presentation
|
Peer review 3
Team review B
(all due 5 PM) |
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Mon.
Nov. 21 |
No formal class due to Thursday evening presentation |
Week 11
lab instructions: Technical reivew and planning the rebuild
Teams need to meet to plan, but lab times are optional this week |
Reading: chapters 15 and 11 in textbook |
Technical
review
(7 PM)
|
Design
notebook
Project timesheet
(submit prior to thanksgiving holiday) |
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Wed.
Nov. 23 |
no class/work |
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Thurs.
Nov. 24 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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Fri.
Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 28 |
2.009 business case (.pdf)
Product
costing /economics model (.xls)
|
Week 12
lab instructions: Prototype rebuilding, presentation designing
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Special Tutorial by Sarah Kaiser on Photoshop and Illustrator. 7PM, Pappalardo lab.
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Wed.
Nov. 30 |
Presentation design
(.pdf) |
Practice sessions |
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Thurs.
Dec. 1 |
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Special Tutorial by Beth Marcus on product naming. 7PM, Pappalardo lab. |
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Fri.
Dec. 2 |
Design reviews |
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Special Tutoriall by Jolene de Verges on finding images for presentations. Room 14N-123. |
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Mon.
Dec. 5 |
Final presentation logistics |
Week 13 lab:
the final push |
|
Special Tutorial on product costing by David Meeker. The goal is to work on a cost estimate for your final prototype. 7 PM, Pappalardo lab. (part 2 of 2)
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Wed.
Dec. 7 |
Presenting data
(.pdf) |
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Fri.
Dec. 9 |
Time work in lab, or presentation practice sessions |
|
Practice
sessions
(5-9 PM, room 3-270) |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in your lab |
Mon.
Dec. 12 |
No class due to evening presentations
See the final presentation logistics |
Week 14 lab: wrapping up |
|
Final
presentation |
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Wed.
Dec. 14 |
Last day of classes!
Final presentation reflection
Lab cleanup, course evaluation,
and dinner |
|
Final
peer review |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Fri.
Dec. 16 |
Final exam period |
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Sat.
Dec. 17 |
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Final
peer review (noon) |
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Tues.
Dec. 20 |
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Final grades meeting for instructors |
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