| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
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Wed.
Sept. 9 |
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. 11 |
Creativity and project
introduction
(.pdf)
Creativity
strategies cheat-sheet
(.pdf)
Brainstorming
tutorial (.pdf)
For drawing help see the sketching tutorials
Results from class:
Types of emergencies, from class brainstorming. Group 10 had 56 types!
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Project timesheet
Brainstorming
Idea
fair
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Sat.
Sept. 12 |
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Lab
section signup
(due at noon) |
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Mon.
Sept. 14 |
Idea
fair logistics
Teams (.pdf)
Running
a meeting primer (.pdf)
Team-building
challenge roles (.pdf) |
Week
1 lab instructions: Electing officers and ideation |
3-Ideas presentation |
Idea
fair
(7:00 PM)
Presentations from the fair |
Brainstorming |
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Wed.
Sept. 16 |
Meetings and finding information (.pdf)
Treasure hunt instructions
and resources
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Treasure
hunt |
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Thurs.
Sept 17
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Treasure hunt results |
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Treasure
hunt
(due at noon) |
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Fri.
Sept. 18 |
Customer observation, what do you know about patents? (.pdf), Elaine Yang, Patent Attorney
Observation exercise
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Observation
exercise
Reading:
Read chapters 3 and 4 in textbook |
Special seminar on how to observe and learn from potential users, 4:00 PM in 1-132. All students welcome. |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Sept. 21
|
Estimation and testing
(.pdf) |
Week
2 lab instructions: Exploring ideas and preparing for the 3-ideas presentation |
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Observation
exercise |
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Wed.
Sept. 23 |
3-idea presentation and more estimation (.pdf)
For drawing help please
see
the sketching tutorials |
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Fri.
Sept. 25 |
3-idea presentation introduction (.pdf)
3-idea presentation results, team idea areas
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Sketch
model review |
3-Ideas
presentation
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Mon.
Sept. 28 |
Sketch models (.pdf)
For help with sketch modeling
techniques, please see the sketch modeling tutorials |
Week
3 lab instructions: Exploring and developing the team's idea area into concepts |
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Credit card training, 4:00 PM in 5-233. All financial
officers must attend. |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Wed.
Sept. 30 |
Product teardown
(.pdf)
Teardown activity
instructions
(.pdf)
References:
Plastics identification
Plastics identification symbols
Costing guidelines (certs required)
Results from class: Teardown exercise results
Teardown in 60 seconds (17 Mb, .mov)
Case studies by David Meeker
(MIT only, certificates required):
Erasure
benchmarking study
Costing
case study
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Reading:
Chapter 4 in the textbook (if you have not read it already) |
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Thurs.
Oct. 1 |
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All team officer positions should be finalized
Information session with course
librarians at 7 PM. All information
officers must attend
Communication session with communications instructors at 7 PM. All system integrators must attend. |
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Fri.
Oct. 2 |
Horse power (.pdf)
Project consulting |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 5 |
Sketch model review logistics
Build challenge (.pdf)
Compressed build video (18 MB, .mov)
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Week 4 lab
instructions: Preparing for the sketch model review |
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Wed.
Oct. 7 |
No formal class due to Thursday evening presentation
Time to work in lab |
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Thurs.
Oct. 8 |
Sketch model review introduction |
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Sketch
model review
(7 PM) |
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Fri.
Oct. 9 |
Sketch
model feedback and hovercraft testing instructions
(.pdf)
Tips for successful projects (.pdf)
Hovercraft testing
Review results:
Sketch model results |
Peer
review 1
Mockup
review
Team
review A
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Mon.
Oct. 12 |
Columbus day holiday |
Week 5 lab
instructions: Identifying and resolving key risks |
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Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Tues.
Oct. 13 |
Monday class schedule!
Mockups, customer needs, and human use
(.pdf) |
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Peer
review 1 (5 PM)
Team
review A (5 PM) |
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Wed.
Oct. 14 |
Scheduling and time estimation
(.pdf)
Results from class:
Origami ball time
estimation experiment
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Reading:
Chapter 16 in textbook
Lab instructor review |
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Thurs.
Oct. 15 |
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Special tutorial on identifying design risks
(7 PM) |
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Fri.
Oct. 16 |
Specifications (.pdf)
The homer
Results from class:
Specification exercise |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Oct. 19 |
Mockup logistics and pointers (.pdf)
Mockup schedule
Project consulting |
Week 6 lab
instructions: Preparing for the mockup review |
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Lab instructor review
(5 PM) |
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Wed.
Oct. 21 |
No formal class due to Thursday evening presentation
Time to work in lab
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Thurs.
Oct. 22 |
Mockup review introduction
(.pdf) |
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Mockup
review
(7 PM) |
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Fri.
Oct. 23 |
Cancelled. The lecture material has been moved to Monday since the it is important for your team's decision Good class/team attendance is important. |
Peer
review 2
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Mon.
Oct. 26 |
Mockup feedback, critique, and ethics
(.pdf)
ASME
code of ethics
Results from class:
Team codes of ethics
|
Week 7 lab
instructions: Making the decision! |
Technical
review
Assembly
model
Code
of ethics |
Peer review
2
Reading: chapter 5 in textbook (if you have not read it already) |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Wed.
Oct. 28 |
Product architecture (.pdf) |
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Code
of ethics (9 PM)
Reading:
chapter 9 in textbook |
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Fri.
Oct. 30 |
Safety and design
for
assembly
(.pdf)
Chicken chart!
(.pdf)
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 2 |
Product form
(.pdf)
|
Week 8 lab
instructions: Clarifying the system vision, design details |
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Tues.
Nov. 3 |
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Assembly
model
(5 PM) |
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Wed.
Nov. 4 |
Assembly
review
Assembly review introduction
(.pdf)
Results from class: Assembly review |
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Fri.
Nov. 6 |
Assembly
review
Assembly review introduction
(.pdf)
Results from class: Assembly review
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Mon.
Nov. 9 |
Technical review and debugging process (.pdf)
Gorilla and Banana demonstrate inattentional blindness |
Week 9 lab
instructions: Resolving design details and prototyping |
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Design
notebook
Project timesheet
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Wed.
Nov. 11 |
Veterans day:
student and staff holiday.
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Fri.
Nov. 13 |
Project consulting
Technical review overview (.pdf)
|
Peer
review 3
Team
review B |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 16 |
Project consulting
Time to work in lab |
Week 10
lab instructions: Building the prototype |
|
Peer
review 3
Team
review B (5 PM)
|
Tool officers organize team area cleanup |
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Wed.
Nov. 18 |
No formal class due to Thursday evening presentation
Time to work in lab |
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Thurs.
Nov. 19 |
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|
Technical
review (7 PM) |
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Fri.
Nov. 20 |
Technical review results and final presentation overview
(.pdf)
Annotated final presentation example (.mov, 25 Mb) |
Final
presentation
Lab instructor review |
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Mon.
Nov. 23 |
2.009 business case (.pdf)
Product
costing /economics model (.xls) |
Week 11
lab instructions: Planning the rebuild and presentation
Teams need to meet, but lab times are optonal this week |
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Lab instructor review (5 PM)
Reading: chapters 15 and 11 in textbook |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet
(submit prior to thanksgiving holiday) |
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Wed.
Nov. 25 |
Project consulting |
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Thurs.
Nov. 26 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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Fri.
Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving holiday |
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| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
|
Mon.
Nov. 30 |
Presentation design
(.pdf)
|
Week 12
lab instructions: Prototype rebuilding, presentation designing
|
practice sessions |
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Wed.
Dec. 2 |
Final presentation logistics, presenting data
(.pdf) |
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Fri.
Dec. 4 |
Presentation practice sessions |
|
Practice
sessions
(1-5PM) |
| |
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Mon.
Dec. 7 |
No class due to evening presentations
See the final presentation logistics |
Week 13 lab:
wraping up
|
|
Final
presentation |
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Wed.
Dec. 9 |
No class, last day of classes
Lab cleanup, course evaluation,
and dinner |
Final
peer review |
Design
notebook
Project timesheet |
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Sat.
Dec. 12 |
|
|
Final
peer review (noon) |
|
| Date |
Class |
Lab |
Assigned |
Due this day |
Due in Lab |
Tues.
Dec. 15 |
Final exam period
Optional patent tutorical session |
Week 14 |
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Final grades meeting for instructors |
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