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Week
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Date |
Topics
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Assignments
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1
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8 Feb |
Introduction
Design for Developing Countries
Design, Invention and the Design Process
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Reading Assignment 1:
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Power to the People, Peter Hawthorne
Homework 1:
-Bad design@mit [pdf]
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2
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13 Feb |
Project Presentations
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Reading Assignment 2:
-Design Challenges
Design Assignment 1:
-Project Selection |
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15 Feb |
Research Methodologies
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Design Assignment 2:
-Information Gathering [pdf] |
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3
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21 Feb |
Problem Definition
Design Specifications
User Input
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Design Assignment 3:
-Problem Definition [pdf]
Design Assignment 4:
-Design Specifications [pdf] |
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22 Feb |
Prototypes and Prototyping
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Reading Assignment 3:
-Gaviotas, Alan Weisman Part I
Design Assignment 5:
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Individual Idea Generation [pdf] |
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4
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27 Feb |
Team Presentations:
- Problem Definition and Design Specifications
SWOT Analysis
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Design Assignment 6:
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SWOT Analysis & Lab Module Selection
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1 Mar |
Project Planning & Management |
Reading Assignment 4:
-Gaviotas, Alan Weisman Part II
Design Assignment 7:
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Project Timeline [pdf]
Design Assignment 8:
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Group Brainstorming |
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5
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6 Mar |
Lab Modules
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Design Assignment 9:
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Evaluation Criteria [pdf]
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8 Mar |
Lab Modules
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Reading Assignment 5:
-Gaviotas, Alan Weisman Part III
Design Assignment 10:
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Concept Evaluation [pdf] |
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6
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13 Mar |
Lab Modules
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NB: IDEAS Competition spring proposals due |
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15 Mar |
Graphical Representation of Information
Presentation Skills [ppt]
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Reading Assignment 6:
-Power Point is Evil
-The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
-The Gettysburg Address
Homework 2:
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Feedback Session [pdf] |
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7
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20 Mar |
Lab Modules
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22 Mar |
Design Review: Poster Session
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Homework 3:
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Feedback from Design Review Session [pdf]
NB: PSC Summer Fellowship applications due 24 March |
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27-31 Mar |
No classes: Spring Break
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9
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3 Apr |
Design for Sustainablility/Green Design
Life Cycle Analysis [ppt] |
Reading Assignment 7:
- Sustainable Development through the Principles of Green Engineering , J. Zimmerman [pdf]
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5 Apr |
Gaviotas Discussion
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Design Assignment 11:
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Critical Experimentation
Reading Assignment:
-Designing Cheap, Paul Polak
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10
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10 Apr |
Design for Affordability [ppt]
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12 Apr |
Design for Failure [ppt]
Design for Reuse/Recyclability |
Design Assignment 12:
-Fabrication Plan [pdf]
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11
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17 Apr |
No Class: Patriot’s Day
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19 Apr |
Design Reviews
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NB: IDEAS Competition final entries due
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12
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24 Apr |
Guest Speaker: Ralf Hotchkiss,
Wheelchair Designer
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Homework 4:
- Final Presentations |
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26 Apr |
Design Reviews
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Design Assignment 13:
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Final Parts List
Homework 5:
- Feedback from Design Review Session |
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13
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1 May |
Design for Human Use
[ppt]
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3 May |
Economics of Production
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Homework 6:
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Final Report [pdf] |
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8 May |
Presentation Skills
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10 May |
Design for Manufacture
[ppt]
Design for Assembly |
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13 May |
Presentations at the Museum of Science
12:00 - 4:00 pm
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15 |
15 May |
Guest Speaker: Peter Hass, AIDG
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17 May |
What next…
Evaluations
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NB: Final Reports due |
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