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Week
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Date
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Topics
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Assignments
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1
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2
Feb
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Introduction
[ppt-2.73mb]
Design for Developing Countries
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Reading
Assignment 1:
-Power to the People, Peter Hawthorne [pdf]
[ps]
Homework
1: Technology Tracking [word
doc - 25kb]
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4
Feb
|
Design, Invention and the Design Process [ppt-8.41mb]
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Homework
2: Bad design@mit [word
doc-24kb] |
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2
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7
Feb
|
Project
Presentations [ppt-28.06mb] |
Reading
Assignment 2:
-Design Challenges [word
doc-17.80mb] [pdf-1.11mb]
Design
Assignment 1: Project Selection [word
doc-33kb]
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9
Feb
|
Stakeholder
Analysis [ppt-2.07mb]
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Design
Assignment 2: Stakeholder Analysis, Understanding Customer
Needs [pdf-73.7kb]
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11
Feb
|
Research
methodologies
Problem Definition
|
Design
Assignment 3: Information Gathering
Design
Assignment 4: Problem Definition |
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3
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14
Feb
|
Design
Specifications [ppt-127kb]
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Reading
Assignment 3:
-Gaviotas, Alan Weisman Part I
Design
Assignment 5: Project Specifications |
|
16
Feb
|
The
Creative Process
Prototyping Lab
|
Design
Assignment 6: Individual Idea Generation
Design
Assignment 8: SWOT Analysis & Lab Module Selection |
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18
Feb
|
Brainstorming
techniques |
Design
Assignment 7: Group Brainstorming |
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4
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22
Feb
|
Lab
Modules |
Lab Modules
Reading Assignment 4:
-Gaviotas, Alan Weisman Part II
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23
Feb
|
Lab
Modules |
|
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25 Feb
|
Group
Brainstorming |
|
|
5
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28
Feb
|
Lab
Modules
|
Reading
Assignment 5:
-Gaviotas, Alan Weisman Part III
NB: IDEAS Competition initial proposals due on 1 March |
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2
Mar
|
Lab
Modules
|
Design
Assignment 9: Evaluation Criteria |
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4
Mar
|
Concept
Evaluation, Pugh Charts [ppt-1.9mb]
|
Design
Assignment 10: Concept Evaluation |
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6
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7
Mar
|
Project
Planning & Management |
Reading
Assignment 6:
-Power
Point is Evil
-The
Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
-The
Gettysburg Address |
|
9
Mar
|
Graphical
Representation of Information
Presentation Skills
|
Homework
3: Design Reviews |
|
11
Mar
|
Detail
Design & Analysis |
Design
Assignment 11: Detail Design |
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7
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14
Mar
|
Design
Reviews, Room 3-270 |
|
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16
Mar
|
Design
Reviews, Room 3-270 |
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18
Mar
|
Feedback
from Design Review Session |
NB:
PSC Summer Fellowship applications due |
|
8
|
21-25
Mar
|
No
Classes: Spring Break |
|
|
9
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28
Mar
|
Design
for Affordability
Design for Failure
|
Reading
Assignment 7:
-Designing Cheap, Paul Polak |
|
30
Mar
|
Gaviotas
Discussion [word
doc-26kb]
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1
Apr
|
Final
Concept Selection
|
|
|
10
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4
Apr
|
Design
for Sustainablility/Green Design
|
Reading
Assignment 8:
- Paper Versus Polystyrene: A Complex Choice, M.
Hocking |
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6
Apr
|
Design
for Manufacture
Design for Reuse/Recyclability
Material Selection
|
Design
Assignment 12: Material Selection |
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8
Apr
|
Fabrication
and testing
|
Design
Assignment 13: Fabrication Plan |
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11
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11
Apr
|
Case
Study: Intraocular lenses in India
|
|
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13
Apr
|
Case
Study: Affordable Eyeglasses
|
NB:
IDEAS Competition final entries due |
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15
Apr
|
Fabrication
and testing
|
|
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12
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18
Apr
|
No
Class: Patriot's Day
|
|
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20
Apr
|
Economics
of Production |
Design
Assignment 14: Final Parts List |
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22
Apr
|
Fabrication
and testing |
Homework
4: Final Presentations |
|
13
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25
Apr
|
Design
Reviews
|
|
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27
Apr
|
Design
Reviews
|
|
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29
Apr
|
Feedback
from Design Review Session |
Homework
5: Final Report |
|
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2
May
|
From
Prototype to Product:
Kinkajou case study
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|
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4
May
|
Design
for Assembly [ppt-3.08mb] |
Design
Assignment 15: Design for production |
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6
May
|
Final
Presentations |
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7
May
|
Presentations
at the Museum of Science |
|
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15
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9
May
|
Guest
Lecture: "Wind Energy in Nicaragua" by Mathias Craig |
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11
May
|
Evaluations
|
NB:
Final Reports due |
