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IAP 2015 Activities by Sponsor - Leaders for Global Operations



Essentials of Mechanical Assembly

Daniel Whitney, Sr Research Scientist, Emeritus

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

This is a non-credit version of a previously offered graduate course 2.875 Mechanical Assemblies: Their Design, Manufacture, and Role in Product Development.  This version covers the basic technical content including Key Characteristics, Constraint, Modeling of Assemblies, Variation, and the Datum Flow Chain.  Extra lectures on Product Architecture and Assembly Economics are also included.  The classes comprise four days with three lectures of 1.5 hours each with the following schedule: 8:30 - 10 am; 10:30 - 12:00; 1:00 - 2:30 pm.  Students should sign up by sending an e-mail to dwhitney@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Leaders for Global Operations, Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Daniel Whitney c/o Jose Pacheco, (617) 258-5620, dwhitney@mit.edu


Daily class sessions

Add to Calendar Jan/20 Tue 08:30AM-02:30PM 3-333
Add to Calendar Jan/21 Wed 08:30AM-02:30PM 3-270
Add to Calendar Jan/22 Thu 08:30AM-02:30PM 3-333
Add to Calendar Jan/23 Fri 08:30AM-02:30PM 3-333