MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2016



Essentials of Mechanical Assembly

Daniel Whitney, Sr Research Scientist, Emeritus

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual 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.  Lunch will be served. Students should sign up by sending an e-mail to assemblies@mit.edu.

Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Daniel Whitney, dwhitney@mit.edu


Daily class sessions

Jan/19 Tue 08:30AM-02:30PM Room 3-270
Jan/20 Wed 08:30AM-02:30PM Room 3-270
Jan/21 Thu 08:30AM-02:30PM Room 3-270
Jan/22 Fri 08:30AM-02:30PM Room 3-270

Daniel Whitney - Sr Research Scientist, Emeritus