Lecture Notes
| LEC # | TOPICS | INSTRUCTORS | SLIDES | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Introduction: Design for Developing Countries |
Amy Smith |
(PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
(PDF) |
2 |
Design, Invention and the Design Process |
Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
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3 |
Design Challenge Project Presentations |
Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
4 |
Stakeholder Analysis |
Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
5 |
Library Research Methods |
Darcy Duke and Angela Locknar, MIT Libraries |
(PDF) |
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6 |
Design Specification |
Kurt Kornbluth |
(PDF) |
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7 |
The Creative Process: Prototyping Lab |
Kurt Kornbluth |
(PDF) |
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8 |
Project: Brainstorming Techniques |
Will DelHagen |
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9 |
Lab Modules Example: Water Testing |
Various Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
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10 |
Lab Modules (cont.) |
Various |
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11 |
Team Status Reports Project: Brainstorming |
(PDF) |
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12 |
Lab Modules |
Various |
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13 |
Lab Modules (cont.) |
Various |
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14 |
Concept Evaluation and Pugh Charts Project: Brainstorming and Evaluation |
Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
15 |
Project Planning and Management |
Linda Plano |
(PDF) (Courtesy of Linda Plano. Used with permission.) |
(PDF) |
16 |
Graphical Representation of Information Presentation Skills |
Amy Smith M. J. Morse, Museum of Science, Boston |
(PDF) (Courtesy of M. J. Morse. Used with permission.) |
(PDF) |
17 |
Project: Detailed Design and Analysis |
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18 |
Design Review #1 Presentations |
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19 |
Design Review #1 Presentations (cont.) Guest Lecture: The Inventing Process |
Dean Kamen, DEKA |
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20 |
Design for Affordability |
Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
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21 |
Gaviotas Discussion Haitian Agriculture |
Stephanie Dalquist, MIT David Dougherty, ORE |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
22 |
Design for Reuse and Recyclability Project: Materials Selection |
Amy Smith |
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23 |
Project: Final Concept Selection |
(PDF) |
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24 |
Co-Evolutionary Design: Arsenic Water Filtration |
Susan Murcott, MIT |
(PDF - 1.8 MB) (Courtesy of Susan Murcott. Used with permission.) |
(PDF) |
25 |
Team Status Reports Technologies for the Poor |
Job Ebenezer, Messiah College |
(PDF) |
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26 |
Project: Design Task Breakdown |
(PDF) |
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27 |
Case Study: Affordable Eyeglasses |
Saul Griffith |
(PDF) |
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28 |
Case Study: Intraocular Lenses in India |
Joel Segre, Project Impact |
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29 |
Project: Fabrication and Testing |
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30 |
Economics of Production |
Erica Fuchs, MIT |
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31 |
Project: Fabrication and Testing |
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32 |
Design Review #2 Presentations |
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33 |
Design Review #2 Presentations (cont.) |
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34 |
Project: Feedback from Design Reviews |
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35 |
From Prototype to Product: Kinkajou Case Study |
Allen Armstrong |
(PDF - 1.4 MB) (Courtesy of Design That Matters, Inc. Used with permission.) |
(PDF) |
36 |
Design for Assembly |
Amy Smith |
(PDF) |
(PDF) |
37 |
Practice Museum of Science Presentations |
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38 |
Museum of Science Presentations |
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39 |
Wrap-up Discussion |
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40 |
Evaluations |


