Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS	ACTIVITIES
1	L1: Introduction to Design (de Weck) (PDF) Team Presentations MITSET (PDF) VDS (PDF)	Form teams of 2-3, pick components to be designed, tour the facilities.
2	L2: Hand Sketching (Wallace)	Sketch initial designs by hand, rough sizing and concept.
3	L3: CAD Mechanical Modeling (de Weck) (PDF) Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) (de Weck) (PDF) Solidworks® Tutorial	Initial CAD Model of components. Start FEM modeling. Initial static loads analysis, performance analysis.
4	L4: Prototyping Avionics (Electronics)	Design circuit boards, simple avionics layout, prototyping the avionics into PCB’s.
5	L5: Electric Motors and Hybrid Drives (Beat Arnet, Azure Dynamics)	Learn about electric motors, hybrid drives, energy storage devices.
6	L6: Manufacturing and Testing (de Weck) (PDF 1) (PDF 2)	Introduction to manufacturing, water jet cutting, manufacturing, testing.
7	L7: Microwave System Design (Frank Willwerth, Lincoln Lab)	Prepare final presentation.
8	Critical Design Review (CDR)	Give final presentations; display final products.