SES # | TOPICS | LABS |
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1 |
Class overview Introduction to engineering and the design process, engineering drawing, sketching, back of the envelope calculations |
Introduction to the OETL (PDF) Solid Works tutorial Machine shop skills and safety (PDF) |
2 |
Basic design analysis Free body diagrams, Newton’s laws |
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3 |
Electronics and water: two great tastes that don’t taste so great together… Exploration with instrumentation |
Light banks (PDF) (Courtesy of Kate Thompson. Used with permission.) Electronics Assembly (PDF) (Courtesy of Kate Thompson. Used with permission.) Solid Works tutorials/parts library |
4 | Hydrostatics, pressure and water proofing | |
5 | Holiday - no lecture |
Instrumentation panels introduction and construction (PDF) Information on sensors (PDF) |
6 | Design brainstorming, project ideas, Solidworks repository development | |
7 |
Motors and electronics Guest lecturer: Prof. Steve Leeb, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Waterproof sensors/lights Design brainstorming |
8 |
Design analysis, error estimation, data presentation Propulsion: power vs. thrust and efficiency |
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9 | Engineering ethics and using your best judgment |
Motor building and testing Team development and brainstorming |
10 |
Communicating engineering design Promoting your ideas/inventions |
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11 |
Exploration on the Moon: mission planning for EVA and geology, part 1 Guest lecturer: Prof. Dava Newman, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics |
Testing sensors in lab Design analysis Brainstorming! |
12 |
Exploration adventure part 2 Guest lecturer: Prof. Dava Newman, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics |
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13 | Student presentations: in-class design review |
Build Revise analysis Parts list submission |
14 | Design iterations, recalculations | |
15 | Cool robots and bomb disposal |
Build, build, build! |
16 | Bio-Robots, Gecko feet, and cool stuff! | |
17 | Engineering and society |
Dunk-test vehicle (Pool) Complete electronics |
18 | Guest lecture | |
19 | Pool testing at the Z-Center |
Troubleshoot Data analysis from dunk test (Pool) and/or field test at Sailing pavilion (River) |
20 | Engineering at MIT: things to think about… choice of majors | |
21 | No class, optional Boston Harbor Day trip + lunch |
Off site testing (River) |
22 | Guest lecturer: Prof. Steve Dubowsky, MIT Mechanical Engineering, mobile robots | |
23 | Guest lecturer: Prof. Sangbae Kim, MIT Mechanical Engineering, bioinspired design |
Off site testing (TBA) |
24 | Engineering after MIT: things to think about… grad school, consulting, FE exam, professional engineers certification, internships | |
25 | Guest lecturer: Dr. Sheri White, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, underwater exploration |
Further data analysis (PDF) Design review poster preparation |
26 | Guest lecturer: Prof. Jeff Hoffman, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics, aerospace engineering design | |
27 | Final student poster presentations | |
28 | Lab clean up, evaluations |
Labs
Students with their robot, before testing.
A cube-framed robot named Nemo.
An angled profile helps reduce drag.
Once in the water, students attempt to steer the robot around, dive to the bottom, and gather data.
To verify that instrumentation is working correctly, video is transmitted and displayed in realtime.
Repairs to the robot structure or electronics may be necessary after testing.
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