Exploring Sea, Space, & Earth: Fundamentals of Engineering Design

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Class overview Introduction to engineering and the design process, engineering drawing, sketching, back of the envelope calculations
2	Basic design analysis Free body diagrams, Newton’s laws
3	Electronics and water: two great tastes that don’t taste so great together… Exploration with instrumentation
4	Hydrostatics, pressure and water proofing
5	Holiday - no lecture	Lab notebook review 1
6	Design brainstorming, project ideas, Solidworks repository development
7	Motors and electronics Guest lecturer: Prof. Steven Leeb, MIT Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
8	Design analysis, error estimation, data presentation Propulsion: power vs. thrust and efficiency
9	Engineering ethics and using your best judgment	Ethics position paper due Lab notebook review 2
10	Communicating engineering design Promoting your ideas/inventions
11	Exploration on the Moon: mission planning for EVA and geology, part 1 Guest lecturer: Prof. Dava Newman, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics	Solidworks parts due
12	Exploration adventure part 2 Guest lecturer: Prof. Dava Newman, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics
13	Student presentations: in-class design review	Parts list due Oral team presentations
14	Design iterations, recalculations
15	Cool robots and bomb disposal	Technical report 1 due Lab notebook review 3
16	Bio-robots, gecko feet, and cool stuff!
17	Engineering and society
18	Guest lecture
19	Pool testing at the Z-Center	Engineering problem review paper due Lab notebook review 4
20	Engineering at MIT: choice of majors
21	No class, optional Boston Harbor Day trip + lunch
22	Guest lecturer: Prof. Steve Dubowsky, MIT Mechanical Engineering, mobile robots
23	Guest lecturer: Prof. Sangbae Kim, MIT Mechanical Engineering, bioinspired design	Lab notebook review 5
24	Engineering after MIT: grad school, consulting, FE exam, professional engineers certification, internships
25	Guest lecturer: Dr. Sheri White, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, underwater exploration	Technical report 2 due
26	Guest lecturer: Prof. Jeff Hoffman, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics, aerospace engineering design	Final poster due
27	Final student poster presentations	Turn in lab notebooks
28	Lab clean up, evaluations