| WEEK # | SES # | TOPICS | ASSIGNMENTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| READINGS & HW OUT † | HW DUE | |||
| 1 | 1 | Introduction: design for development |
Reading 1 HW 1: Design@MIT | |
| 2 | 2 |
Design, innovation, invention, and the design process Case studies: Q-drum, LifeStraw, Freeplay radio, solar cookers, treadle pumps, iDE drip irrigation kit |
Reading 2 (due Ses #6) HW 2: Discussion questions HW 3: Technology critique | |
| 3 |
Case study discussion Charcoal press case study Introduction to Mini Projects |
Reading 3 HW 4: Idea generation |
HW 1: Design@MIT HW 3: Technology critique | |
| 3 | 4 |
Mini Project
| HW 5: Concept evaluation | HW 4: Idea generation |
| 5 |
Mini Project
|
HW 6: Testing & evaluation HW 7: Mini Project presentations | HW 5: Concept evaluation | |
| 4 | 6 |
Mini Project
|
Reading 4 (due Ses #10) HW 8: Discussion questions | HW 2: Discussion questions |
| 7 |
Mini Project
Presentation skills | Reading 5 |
HW 6: Testing & evaluation HW 7: Mini Project presentations | |
| 5 | 8 | Project presentations and selection | HW 9: Project selection | |
| 9 | Build-It modules |
HW 10: Information gathering HW 11: Problem statement & design specs | ||
| 6 | 10 | Build-It modules | HW 12: Build-It module wrap-up | HW 8: Discussion questions |
| 11 |
Phase 1 Design Review
|
HW 13: Refined problem definition & specs HW 14: Idea generation & concept evaluation |
HW 10: Information gathering HW 11: Problem statement & design specs HW 12: Build-It module wrap-up | |
| 7 | 12 |
Manufacturing in the developing world Design for Manufacture Film: No Spare Parts | Reading 6 (due Ses #15) |
HW 13: Refined problem definition & specs NB: IDEAS Competition proposals due |
| 13 |
Phase 2 Design Review
|
HW 15: Detail design, analysis, & experimental results Reading 7 HW 16: Book group | HW 14: Idea generation & concept evaluation | |
| 8 | n/a | Spring break – field trips, no classes | ||
| 9 | 14 | Human factors |
Reading 8 HW 17: Wheelchair and stove assessment | |
| 15 |
Design for [X]: usability, affordability, sustainability, reuse, failure Case studies: wheelchairs & cookstoves | HW 18: Design for usability | HW 17: Wheelchair and stove assessment | |
| 10 | 16 | Guest speakers: Paul Polak & Shawn Frayne | HW 19: Paul & Shawn reaction piece | |
| 17 |
Phase 3 Design Review
| Reading 9 |
HW 15: Detail design, analysis, & experimental results HW 18: Design for usability HW 19: Paul & Shawn reaction piece | |
| 11 | 18 | Green Engineering 1 (with guest speaker Ben Linder) | HW 20: Final presentation | |
| 19 | Green Engineering 2 (with guest speaker Ben Linder) | HW 21: Embodied energy evaluation | NB: IDEAS Competition final entries due | |
| 12 | 20 |
Phase 3 Design Review
| HW 22: Final report | |
| 13 | 21 | Guest speaker: Suprio Das | HW 23: Suprio Das reaction piece | HW 21: Embodied energy evaluation |
| 22 | Guest speaker: Bernard Kiwia | HW 24: Bernard Kiwia reaction piece | HW 23: Suprio Das reaction piece | |
| 14 | 23 | Scaling up (with guest speakers Sarah Bird and Gwyn Jones) | HW 25: Design for production |
HW 16: Book group HW 24: Bernard Kiwia reaction piece |
| 24 | Practice session for MIT Museum presentations | Reading 10 | HW 25: Design for production | |
| 25 | Presentations at MIT Museum (D-Lab event) | HW 21: Final presentation | ||
| 15 | 26 | Penultimania | ||
| 27 |
What next…? Evaluations | HW 22: Final report | ||
† NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, reading assignments are to be completed by the class session after they're assigned.