Instructor(s)
Prof. Martin Culpepper
Prof. Alex Slocum
MIT Course Number
2.75
As Taught In
Fall 2001
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Selected lecture notes
- Projects (no examples)
- Assignments: design (no examples)
- Assignments: presentations (no examples)
Course Description
Intensive coverage of precision engineering theory, heuristics, and applications pertaining to the design of systems ranging from consumer products to machine tools. Topics covered include: economics, project management, and design philosophy; principles of accuracy, repeatability, and resolution; error budgeting; sensors; sensor mounting; systems design; bearings; actuators and transmissions; system integration driven by functional requirements, and operating physics. Emphasis on developing creative designs, which are optimized by analytical techniques applied via spreadsheets. This is a projects course with lectures consisting of design teams presenting their work and the class helping to develop solutions; thereby everyone learning from everyone's projects.