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Week 1 |
Defining
the Problem |
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Monday
Mar 30 |
Course
Overview, Objectives and Expectations
Introduction
to the Engineering Method (Lotko)
Due
by class time on Wednesday:
Complete MBTI and Skill Session questionnaires in
Blackboard Assignments |
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Tuesday
Mar 31
X-Hr
12-12:50p |
Use of
Matrices for Design Decisions (Lotko) |
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Wednesday
Apr 1 |
Segmentation
and Design Solutions (Lotko) |
Questionnaires due
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Thursday
Apr 2
5:00-7:00pm |
Lab Initiation
(attendance required): Thayer School Facilities, Teaching Assistants, Staff
Pizza and
refreshments |
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Friday
Apr 3 |
Patterns of Innovation
Engineering
for Efficiency
(Lotko)
Assignment of project groups
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What did you
learn about the
staff?
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Week 2 |
Solution
Strategies Involving Teamwork |
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Monday
Apr 6 |
Need Finding
and Brainstorming (Robbie)
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Team Wiki
Project Notebook
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Tuesday
Apr 7
X-Hr
12-12:50p |
Search
Techniques: Literature, Markets, Patents (Mark
Mounts & Janifer Holt,
Feldberg Library) |
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Wednesday
Apr 8 |
Needs,
Solution Ideas, Project Concepts (class) |
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Friday
Apr 10 |
Needs,
Solution Ideas, Project Concepts (class) |
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Week 3 |
Project
Development |
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Monday
Apr 13 |
The White Paper (Lotko) |
Add/drop
Deadline
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Wednesday
Apr 15 |
Models, Mock-ups
and 3D Modeling (Robbie)
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Wednesday
Apr 15
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White Paper
- 3 copies
due in class
(5-page limit,
double spaced, plus appendices)
Two bound copies + one 3-hole-punch loose copy |
White papers due
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Friday
Apr 17 |
Product
Design (Robbie) |
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Friday
Apr 17
5:30-8:00p |
Thayer School of Engineering,
Annual Engineering Exposition and Open House
Tours,
exhibits, demonstrations by faculty, students, and engineers
from local industry
Refreshments |
Dimensions at
Dartmouth
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Week 4 |
Project
Proposal |
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Monday
Apr 20 |
Elements of
a Competitive Proposal
The Art of Technical Persuasion
Charts:The good, the bad and
the ugly
(Lotko) |
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Tuesday
Apr 21
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Executive Summary of Proposal due by noon (1-page maximum)
Upload to
Blackboard Digital Dropbox by the
deadline |
Executive Summaries
to Fairbrothers
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Wednesday
Apr 22 |
Written Proposal - 3 copies due by 1 PM in team mailbox
in 217 Cummings
10-page limit,
double spaced, plus appendices
Two bound
copies + one 3-hole-punch loose copy |
Proposals due
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Wednesday
Apr 22
TBA |
Proposal
- Presentation to Review Board
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Friday
Apr 24 |
Project
Directions (class) |
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Week 5 |
Design
Development |
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Monday
Apr 27 |
Mandatory Lecture on Safety at Thayer School
(Chris
Levey) -- unless you have already taken it (e.g., in
ENGS 24). Check your status at
engineering.dartmouth.edu/safety.
The Shop Safety course does not satisfy this undergraduate
safety seminar requirement. |
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Wednesday
Apr 29 |
Project
Management (Lotko)
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Friday
May 1 |
Intellectual
Property and Entrepreneurship (Gregg
Fairbrothers D'76, Director of the
DEN) |
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Week 6 |
Informed
Design |
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Monday
May 4 |
Sustainable
Design (Benoit
Cushman-Roisin) |
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Tuesday
May 5
X-Hr
12-12:50p |
Group Dynamics (ES21 Teaching
Assistants) |
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Wednesday
May
6 |
Statistical
Methods in Engineering (Dr.
Ron) |
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Friday
May 8 |
Effective Progress Reports (Lotko) |
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Week 7 |
Progress
Report |
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Monday
May 11 |
No
Class |
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Monday
May 11 |
Written Progress Report
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3
copies due by noon in team mailbox in 217 Cummings
15-page limit, double spaced, plus appendices
Three bound
or stapled
copies |
Progress Reports
to Mayo
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Tuesday
May 12
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Executive Summary of Progress Report due by noon (1-page maximum)
Upload to
Blackboard Digital Dropbox by the
deadline |
Executive Summaries
to Fairbrothers
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Wednesday
May 13
TBA |
Progress Report
- Presentation to Review Board
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Friday
May 15 |
Introduction
to Engineering Economics: Why Cost is not Price (Lotko) |
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Week 8 |
Risk,
Liability, and Economics |
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Monday
May 18 |
Risk
Management and Product Liability (Gary
Mayo,
A.B. Gile Inc.) |
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Monday
May 18
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Revised Written Progress Report
- 3 copies due in class
15-page limit, double spaced, plus appendices
Two bound
or stapled copies + one 3-hole-punch loose copy |
Revised Progress
Reports due
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Wednesday
May 20 |
No
Class
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Friday
May 22 |
The Venture
Proposal
(Lotko) |
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Week 9 |
Ethics
and the Startup
Venture |
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Monday
May 25 |
Memorial Day
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No Classes |
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Wednesday
May 27 |
Business
Planning and Pitching (Gregg
Fairbrothers D'76, Director of the
DEN) |
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Friday
May 29 |
Ethical
Issues in Engineering: A professionals' outlook (Lotko)
Questions and Answers on Final Report |
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Friday
May 29 |
Executive Summary of Final Report due by noon (1-page maximum)
Upload to
Blackboard Digital Dropbox by the
deadline |
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Week 10 |
Synthesis and Project Completion |
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Monday
Jun 1
TBA |
Final Report and Prototype - Presentation to Review Board
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Tuesday
Jun 2
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Written Final Report
- 3 copies due by noon
20-page limit, double spaced, plus appendices
Two bound + one 3-hole-punch loose copy
in your team mailbox in Room 217 Cummings |
Final reports due
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