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Week 1 |
Defining
the Problem |
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Monday
Mar 26 |
Course
Overview, Objectives and Expectations
Introduction
to the Engineering Method (Lotko)
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Wednesday
Mar 28
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Use of
Matrices for Design Decisions (Lotko)
Group Development:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZKCJ275
MBTI:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZKN7Y3M
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Questionnaires due by class time
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Wednesday
Mar 28
5:30-7:00 pm |
Lab Initiation:
Thayer School Facilities, Teaching Assistants, Tech Staff
Pizza and refreshments immediately following |
Attendance is mandatory |
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Thursday
Mar 29
X-Hr 12-12:50p |
Segmentation
and Design Solutions (Lotko)
Group Assignments:
Student team, teaching assistants, tech advisers
Team Wikis,
Notebooks:
Go to Blackboard/Communications/Group Pages |
What did you learn about techniques, TAs, staff, other students? |
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Friday
Mar
30 |
Needfinding
and Creative Strategies (Robbie)
One-page summary (single-spaced) of observational research
due in class |
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Week 2 |
Solution
Strategies Involving Teamwork |
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Monday
Apr
2 |
Timesaving Devices;
Patterns of Innovation, the
Adjacent Possible (Lotko)
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Wednesday
Apr
4
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Models,
Mock-ups and 3D Modeling (Robbie) |
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Thursday
Apr
5
X-Hr 12-12:50p |
Needs,
Solution Ideas, Project Concepts (class) |
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Friday
Apr
6 |
Needs,
Solution Ideas, Project Concepts (class)
Development of the White Paper (Lotko) |
Drop
Deadline
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Week 3 |
Project
Development |
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Monday
Apr
9 |
Beyond Google: Searching patents,
products and markets (Feldberg Engineering Librarians:
Janifer Holt, Marks Mounts) |
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Wednesday
Apr 11 |
Human-Centered Design (Robbie)
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Wednesday
Apr 11
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White Paper - 3 copies due in
class
5-pg limit – double spaced, 12 point font, 1” margins
Two bound copies + one 3-hole-punch loose copy |
White papers due
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Thursday
Apr 12
X-Hr 12-12:50p |
Elements of a Competitive Proposal
The Art of Technical Persuasion
Charts:
The good, the bad and the ugly (Lotko) |
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Friday
Apr 13 |
Each group takes 5 minutes to present its white paper
concept to the class (ungraded) |
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Week 4 |
Project
Proposal |
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Sunday
Apr 15 |
Executive Summary of Proposal due by 11
PM
(1-page maximum)
Email to
kim.cooper@dartmouth.edu. Include Group # in filename! |
Proposal Executive Summary due Sunday 11 pm |
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Monday
Apr 16
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Proposal Presentation to Review Board (A Groups) |
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Tuesday
Apr 17 |
Written Proposal - 3 paper copies due by noon in team
mailbox (C217)
10-page limit plus appendices – double spaced, 12 point
font, 1” margins
Two
stapled
copies + one 3-hole-punch loose copy |
Written proposals due
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Wednesday
Apr 18 |
Proposal Presentation to Review Board (B Groups)
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Executive
Summaries
to
Fairbrothers
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Friday
Apr 20 |
Intellectual Property
(Gregg
Fairbrothers D'76, Director of the
DEN)
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Dimensions of
Dartmouth
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Friday
Apr 20
5:30-8:00 pm |
Thayer School of Engineering,
Annual Engineering Exposition and Open House
Tours,
exhibits, demonstrations by faculty, students, engineers
from local industry
Refreshments |
Optional Event
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Week 5 |
Design
Development |
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Monday
Apr 23 |
Mandatory Lecture on Safety
(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 safety seminar requirement. |
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Wednesday
Apr 25 |
Engineering
Meets Ethics (Lotko)
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Friday
Apr 27 |
Project
Management (Lotko) |
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Week 6 |
Informed
Design |
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Monday
Apr 30 |
Statistical
Methods in Engineering (Dr.
Ron) |
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Wednesday
May 2 |
Sustainable
Design (Benoit
Cushman-Roisin) |
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Thursday
May
3
X-Hr 12-12:50p |
Effective Progress Reports (Lotko) |
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Friday
May 4 |
Group Dynamics (ES21 Teaching
Assistants) |
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Week 7 |
Progress
Report |
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Sunday
May
6 |
Executive Summary of Progress Report due
by 11pm
(1-page maximum)
Email to
kim.cooper@dartmouth.edu.
Include Group # in filename! |
Progress Report Executive Summary
due
Sunday 11 pm |
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Monday
May 7 |
Presentation of Progress Report to Review Board (B
Groups) |
Executive Summaries
to Fairbrothers
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Tuesday
May 8
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Written Progress Report
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3 hardcopies due by noon in team mailbox (C217)
15-page limit plus appendices – double spaced, 12
point font, 1” margins
Three
bound or stapled copies |
Progress Reports
to AB
Gile (Gary Mayo)
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Wednesday
May 9
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Presentation of Progress Report to Review Board (A
Groups)
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Friday
May 11 |
Business
Plan and Presentation (Gregg
Fairbrothers D'76, Director of the
DEN)
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Week 8 |
Risk,
Liability, Ethics and Economics |
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Monday
May 14 |
Introduction to Engineering Economics: Why Cost is not
Price (Lotko) |
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Tuesday
May 15
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Revised Written Progress Report
- 3 copies due by noon in team mailbox (C217)
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
16 |
Risk
Management and Product Liability (Gary
Mayo,
A.B. Gile Inc.)
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Friday
May 18 |
The Venture Proposal (Lotko) |
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Week 9 |
Startup
Venture |
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Monday
May 21 |
Review Guidelines, Q & A
on Final Report (Lotko) |
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Wednesday
May 23 |
No class |
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Friday
May 25 |
No class |
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Week 10 |
Synthesis and Project Completion |
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Monday
May 28
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Memorial Day – No classes
Executive Summary of Final Report due by noon
(1-page maximum)
Email to
kim.cooper@dartmouth.edu.
Include Group # in filename! |
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Tuesday
May 29 |
Written Final Report - 3 copies due by 3 pm in team mailbox
(C217)
20-page limit plus appendices – double spaced, 12 point
font, 1” margins
Two bound + one 3-hole-punch loose copy |
Final Written Reports due |
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Wednesday
May 30
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Final Report and Prototype - Presentation to Review Board
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