| Day/Date | Topic | Assignment(s) Due | |
| F | 2-Sep | Jump into product design & creativity | |
| W | 7-Sep | Product design & creativity | Assignment 1 part 1: safety glasses & initial blog post |
| F | 9-Sep | Small-scale manufacturing: drill press, band saw, belt sander | Assignment 1 part 2: machine usability |
| W | 14-Sep | Reverse engineering & how it’s made |
email (then blog). the rules you recall from the band saw and the drill press and the belt sander, including differences between the machines in the two different spaces, if there are any
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| F | 16-Sep |
CRI Background, Disability Awareness, Product Design at IDEO (video)
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| W | 21-Sep | Project introduction & universal design |
3 “interesting adaptive technologies” blog post (see course notes for details) Upload any remaining blog posts |
| F | 23-Sep | Reflect on meeting: review product design process; brainstorm projects; team dynamics; rowing physics | Rowing physics: Read http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/physics/basics.html to learn the basic physics of rowing. Make a blog post with at least one question you have about the reading (or comment), using the “rowing physics” category. |
| W | 28-Sep | Physics of rowing final questions; Questions & Ideas for Priscilla; Product Comparisons, including Pugh charts, market segmentation, design specifications | By Monday Oct. 3 at 9 am submit team preference form. I strongly encourage you to review the blog postings from class on 9/23 to think carefully about each project and your interest in it before you submit. Additionally, if you want to work with a particular classmate, you increase the likelihood of that happening if both of you list the same preferred projects with the same ranking. |
| F | 30-Sep | No Classes – Inauguration! | (not required, but I highly recommend going to Inauguration!) |
| W | 5-Oct | Form teams; brainstorming & background research |
Remember to submit team preference form by Oct. 3
Make a comment on your own Rowing Physics blog post addressing your question and/or another student’s blog post
Comment on at least two other students’ posts, not the same people – include a positive statement AND a suggestion |
| F | 7-Oct |
Small-Scale Manufacturing: 3d printer; project work: 3 ideas |
Gallery walk newsprints: legible, visible, visual: project goal & specifications, Pugh chart, 3 ideas with a good, simple sketch, features, and pros/cons noted Comment on at least two other students’ posts, not the same people – include a positive statement AND a suggestion Read: article debunking power poses & be ready to discuss |
| W | 12-Oct | Small-Scale Manufacturing: laser cutter; project work |
(not required, but I highly recommend some self care over fall break) Individual blog posts summarizing all feedback & your take-aways from the gallery walkGroup blog post: plan for sketch model for 10/19 –One element that you 3D print by 10/14 –Should have 2x/week goals between now and 10/19
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| F | 14-Oct | mid-semester feedback form | STL file for 3D printing in the STL Model google drive folder … give it a clear name so I know what team is responsible for what model |
| W | 19-Oct | Design review: sketch models |
Present your sketch model in about 5 minutes. Show its features, discuss what you learned in its creation, and what direction your design is headed based on what you learned in the creation of the sketch model. After the presentations, first reflect on the questions and feedback from the session, including from your community partner. Determine what materials you need to order to make your initial working prototype. Review your materials order with Amy and begin your prototype and/or experimentation. |
| F | 21-Oct | project experimentation & construction |
Start building your prototype … you are encouraged to review your design with Amy and Larry to help you with fabrication. Consider what small-scale experiments you can conduct to help inform your design. Amy is ready to help you with experimentation; discuss during check-ins! Blog post on sketch model and current work due by Monday, as is your materials list in the google drive doc. |
| W | 26-Oct | Key functional prototype; possible field trip to Fabric Place Basement and also Jo-Ann Fabric | Demonstrate one key part of your overall prototype … some aspect that’s critical to your device being successful. |
| F | 28-Oct | Refine prototype | Continue building your initial prototype. |
| W | 2-Nov | Initial working prototype |
Finish your prototype & any needed experiments. Demo your prototype in class at 11:15 with a 5-minute presentation. Present key features, discuss what you learned in its creation, and what direction your design is headed based on what you learned in the creation of your prototype. Test it out with your community partner and incorporate that feedback. After the presentations, determine what materials you need to order to make your second and final working prototypes. Review your materials order with Amy and begin your second prototype. Recall that you should make one final prototype for delivery to CRI or similar and one that should remain at Wellesley. If you have a large or expensive prototype, discuss with Amy how to proceed. |
| F | 4-Nov | Refine prototype | Revise and refine your prototype based on feedback from your client and your design review. |
| W | 9-Nov | Refine prototype |
Day after the Election. Class will start at 10:10, to give Amy time to bring snacks. You MUST attend 10:10-11:30 OR 11-12:20 (no break). If you attend only half of class, invent or find a creativity exercise for this class; make blog post to describe it in detail (cite if appropriate) If you attend the whole class, you can take your break 10:50-11 or 11:30-11:40. Make sure your team has a plan for working in serial (if some team members choose to come for half the class).
Revise and refine your prototype. |
| F | 11-Nov | Refine prototype | Revise and refine your prototype. |
| W | 16-Nov | Design Review: second working prototype |
Present your second working prototype in about 5 minutes. Show its features, discuss what you learned in its creation, and what direction your design is headed based on what you learned in the creation of the prototype. After the presentations, determine what materials you need to order to make your final working prototypes,. Review your materials order with Amy and begin your final prototype. |
| F | 18-Nov | Documentation (& refine prototype if needed) | Revise and refine your prototype. |
| W | 23-Nov | Thanksgiving Break | Eat, sleep, etc. |
| F | 25-Nov | Thanksgiving Break | Eat, sleep, etc. |
| W | 30-Nov | Project delivery |
Present your final working prototype in about 5 minutes. Show its features, discuss what you learned in its creation, and what direction your design is headed based on what you learned in the creation of the prototype. Reflect on feedback and incorporate into final documentation. Take photos and work on final poster as well as final documentation. |
| F | 2-Dec | Project reflection & refinement & final poster draft due | Final poster (electronic using provided template) must be approved and submitted today. Work on final documentation. |
| W | 7-Dec | Project reflection & refinement & final documentation due v1 | Final documentation v1 due today. Make any last-minute updates to written and physical materials and prepare public exhibition talk. |
| F | 9-Dec | Final exhibition & class reflection & clean up | 1-2:30 public exhibition (show poster & prototype) 2:30-4 reflection & clean-up |
| M | 19-Dec | Final documentation due v2 | due at 10 am:
survey on experience working with your team member(s) |