Autumn
2006 Syllabus and Lecture Notes
Topics
Reading
Sept 28 & 29
Sept 28: The product design process (pdf)
Sept 29: Problem definition (pdf)
Chapters 1-2
Oct 3-6
Oct 3: Teamwork, project management (pdf) and an introduction to information gathering
Oct 5: Lab 1- Problem definition lab (description)
Oct 6: Gathering information: guest activity by Mel DeSart, UW Engineering Library
Chapters 3-4
Oct 10-13
Oct 10: Site visit: Total Reclaim
Oct 12: Conceptual design (pdf)
Oct 13: TEAM PROJECT 1A: Design requirements, benchmarking, and evaluation
Chapter 5
Oct 17-20
Oct 17: Decision Making (pdf)
Oct 19: Embodiment design (pdf)
Oct 20: TEAM PROJECT 1B: Design concepts
Chapter 6
Oct 24-27
Oct 24: More on Embodiment and team project completion
Oct 26: Modeling and Simulation (pdf)
Oct 27: Midterm covers lectures, labs and homework for Chapters 1-6
midterm prep (pdf)
Chapter 7
Oct 31- Nov 3 Oct 31: Materials Selection and Processing (pdf)
Nov 2: Presentation John Gogol (PC Plastics)
Chapters 8-9 Nov 7-9 (Nov 10 is a holiday)
Nov 7-9: Reliability, robust and quality design (pdf)
Chapters 11- 12
Nov 14-17
Nov 14-16: Engineering Economics (pdf)
Nov 17: Lab 2- Cost Evaluation
Chapters 13-14
Nov 21 (Nov 23 & 24 are holidays)
Nov 21: Legal and ethical issues in design
Chapter 15
Nov 28 - Dec 1
Nov 28: Intellectual property: guest lecture by a member of the UW Invention Licensing Team
Nov 30-Dec 1: Detailed design
Chapter 16 and review Section 4.7
Dec 5 - 8
TEAM PROJECT 2 reviews and presentations
FINAL EXAM: 2:30-4:20 p.m. Fri Dec 15
Comprehensive exam: covers lectures, labs and homework; Chapters 1-16
