2.729/EC.729 D-Lab: Design for Scale
Fall 2017
Instructors: Kathleen Ann Bergeron, Sorin Grama, Harald Quintus-Bosz
TAs: Gwyndaf Jones, Matthew Martin McCambridge, Cheetiri S Smith, K. Jack Whipple
Lecture: TR11.30-1 (N51-350)
Information:
Focused on evolving a product from proof-of-concept to beta
prototype in the context of less- industrialized markets. Topics
include: technology feasibility and scalability assessment, value
chain analysis, product specifications, design for
manufacturability, usability, affordability, etc. as well as
product testing -- all in the context of less-industrialized
economies.
Announcements
Final Report Upload
Teams,Please upload final reports to Basecamp. We will ask the clients to access the reports directly from Basecamp.
Also, upload all auxiliary documents: drawings, calculations, photos etc., anything you have generated for this project.
Your great work will have more impact if it's shared with
the client rather than sitting in some forgotten local drive.
Sorin
Announced on 21 December 2017 9:20 a.m. by Sorin Grama
Closing Items
Class,First thanks for investing your time in learning about DFM and in helping your clients. There are a few things left to do. So, please:
1) Fill out the MIT online subject evaluation, as the school uses this to collect feedback on the class.
2) Review the items that your team may have in the shop to see if any need to be thrown away or taken away. Cheetiri will be reviewing the shelves later today and will clear the unclaimed items.
3) Post your materials (report, CAD, analyses, et cetera) to Basecamp files, so that the clients may have them.
4) If you want a solar cell connector, then pick one up outside of Gwyns office. If you have not delivered your lab notebook for evaluation to Gwyn, please leave it outside of Gwyn's office or send it to him via email. If Gwyn already graded it, then disregard this message.
I hope all of you have a fabulous break and a successful IAP.
Best of luck in 2018.
Harald
Announced on 15 December 2017 11:33 a.m. by Harald Quintus-Bosz
final report
There may be some confusion on the exact time that the report is due. It is today, and given that the instructional team will start grading tomorrow AM, we will accept reports until the very end of Wednesday, 13dec2017.Announced on 13 December 2017 8:44 a.m. by Harald Quintus-Bosz
Design Notebook Check
We forgot to ask you to bring your notebooks to class on the last day. Some of you had them with you and I got them from you and checked them.For those of you who didn't have them with you - please drop them in the box outside my office at D-Lab, N51-332b by Thursday, December 14th. If that's a problem please email me at gwyndafj@mit.edu
Thanks!
Gwyn
Announced on 12 December 2017 1:00 p.m. by Gwyndaf Jones
poster printing
Hi there,I just wanted to mention - in case any other team gets in a bind for their poster tomorrow / the DLab printer troubles continue - FedEx in Tech Square has self-serve poster size printing (in the right size, woo). You just need a USB.
See you tomorrow,
Shelby
Announced on 08 December 2017 9:19 a.m. by Harald Quintus-Bosz
