Dr. Kenneth A. Pickar

Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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E105: Product Design for the Developing World

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Date

Lect

Title

Notes

09/26

1

Introduction

 

09/28

2

Process, Mission Statement, Introduction to Teams

 

10/03

3

Marketing (Part A)

 

10/05

4

Marketing (Part B)

 

10/10

 

Team Presentations

 

10/12

5

Sustainability

 Microloans PDF

Dr. Moore’s Lecture: Link

10/17

6

Market Research Presentations

Marketing to Engineering Specs

 

10/19

7

Creativity

 

10/24

8

Systems Engineering

Presentations of product specifications and product architectures

 

10/26

9

Product Architecture

 

10/31

 

Present human factors, begin financial considerations

 

11/02

10

Financial Considerations, cont.

 

11/07

11

Guest Speaker: Mario Blanco

Midterm presentation guidelines

midterm.ppt

11/09

12

Manufacturing, factory operations

 

11/14

 

Midterm Presentations

 

11/16

 13

Ethics

 

11/21

14

Case History

 

11/23

 

Thanksgiving holiday (no class)

 

11/28

15

Summary Lecture

 

11/30 or

12/01

 

Final Presentation “dress rehearsal”

 

12/01

 

Final Presentations

Real Video of final presentations

2005—HTML

2006—HTML

 

 

2006 Lectures

Instructor: Ken Pickar, x4185
TA:
Jeff Kranski