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    Class overview

    Introduction to engineering and the design process, engineering drawing, sketching, back of the envelope calculations

    Overview (PDF 1 ‑ 4.8MB)

    Engineering design (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF 2 ‑ 3.6MB)

    Introductory questionnaire (PDF)

    Concept quiz (PDF)

    Slocum, Alexander H. "Design Is A Passionate Process." Chapter 1 in Fundamentals of Design. (PDF)
    2

    Basic design analysis

    Free body diagrams, Newton's laws

    		 Engineering analysis (PDF)
    3

    Electronics and water: two great tastes that don't taste so great together…

    Exploration with instrumentation

    		 Circuits (PDF)
    4 Hydrostatics, pressure and water proofing Fluid effects and forces (PDF ‑ 3.1MB) Hydrostatic pressure effects and Archimedes' principle (PDF)
    5 Holiday - no lecture    
    6 Design brainstorming, project ideas, Solidworks repository development    
    7

    Motors and electronics

    Guest lecturer: Prof. Steven Leeb

    Gears & linkages (PDF ‑ 1.7MB)

    		 Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems, RLE, MIT Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
    8

    Design analysis, error estimation, data presentation

    Propulsion: power vs. thrust and efficiency

    		    
    9 Engineering ethics and using your best judgment    
    10

    Communicating engineering design

    Promoting your ideas/inventions

    		    
    11

    Exploration on the Moon: mission planning for EVA and geology, part 1

    Guest lecturer: Prof. Dava Newman

    Prelab (PDF ‑ 4.5MB) (Courtesy of Dava Newman. Used with permission.)

    Lab (PDF ‑ 2.0MB) (Courtesy of Dava Newman. Used with permission.)

    Photos

    		 Man Vehicle Lab, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics
    12

    Exploration adventure part 2

    Guest lecturer: Prof. Dava Newman

    		  
    13 Student presentations: in-class design review    
    14 Design iterations, recalculations    
    15 Cool robots and bomb disposal    
    16 Bio-robots, gecko feet, and cool stuff!    
    17 Engineering and society    
    18 Guest lecture    
    19 Pool testing at the Z-Center    
    20

    Engineering at MIT: choice of majors

    		  

    MIT Freshmen: Choosing Your Major

    MIT Mechanical Engineering

    MIT Ocean Engineering

    MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics
    21 No class, optional Boston Harbor Day trip + lunch    
    22 Guest lecturer: Prof. Steve Dubowsky, mobile robots   Field and Space Robotics Laboratory, MIT Mechanical Engineering
    23 Guest lecturer: Prof. Sangbae Kim, bio-inspired design   Biomimetic Robotics Lab, MIT Mechanical Engineering
    24 Engineering after MIT: grad school, consulting, FE exam, professional engineers certification, internships  

    NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering Exams

    ASME Ethics Code (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
    25 Guest lecturer: Dr. Sheri White, underwater exploration   Dr. White's research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    26 Guest lecturer: Prof. Jeff Hoffman, aerospace engineering design   Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, MIT Aeronautics & Astronautics
    27 Final student poster presentations    
    28 Lab clean up, evaluations    

    Moon Mission Photos

    A student adjusts the fishbowl helmet of a student's astronaut suit. Two students are "astronauts" while several others monitor their progress with walkie-talkies. One astronaut and one crew member practice loping along the sidewalk while communicating via walkie-talkie. A projected display shows the location of the rovers and astronauts outside. Crew members in headquarters using computers and walkie-talkies. Close-up of the red crawler robot with a sensor attached to the front, moving across pebbles.