Lecture Material

Lecture slides will be posted after each lecture. 

Lecture 1 (9/26)

Overview: Introduction to the ME 310, Overview of the course structure, Collaboration vs. Cooperation, Wilde Personality Activity, Diversity in Engineering.

Lecture 2 (9/28)

Overview: Slack and Website Announcements, Overview of the Paper Bike Challenge, Paper Bike Teams, Strategy Brainstorming, Intro to Prototyping.

Lecture 3 (10/5)

Overview: Paper Bike Announcements, Time Lapse, Brainstorming Tips, Critical Function Prototype (CFP), Design Requirements, Functional Requirements

Lecture 4 (10/12)

Overview: Paper Bike Announcements, Design Documentation, Corporate Context and Needfinding
Additional material on Needfinding (Sirkin & Currano) and worksheet in Lecture Materials/Week 4

Lecture 5 (10/26)

Overview: Pair Signups and Team formation Announcements, Corporate Context and Needfinding,  SWOT Analysis
Additional material on Needfinding 2 (Sirkin & Currano) in Lecture Materials/Week 5

Lecture 6 (11/02)

Overview: Fall Teams announcement
CFPs and prototyping by Greg Kress (slides coming soon)

Lecture 7 (11/09)

Overview:  User personas with examples,  Benchmarking background, CFP/CEP, Qualitative and quantitative data
Administrative: Forms and Admin Survival Guide