The following table presents lesson plans for some of the lecture sessions.
Lecture notes files.| lec # | topics |
|---|
| 1 | Introductions, Prototyping Levels, Present Projects, Match People to Teams (PDF) |
| 2 | Project Management, Gantt Chart Schedules, Post-it Exercise (PDF) |
| 3 | Where to Get Resources, What is Worth Spending Money on? Present and Discuss Gantt Charts (PDF) |
| 4 | Consulting Time to Review Schedules |
| 5 | Project Management (Guest Speaker: Linda Plano) |
| 6 | Consulting with Guest Ben Linder: Pugh Charts, Selection Matrices |
| 7 | Case Study: Low Cost Irrigation (Guest Speaker: Sudarshun) |
| 8 | Consulting with Guest Ben Linder: Pugh Charts, Selection Matrices |
| 9 | Businesses, Networking, 50k Competition, Entrepreneurship (Guest Speaker: Joost Bonson) |
| 10 | Progress Reports, Fund Raising Opportunities and Techniques, IDEAS Contest/Generator Dinner in the Evening (PDF) |
| 11 | Consulting; Bring Work to Class (PDF) |
| 12 | Design for Manufacturing; Destroy a Videotape (PDF) |
| 13 | Description and Requirements for M1 Design Review; Work on Presentations (PDF) |
| 14 | Field Testing and Customer Surveys |
| 15 | M1 Design Review: Poster Session Presentations |
| 16 | Design Review Post-Mortem, S.W.O.T. (PDF) |
| 17 | Consulting, Review Schedules; Bring Work to Class |
| 18 | International Relations (Guest Speaker: Chad Lewis) |
| 19 | Consulting Session; Bring Work to Class |
| 20 | Pot in a Pot Refrigeration (Guest Speaker: Mohammed Bah Abba) |
| 21 | Consulting; Review Schedules; Bring Work to Class |
| 22 | Consulting Session; Bring Work to Class |
| 23 | Proposal Writing (Guest Speaker: Sally Susnowitz) |
| 24 | Presentation Dry Runs/Feedback |
| 25 | M2 Final Presentations; Guest Reviewers Present |
| 26 | Class Feedback and Celebration |