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D-Lab II: Design
Art: Charles Knight (1791-1873), Interior of the Bodleian Library-14587394080, 1845 · Public domain
- Instructors
- Amy J. Smith, Victor Grau Serrat
- Term
- Spring 2010
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 3 videos · 1 reading · 25 other files · 14 web pages
- Materials open
- Videos here · files on MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare EC.720J D-Lab II: Design, Spring 2010, Amy J. Smith, Victor Grau Serrat — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Syllabus
Course Notes
12 items in this section
10 files
- Lecture 1: Introduction Download
- Lecture 2: Design process and case studies Download
- Lecture 3: Case studies, Mini-Project introduction Download
- Lecture 12: Design for Manufacture Download
- Lecture 15: Design for [X]: usability, affordability, sustainability, reuse, failure Download
- Lecture 26: Penultimania, what's next? Download
- Charcoal Press Build-It (with Teaching Notes) Download
- Cast Corn Sheller (Solid Works Tutorial) Download
- Sheet Metal Corn Sheller Build-It Download
- Class Notebook Download
D-Lab: Design hosts Indian inventor Suprio Das
Assignments
- Technology Critique Worksheet Download
- Cradle to Cradle - Remaking the Way We Make Things Download
- Book Group assignment sample: paper on Gaviotas Download
- Homework: Wheelchairs and Cook Stoves Assessment Download
Projects
- Design Packet Download
- Project Follow-up form Download
- Project Selection Form Download
- Final Project Report: Spiral Pine Needle Stove Download
- Final Project Report: Movilavadora (Portable Bicilavadora) Download
- Selected Design Challenges for 2010 Download
Design Resources
- Creative Capacity Building Design Notebook Download
- Design Notebook example: information gathering for phase change incubator Download
- Form for Student Evaluation of Mentors Download
- Design Mentor Guidelines Download
Other materials from this course
11 images
- Photo of Bernard Kiwia speaking to students in class Open ↗
- Photo of several students sitting around a table working on small paper cards Open ↗
- Paul Polak standing in front of the chalkboard, with seated students listening Open ↗
- fig1.jpg Open ↗
- Photo of a man riding a bicycle mounted on a stand, with attached pump and hose assembly Open ↗
- Close-up from prior photo showing water being pumped from a bucket through a long hose Open ↗
- Photo of instructor Amy Smith with several students and a poster board Open ↗
- Shawn Frayne writing in a notebook while some students look on Open ↗
- fig2.jpg Open ↗
- Photo of Suprio Das standing in front of a projected photo of a water well Open ↗
- Photo of Suprio Das speaking about a chalkboard drawing of bicycle drivetrain Open ↗
Course outline
MIT OpenCourseWare, Amy J. Smith, Victor Grau Serrat, EC.720J D-Lab II: Design, Spring 2010.
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