| MECH 407 Syllabus ----- Fall 2009 | ||||||
| Date | Day | Meeting location info | Topic | Lecturer | Make-up arrangements* | Action Required |
| 24-Aug | Mon | DH 1042 | Course Overview | O'Malley | See O'Malley if you have questions about the course structure | |
| 26-Aug | Wed | HE 100 | Guest Lecturer, Technology Transfer: Intellectual Property, Non disclosure Agreements, Patent Issues, Rice Policies regarding student inventions | Nila Bhakuni, Rice tech transfer office | View video of lecture | |
| 28-Aug | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 31-Aug | Mon | No Class | ||||
| 2-Sep | Wed | DH 1042 | Project Topic Presentations | project advisors | Review project descriptions in handout and consult project advisors if you have questions | |
| 2-Sep | Wed | Joint evening session: Meet in Keck 100 from 6:30-8:30 PM | Interdisciplinary Project Topic Presentations | project advisors | Review project descriptions in handout and consult project advisors if you have questions | |
| 4-Sep | Fri | No Class | Project Selection Forms due at NOON to MEMS drop box | |||
| 7-Sep | Mon | No Class (Labor Day) | ||||
| 9-Sep | Wed | HE 100 | Design Process I Overview Announce teams | Z. Maria Oden, Ph.D. | Attend lecture with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK Classroom | Start weekly team meetings Read Aston-Blair case by 9/14 |
| 11-Sep | Fri | HE 100 | Design Process II, Brainstorming | David McStravick, Ph.D. | Attend lecture with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK Classroom | |
| 14-Sep | Mon | HE 100 | Project Management: Teamwork, effective meetings, Leading teams | David Nino, Ph.D. | View video of lecture | |
| 16-Sep | Wed | HE 100 | Design Process III | Z. Maria Oden, Ph.D. | Attend lecture with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK Classroom | |
| 18-Sep | Fri | OEDK at 3 PM | No lecture Spinning top playoffs | Z. Maria Oden, Ph.D. | ||
| 21-Sep | Mon | OEDK | Project Management (Gantt charts) followed by Jigsaw (sharepoint and OEDK info) | Woods | Attend session with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK | Team Mission Statement Team Contract Begin weekly updates to advisors |
| 23-Sep | Wed | HE 100 | Project Management -- time & resource budgeting | Woods | Attend lecture with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK Classroom | |
| 25-Sep | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 28-Sep | Mon | DH 1042 | Communication -- documentation expectations | O'Malley | See O'Malley if you have questions about the documentation expectations after reviewing mateirals | |
| 30-Sep | Wed | Meet in OEDK - Two team representatives for each jigsaw topic during one of three sessions (8:30 or 9:10 AM, to be assigned) | Jigsaw: Reference materials and resources, procurement | O'Malley, various staff | Attend session with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK | |
| 2-Oct | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 5-Oct | Mon | HE 100 during class, then OEDK for evening Technical Info session | National Instruments Day; Lecture in Class, hands on session in evening | NI staff | Evening session | |
| 7-Oct | Wed | OEDK evening Technical Info session | No lecture | TI staff | Evening session | |
| 9-Oct | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 12-Oct | Mon | No Class (Fall Break) | ||||
| 14-Oct | Wed | No Class | Coaching for Presentations this week | |||
| 16-Oct | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 19-Oct | Mon | DH 1042 | Mid-semester Project Presentations | Schedule first presentation time slot | ||
| 20-Oct | Tue | Joint evening session (time/location TBA) | Mid-semester Project Presentations: Collaborative Teams | |||
| 21-Oct | Wed | DH 1042 | Mid-semester Project Presentations | Schedule first presentation time slot | ||
| 23-Oct | Fri | No Class | Design Plan documents due | |||
| 26-Oct | Mon | Meet in OEDK - Joint sessions during class time | Peer review of presentations | O'Malley, Volz, and Tas | See O'Malley | |
| 28-Oct | Wed | Meet in OEDK - One team representative for each jigsaw topic during one of three sessions (8:30, 8:55, or 9:20 AM, to be assigned) | Jigsaw: Rapid prototyping, machine shop, wet lab | Amaro, Gesenhues, Woods | Attend session with ELECs 12:30-1:50 PM - OEDK | |
| 30-Oct | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 2-Nov | Mon | No Class | ||||
| 4-Nov | Wed | No Class | ||||
| 6-Nov | Fri | HE 100 | Business plans overview | Tom Kraft, MBA, Ph.D. | View video of lecture | |
| 9-Nov | Mon | HE 100 | Business plans: Why do I need one? | Tom Kraft, MBA, Ph.D. | View video of lecture | |
| 11-Nov | Wed | HE 100 | Market analysis: Who are my customers? | Bob Bridge, Ph.D. | View video of lecture | |
| 12-Nov | Thu | OEDK 11am-1pm | Elevator Pitch Coaching | Houston Technology Center representatives | ||
| 13-Nov | Fri | OEDK 11am-1pm | Elevator Pitch Coaching | Houston Technology Center representatives | ||
| 16-Nov | Mon | HE 100 | IP protection: Don't steal my idea! | Steve Spears, J.D. | View video of lecture | |
| 18-Nov | Wed | Joint evening session (6:30 - 8:30 PM / location TBA) | Elevator Pitch Presentations | Panel of experts | ||
| 20-Nov | Fri | No Class | ||||
| 23-Nov | Mon | Joint evening session (6:30-8:00 PM / location TBA) | Design of experiments | Peter Loos, Ph.D. | ||
| 25-Nov | Wed | No Class | ||||
| 27-Nov | Fri | No Class (Thanksgiving) | ||||
| 30-Nov | Mon | HE 100 | Human Factors in Product Design | Phil Kortum, Ph.D. | View video of lecture | Coaching for final presentations this week (optional) |
| 2-Dec | Wed | No Class | ||||
| 4-Dec | Fri | No Class (Last day of classes) | ||||
| 7-Dec | Mon | Joint parallel sessions (8 am - noon / location TBA) | Fall semester presentations | |||
| 8-Dec | Tue | Joint parallel sessions (8 AM - noon / location TBA) | Fall semester presentations | |||
| * Make-up arrangements are only to be initiated after PRIOR consultation with O'Malley and legitimate course conflicts | ||||||