Professors:
Name:
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Dr. Ralph Etienne-Cummings
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Office:
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401 Barton Hall
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Email:
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retienne AT jhu DOT edu
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Phone:
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410-516-3494
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Name:
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Dr. R. Jacob Vogelstein
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Office:
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401 Barton Hall
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Email:
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jacob DOT vogelstein AT jhuapl DOT edu
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Phone:
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443-778-2438
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Course description:
This project-based course is designed
to help students learn how to turn their ideas into commercial
products. In the first half of the course, emphasis will be placed on
the product development process: student teams will gradually build
up a complete "contract book" including a mission statement, competitive
analysis, patent review, product specifications, system architecture, economic
analysis, development schedule, etc. In the second half of the course,
each team will be expected to implement its design and demonstrate a
prototype of their product's core functionality. At the end of the
semester, a final written report will be submitted in the form of a utility
patent. Students are encouraged to take this course in conjunction
with Electronic Design Lab
(ECE
520.448)
in the Spring semester and leverage the groundwork developed here to enable
production of a fully functional and marketable prototype by the end of the
academic year.
Project
guidelines:
The primary guidelines for choosing a
project are that it must require a non-trivial development and design
effort, and that at least the core technology must be demonstrable within
one semester's time. Additionally, unless the team can find a faculty
sponsor or pay out-of-pocket, the parts required to develop the initial
prototype should not cost too much ($100 is good, $1000 is bad). All hardware-based
projects will be considered, but the lectures will not
cover any technical material, so students are expected to have some
background in the technology that they intend to implement (or be prepared
to learn it on their own). All projects will require approval by the
course instructors.
Grading:
The overall numerical course grade will be composed of
the following elements:
Final demo
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40%
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Contract book
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10%
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Utility patent
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15%
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Weekly assignments
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30%
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Class participation
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5%
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Note that for team assignments, individual students' grades may be scaled
up or down by peer assessments to encourage everyone to contribute
equally.
Midterm and final:
There will be no in-class midterm or final exam for
this course.
Textbooks:
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Primary Text
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Title:
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Product Design and Development
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Edition:
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4th
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Authors:
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Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger
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Available at:
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Amazon.com
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Secondary Texts
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Title:
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Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach
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Edition:
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3rd
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Author:
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George E. Dieter
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Available at:
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Amazon.com
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Title:
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Electronic Product Design
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Edition:
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1st
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Authors:
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Tony Ward and James Angus
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Available at:
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Amazon.com
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Code of Ethics:
Everyone will be expected to obey the course's
Code of
Ethics. Please make sure that you read it and understand it. If you have any questions, contact
the course insructors immediately.
Class schedule (tentative):
The course will usually meet once a week, on Tuesdays,
from 4PM-7PM, for a lecture + discussion section.
Throughout the semester, we will occasionally hold supplemental sections
on Thursdays from 5PM-6PM for
organizational functions or
to cover additional
material. A tentative class schedule is listed
below.
Homework:
All homework assignments should be handed in electronically by emailing them to the course
instructors before 4PM on the dates listed below. Late assignments will be penalized. If you know
that you will be unable to complete an assignment in time, please let the course instructors know ASAP
to avoid additional grade penalties.
Assignment
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Subject
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Due date
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Examples
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Homework 1
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Opportunity statement and
product pitch
Jung typology test
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Monday, September 15, 2008
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1, 2
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Homework 2
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Product mission statement
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Monday, September 22, 2008
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1, 2
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Homework 3
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Customer needs and target specifications
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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1, 2
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Homework 4
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Concept generation
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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1, 2
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Homework 5
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Patent review, preliminary costing, and concept selection
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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1, 2
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Homework 6
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Concept testing, product architecture, and final concept presentation
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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1a, 1b, 1c,
2a, 2b, 2c
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Homework 7
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BOM and timeline
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 and Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Final assignment
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Patent application
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TBD
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1, 2
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Final assignment
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Final contract book
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TBD
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1, 2
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