.. title: IED Class 1, Thurs 2018-08-30
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.. date: 2018-08-30
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Summary
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This is a blog for ENGR-2050-07 Intro to Engineering Design, Fall 2018, RPI.

Its purpose is to summarize info better than LMS.

Its URL is https://wrf.ecse.rpi.edu/Teaching/ied-f2018/  .

`Syllabus <../../files/syllabus.pdf>`_.

Instructors
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#. W. Randolph Franklin (WRF), frankwr@rpi.edu, x6077.
#. Casey T. Jakubowski (CTJ), jakubc@rpi.edu

Today
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Here are LMS `files <../../files/class01/>`_ useful for today.

`Textbook web site <http://www.ulrich-eppinger.net/>`_ .

#. Attendance: CTJ
#. Student information cards: CTJ
#. Intros: CTJ + WRF- 2 minutes
#. We will then ask students to briefly introduce themselves to a person next to them.
#. Syllabus- WRF- 15 minutes
#. Helium Stick- CTJ 20 minutes
#. The Design Process- WRF-10 minutes

   #. Big projects have to be done in teams.  You cannot do it all yourself.

   #. News story: `Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter
      <http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/>`_.
      The point is that, on large projects, little details can
      cause disaster.  That is the point of this course: to teach
      you procedures for managing large projects.

   #. My interest, as an RPI professor, is purely selfish.  If
      you learn this, you have a better chance of getting rich.
      Then you'll be better able to buy RPI new performing arts
      centers or whatever.

   #. `Engineering Disasters and Learning from Failure
      <http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/disaster/>`_ might be
      interesting.

   #. Different people have different ways to design; here's one that worked: `Wright Brothers Engineering Method <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvXEmj1SEjY>`_ (4:45).  
   
   #. `Page 9 <../../files/class01/p9.pdf>`_ from the text shows how we do it in this course.

#. Mini project teams- CTJ- 20 minutes (10 minutes in teams)

#. Gantt Charts- WRF 20 minutes (10 minutes to work on charts)

   #. Keeps track of subprojects - are they on schedule?

   #. `How to Use Gantt Charts <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrtLig0yYrs>`_ .

   #. Do a Gantt chart for miniproject.
      
#. Conducting User Needs analysis- 20 minutes- WRF  (10 minutes for students to start)

   #. `Understanding Customer Needs <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-2v99paQM>`_ .
      
#. Reminding students about the quizzes- CTJ