Invention Studio Open Hours

The Invention Studio is currently staffed with Undergraduate Laboratory Instructors (also current members of the Georgia Tech Maker’s Club). A list of the personnel, their hours, and associated Maker’s club events are available on their Website.

Milestones

Class schedule and milestones for the Summer 2012 semester. Links to lectures will be made available throughout the semester. All other content is currently available.

Week Date Class Deliverables* Lecture Topic Lecture
01 05/16(W) Team selection Intro to projects and course structure Online
02 05/21(M) Project bids [more details] -
05/23(W) Problem statement, design partition, project plan , task assignments, initial concepts [more details] Design Process Online
03 05/30(W) Concept charts with analysis and tradeoffs such as FRDPARRC chart (see lecture 2 for description) [more details] Patent process Online
04 06/06(W) Patent/product search and patent claims [more details] Marketing, industrial design Online
05 06/13(W) Market research results and Industrial design ideation [more details] Online
06 06/20(W) Engineering analysis [more details] Manufacturing mockup/prototype Online
07 06/27(W) Progress presentation 1 / progress report 1 [more details] Manufacturing: Mass
Production, DFX, & Cost Analysis		 Online
08 07/02(M) CAD/engineering analysis/prototyping update [more details] Risk Assessment, Safety & Liability Online
09 07/11(W) CAD/engineering analysis/prototyping update [more details] Societal, environmental and sustainability considerations Online
10 07/18(W) CAD/engineering analysis/prototyping update [more details] Starting A Business Online
11 07/25(W) Final presentation, final report, peer evaluations [more details]

*Individual section instructors have latitude on deliverables, timing and grading. The preceding information is a set of general guidelines.