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 Spring 2011 semester. Links to lectures will be made available throughout the semester. All other content is currently available.

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 Week # Date Lecture Topic Lecturer Deliverables*

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 1 11-Jan Lost week due to ice and snow

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 12-Jan

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 2 18-Jan Intro to projects and course structure Dr. Schumer

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 19-Jan Choose/define problem, team up/project assignments by the end of the week

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 3 25-Jan Design Process Dr. Schumer

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 26-Jan Problem Statement, Design Partition , Project Plan , Task Assignments, initial concepts [more details]

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 4 1-Feb Patent process Dr. Schumer

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 2-Feb Concept charts with analysis and tradeoffs such as FRDPARRC chart (see lecture 2 for description) [more details]

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 5 8-Feb Marketing Moeller

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 9-Feb Patent/product search and patent claims [more details]

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 6 15-Feb Industrial design James Budd

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 16-Feb Progress Presentation 1/Report 1 including plan for market research (rev. 1/2011) [more details]

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 7 22-Feb Societal, environmental and sustainability considerations Bert Bras

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 23-Feb Market research results and Industrial design ideation [more details]

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 8 1-Mar Manufacturing mockup/prototype Dr. Schumer

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 2-Mar CAD and engineering analysis [more details]

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 9 8-Mar Manufacturing: Mass
Production, DFX, & Cost Analysis		 Dr. Schumer

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 9-Mar CAD and engineering analysis [more details]

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 10 15-Mar Lecture Cancelled Dr. Schumer

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 16-Mar Manufacturing processes/plan to be used at small and large volumes

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 11 22-Mar SPRING BREAK

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 23-Mar SPRING BREAK

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 12 29-Mar Risk Assessment, Safety & Liability (Part I) Cunefare

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 30-Mar Progress Presentation 2/Report 2 including CAD and physical mockups (rev. 1/2011) [more details]

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 13 5-Apr Risk Assessment, Safety & Liability (Part II) Cunefare

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 6-Apr Prototyping progress update

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 14 12-Apr Ethics and integrity Cunefare

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 13-Apr Prototyping progress update

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 15 19-Apr Starting A Business Dr. Schumer

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 20-Apr Prototyping progress update

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 16 26-Apr

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 27-Apr Final Presentation/Final Report, Posterboard Display, Peer Evaluations (rev. 1/2011) [more details]

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 28-Apr Spring 2011 Capstone Expo Capstone Design Expo for all 4182 sections, Marcus Nanotechnology Building, 6pm

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