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

Week Date Class Deliverables* Lecture Topic Lecture
1 05/18 Team selection Intro to projects and course structure In class
2 05/23(M) Project bids [more details] -
05/25 Problem statement, design partition , project plan , task assignments, initial concepts [more details] Design Process In class
3 06/01 Concept charts with analysis and tradeoffs such as FRDPARRC chart (see lecture 2 for description) [more details] Patent process Online
4 06/08 Patent/product search and patent claims [more details] Marketing, industrial design Online
5 06/15 Market research results and Industrial design ideation [more details] Online
6 06/22 Engineering analysis [more details] Manufacturing mockup/prototype Online
7 06/29 Progress presentation 1 / progress report 1 [more details] Manufacturing: Mass
Production, DFX, & Cost Analysis		 Online
8 07/06 CAD/engineering analysis/prototyping update Risk Assessment, Safety & Liability Online
9 07/13 CAD/engineering analysis/prototyping update Societal, environmental and sustainability considerations Online
10 07/20 CAD/engineering analysis/prototyping update Starting A Business Online
11 07/27 Final presentation, final report, peer evaluations [more details]
07/28(R) Capstone Design Mini-Expo (combined sections) TBA

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