My  Five  Minute  Presenta/on

University  of  St.  Thomas

School  of  Engineering

Camille  George,  David  Gasperino

Vision/Goal

• Interdisciplinary  base-­‐of-­‐the-­‐pyramid  product  design  seminar

• Product  design  seminar  for  engineering  senior  design  students  focusing  on  emerging  market  technologies  in  the  developing  world

• 2  semester,  1  credit  /  semester  addi/on  to  senior  design  capstone  -­‐  adding  content  that  teaches  skills  and  techniques  for  effec/ve  product  design  in  the  developing  world

Course  Strategy  Map

learn engineering design process

goal and scope definition

develop / identify engineering

specifications

develop concepts / concept tradeoffs

complete detailed designs / CAD

build and test protytpes

apply economics to drive design / cost

analysis

maintain engineering design / log book, document design

process

incorporate health / safety assessments

within design, process

Senior Design Objectives

Materials

Activities

Resources

Sustainable Design Objectives

identify and understand local material / design

constraints

develop approach for testing within the

field

document "wrap-up" package for next design team, tech transfer package

charcoal press design case study -

D-Lab /

lecture on mission-creep

Creative Capacity Building design

workbook

unbuild-it modules - D-Lab, ho creation,

hammer forging (modern vs. local)

Plows in Mexico / solar ovens - case

study

Shea butter communication case

study / form coop

!!! need a book on parametric analysis

lecture on behaviors and approaches to testing within the field / business

customs / gender roles /

GAPDavid's lecture on professional tech

transfer packages - communication

purpose

GAP / find international standards

in-class reflectionread case studies

(find latrine storage example)

supply chain analysis

(engineering-centric)

videos of modern vs. local product construction

techniques ("No Spare Parts" movie -

Ghana

1. in-class discussion / trade-off

chart

Non-verbal translation of

designs / simple sketching

Guest mini-lecture, strategies for eliciting user

feedback in different cultures

role-play exercises (offending your

hosts)GAP

Fill-in template: periodically update

and review

GAP / identify moral & legal standards that apply to their

product

Disseminate information to E4C-

like group

text ??? text text textcommunications

dept / Art & Design school

Sociology / Sue Smith-Cumnien /

John Angeli

Florence Dunkel, MSU text template is provided

by faculty

Cargill Speaker, Tech Transfer logic

and mechanics

questionnaire / pre-post survey

open-ended case study analysis

grade supply chain map and

engineering specs

graded plan / approach for

obtaining info on materials & supplies

Pugh chart / peer critique on possible product issues or

potential for misuse

graded assessment of their product

sketches

open-ended homework - add to

template

participation in wrap-up discussion Grade analysis

~2 week checkups and reviews -

guidance by faculty

Grade completed document

Grade completed document

Assessment

Cargill Speaker, Tech Transfer logic

and mechanics

3rd party 'interview' - go through checklist of materials required for product, validate

feasibility with in-country source

identify list of pairs for comparison

examples of same product from

different locations

Peace Corp Volunteer handbook

- culture matters / find similar materials

more directed towards product dev.

Exercises from book

Local diaspora / international

students on campus

graded review of customer

requirements

understanding the customer

requirements - unknowns around

roles / customs

customer / user feedback

Village Technology Handbook

Design for supply chain, design for

market

introduce need for alternative forms of

visual communication/

training materials

link this objective to tech transfer

package

identifying critical stakeholders

supply chain analysis

(stakeholder-centric)

2. in-class peer review of products

with an eye for product issues / misuse potential

provide students with exposure to

'good' training materials / sketches

AHA!  1:    Tech  Transfer  Package

document "wrap-up" package for next design team, tech transfer package

Dissemination of tech transfer package to

appropriate sources

• Standardize  project  endpoints  -­‐  industry  B.P.’s

• Expose  students  to  repositories  for  this  informa/on  -­‐  add  to  community  knowledge

• System  for  building  good  ideas  -­‐  preven/ng  pre-­‐mature  push  of  tech  dev.

AHA!  2:    Technical  Product  Communica/on  Strategies

introduce need for alternative forms of

visual communication/

training materials

Shea butter communication case

study / form coop

provide students with exposure to

'good' training materials / sketches

Non-verbal translation of

designs / simple sketching

communications dept / Art & Design

school / Theatre

Objec&ves Materials

Resources

Ac&vi&es

GAP  1:    BOP  Product  Design  Economics  

• Best  prac/ce  documents?

• Case  studies  for  student  review?

• Effec/ve  student  ac/vi/es?

GAP  2  /  AHA!  3:    Health  and  Safety  Standards  for  BOP  Product  Design

• Best  prac/ce  documents?

• Case  studies  for  student  review?

• Effec/ve  student  ac/vi/es?

• Find  interna/onal  design  standards,  create  base  template  for  students

• Have  students  review  template  and  augment  ,  consider  ethics?

Commitment• Next  Steps– Build  material/ac/vity/resource  base  for  2  credit  seminar  to  parallel  senior  design

– Determine  how  to  get  credits  for  class  approved  /  secure  student  incen/ves

• Timeframe/Schedule– 5  year  phased  deployment

• Needs/Partnerships– short  term:    fill  in  GAPs

– long  term:  systema/ze  BOP  design  seminar,  bring