ME417 - Total Product Integration Engineering (Autumn 2007-08)

Course Syllabus (Draft) Course Syllabus
Please note: first class meeting is scheduled on 09/28/06 (Friday) at 12:00 - 13:00 in Thornton 210

* Thornton 210 (MML Conference Room) is inside Thornton 207


Week #1:
Meeting #1 (9/28 Fri) - Introduction and Orientation (Fowler)

Week #2:
Meeting #2 (10/2 Tues) - New Trends in Innovation: Personalization (Ishii)
Meeting #3 (10/5, Friday) - Guest Lecture: NPI Challenges in Parmaceutical Intustry (Dennett, Merck)

Week #3:
Meeting #4 (10/9 Tues) - Bringing New Technology to Manufacturing and Delivery (DeMare)
Meeting #5 (10/12, Friday) - Sutdent Seminar #1 (TBD)

Week #4:
Meeting #6 (10/16 Tues) - Design For System Reliability (Fowler)
Meeting #7 (10/19, Friday) - Amorphous Systems Design and Service Innovation (Kim)

Week #5:
Meeting #8 (10/23 Tues) - Student Seminar #2 (TBD)
Meeting #9 (10/26, Friday) - Smart Vehicle Assembly System (Tachibana, Nissan VIA)

Week #6:
Meeting #10 (10/30 Tues) - Student Seminar #3 (TBD)
Meeting #11 (11/02, Friday) - me317 Teaching Team Retreat (Optoinal)

Week #7:
Meeting #12 (11/6 Tues) - Student Seminar #4 (TBD)
Meeting #13 (11/09, Friday) - New Technology Introduction Management (Wong)

Week #8:
Meeting #14 (11/13 Tues) - Supply Chain Metrics Benchmarking (Manohar)
Meeting #15 (11/16, Friday) - Student Seminar #5 (TBD)

Week #9:
Meeting #xx (11/20 Tues) - NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK
Meeting #xx (11/23 Friday) - NO CLASS THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week #10:
Meeting #16 (11/27 Tues) - Design for MEMS (Lamers)
Meeting #17 (11/30, Friday) - Project Final Presentation Rehearsal (Fowler, Wong)

Week #11:
Meeting #18 (12/4 Tues) - Final Project Presentations #1 (15min each, including Q&A)
Meeting #19 (12/7, Friday) - Final Project Presentations #2 (15min each, including Q&A)