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D-Lab II: Design

EC.720J · Edgerton Center, Mechanical Engineering · Undergraduate · Spring 2010

Amy J. Smith, Victor Grau Serrat

MIT · Tier 1

D-Lab: Design addresses problems faced by undeserved communities with a focus on design, experimentation, and prototyping processes. Particular attention is placed on constraints faced when designing for developing countries. Multidisciplinary teams work on semester-long projects in collaboration with community partners, field practitioners, and experts in relevant fields. Topics covered include design for affordability, design for manufacture, sustainability, and strategies for working effecti…

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Amy J. Smith, Victor Grau Serrat. EC.720J D-Lab II: Design. Spring 2010. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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