Objective: Develop multidisciplinary products focusing on design solutions for underserved communities.
Background: Students in this module will go through a human-centered design process in which they co-participate with target community members to develop technological solutions to critical socio-technical problems. This semester the focus will be on reducing toxins and toxic substances for low-income rural agricultural workers in California. Funding will be available for travel and prototyping. Students will have an opportunity to present the results of their work at an international conference on design. This module will benefit from collaboration from the Engineers for a Sustainable World, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, the California College of Arts and industry sponsors.
Spring 2005 Focus: Reducing Agricultural Toxins to California Migrant Workers
Instructor: Alice M. Agogino
Engineering News article on the class: Designing for the greater good E 10 class creates gear to protect farm workers from pesticides , "Laborers in California's agricultural valleys are routinely exposed to pesticides. They inhale pesticides from the air, drink pesticides in the water, and wear them in their clothes. The result isn't good, said ME professor Alice Agogino. Studies have found that human exposure to pesticides is linked to cancer, birth defects, stillbirth, infertility and nervous system damage. Agogino asked her E 10 Engineering Design and Analysis students to help. Their assignment? Design a cost-effective and user-friendly product that would protect farm workers as they go about their jobs. . . . Engineering News, Vol. 76, No10S, March 28, 2005. This work was partially funded by a gift award from P&G and the Industrial Design Society of America. Also showcased in Engineering News Special Commencement Issue, May 16 , 2005 Vol. 76, no. 15S. Looking Back "This past year, Berkeley engineers have researched a number of wonderful and exciting projects in their courses and labs, through Undergraduate Research Opportunities, and in the College's 20-plus engineering student societies. The projects range from advancing pure science, to helping solve problems in developing countries, to improving the technology we use every day. On these pages, we highlight three outstanding projects that truly embody the College's mission: Educating Leaders, Creating Knowledge, and Serving Society."
Class Outline and Schedule:
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1 W |
1/19 |
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2 F |
1/21 |
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3 M |
1/24 |
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Engineering Overview (Johnson) |
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4 W |
1/26 |
Design Research: Customer and User Needs Assessment |
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5 F |
1/28 |
Industrial Design & Multidisciplinary Teams |
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S |
1/29 |
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6 M |
1/31 |
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7 W |
2/2 |
Design Methods: Personas, Scenarios and Empathic Design |
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5 F |
2/4 |
Translating the Voice of the Customer, Developing
Specifications and Concept Selection |
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8 S |
2/5 |
Innovation Workshop (Earlimart,
California) |
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9 M |
2/7 |
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Design: Concept Generation & Selection (Agogino) |
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10 W |
2/9 |
Design Methods: Formal Tools for Expanding Concept
Generation |
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11 F |
2/11 |
Prototyping. Talk on pesticide monitoring and visit to
Susan Kegley's sensor prototyping lab in Berkeley. Senior Scientist at the Pesticide Action Network: http://users.rcn.com/skegley/skegley.html. |
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12 M |
2/14 |
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Design: Prototyping and User Feedback (Agogino) |
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13 W |
2/16 |
Concept Testing & Design Refinement |
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14 F |
2/18 |
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15 M |
2/28 |
Other Dates:
Mid-March Presentation
to P&G
April 14-16, 2005 Anita
Borg VDC Conference, Boulder, Colorado
Aug. 24-27, 2005 IDSA
National Conference, Washington, D.C.
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