WHEELCHAIR DESIGN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES http web mit edu sp 784 www Amos Winter awinter mit edu PhD Candidate MIT Dept Mechanical Engineering February 3 2009 COURSE INFO Lecturers Amos Winter PhD Candidate Mechanical Engineering Amy Smith Senior Lecturer Mechanical Engineering Units 2 2 5 Lecture Lab Homework Lecture Required can miss two but not more without instructor permission Attendance taken starting second week of class Project and Labs Project teams and class presentation times chosen next Thursday Lab groups will choose own meeting time Homework Project and team website primary components of homework Additionally there will be readings and short assignments Grading Final course grades will be assigned A F Class participation homework 10 Strategy presentation 15 Concept presentation 15 Most Critical Module MCM Presentation 15 Final presentation and prototype 25 Team website 20 Course website http web mit edu sp 784 www index html For a full description of the class see detailed course info on the website February 3 2009 PROJECT Team 3 to 5 members with lab instructor Collaboration Partnership between MIT students US and European experts and wheelchair manufacturers Deliverables PowerPoint presentation for the Strategy Concept MCM and Final prototype Poster for The MIT Museum in May Prototypes Physical solution to each teams MCM for MCM presentation Proof of concept prototype for final presentation Website chronicling project development Pages dedicated to major milestones Website completed by summer fellows Weekly update emails to community partners and mentors February 3 2009 RESOURCES Monetary 4000 for prototyping entire class budget Manufacturing MOBILITY LAB MIT Foundry Parts African wheelchairs and bicycle components Lab Space Project work and storage in 1 005 February 3 2009 FELLOWSHIPS 7 available Bring WDDC technology back to partner workshops Work in any or all 14 partner shops 10 weeks duration Apply through PSC Fellowship process or other funding sources Develop your project proposal through SP 719 February 3 2009 SP 719 Objective Guide students through the process of forming a project and writing a proposal Date Feb 3 Feb 11 Feb 18 Weeks of Feb 17 Feb 25 Feb 25 Mar 4 Week of March 9 Week of March 16 Speaker Amos Winter Sally Susnowitz PSC Director Alison Hynd PSC Fellowship Director Project consultations Melissa MartinGreene UROP Program Kim Benard Distinguished Fellowships Office Proposal review Proposal completion Topic Introduction to travel abroad options as part of regular class no night session Discussion about elements of a good proposal What should be included how information should be presented etc This is meant to be a broad overview of how one writes a good proposal Discussion about the PSC fellowship process and what makes a good PSC project Tish Scolnik will also talk about her projects She and Alison will go over why her projects were successful Students meet with the PSC staff to discuss project ideas get feedback and begin writing the proposal Discussion about UROPs and IROPs on international development and elements of a good UROP project Discussion about prestigious fellowships like Fulbright to fund international work Details about the application process deadlines etc for such fellowships Students meet with PSC staff or applicable other funding source staff to review their proposals and get feedback The meetings need to occur sometime this week Students revise their proposals this week and submit them before spring break and the PSC deadline March 20 February 3 2009 WDDC SYLLABUS Week 1 2 2 2 2 9 3 Tuesday Introduction to wheelchairs in developing countries and review of potential projects Wheelchair Trike relay race around campus 2007 summer fellow presentations on last year s projects Designing wheelchairs for the developing world and deterministic design process Alison Hynd speaking from the PSC about summer fellowships Choose project teams 2 16 Monday schedule 4 2 23 Abdullah and Daniel speaking to class 5 3 2 6 3 9 Thursday Guest speaker Amy Smith and Amy Banzaert Appropriate technology idea to product successfully implementing technologies Wheelchair Biomechanics Ergonomics and design for human use Manufacturing processes and strategies Guest Speaker Joost Bonsen Developmental Entrepreneurship Abdullah and Daniel speaking to class Assignments Milestones Readings about wheelchair usage and distribution Review projects Read 2 007 lecture notes on design process define functional requirements of project Reading from Nothing about us without us watch videos of wheelchair workshops and PAWBA conference Reading from HBS case study Note on Marketing Strategy Reading from Independence through Mobility 3 5Encouraged to visit 2 007 lecture 3 8 Encouraged to visit 2 007 lecture Strategy presentations time TBD Wheelchair role play Readings about different appropriate and Results from Tanzanian Wheelchair Foundation Study inappropriate technologies Power calculations from class activity reading from Positioning a Wheelchair 3 1 Encouraged Power output test up ramp in basement to visit 2 007 lecture 7 Watch video from local workshops in Africa and Vietnam Watch economies of scale Product design and critique of existing wheelchair 3 16 presentation from PAWBA conference designs 8 3 23 Spring break 9 Material science mechanics of 3 30 materials welding with Mike Tarkanian 10 Watch Murderball in class Reading from Mastering the Machine Concept presentations time TBD Spring break Material science mechanics of materials welding with Reading from Mechanical principles of wheelchair Mike Tarkanian design Write short comment on the two movies discuss Finish Murderball and watch parts of Emanuel s Gift portrayal of disability mobility public perception Project work Amos at conference Guest speaker Ralf Hotchkiss Talking about his career and designing 4 13 wheelchairs 12 Guest Speaker Prof David Gordon Wilson 4 20 Human powered machines 13 Amos at conference Guest Speaker Rory McCarthy Handcycle design and racing Project work 4 27 Project work 14 Project work Project work Project work Project work Project work Poster and presentation for MIT Museum on Sat 5 9 5 11 Project work Project work Project work Final presentation of project with a working prototype time TBD 4 6 11 5 4 15 Guest speaker Ralf Hotchkiss Talking about his career and designing wheelchairs Project work Reading on wheelchair user image Most critical module MCM presentations time TBD