Developments in (global) project-based design education Mark R. Cutkosky Mechanical Engineering Design Division Stanford University
2000: Global product design teams across time & space
Agenda
Introduction: Mark Cutkosky
Background: History of PBL at Stanford
Context: entrepreneurial design connections
Background: Two kinds of project courses
Project courses with industry partners
ME310 distinguishing features
Project-based learning
me310 Goals & Approach
ME310a Tools for team formation, design process management
ME310 paper bicycle exercise
ME310bc: In-depth design development with corporate partners
210/310 Design Axioms
1. Design is a social process
Team Analysis (Wilde/Jung/Myers-Briggs )
310 global partner communication
310 design loft
The ME310 learning community
2. All design is redesign
Center for Design Research & SLL
PPT Slide
Electronic Design Archives
streaming video archived via Stanford Online
ME210/310 Design Document templates
3. Designers need to preserve ambiguity
Preserving Ambiguity
sample team: DaimlerChrysler ë99
DaimlerChryslerí99 contíd
Looking into the future
Closing thoughts
Email: cutkosky@cdr.stanford.edu
Home Page: http://cdr.stanford.edu/~cutkosky