Session Key
L = Lecture
S = Studio
The lecture and studio notes for each week are linked in the following table.
| WEEK # | SES # | TOPICS | ACTIVITIES | NOTES PAGES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L1 | Design, build, test | Paper airplane | Week 1 Notes |
| S1 | Sampling of past projects | iGEM project review | ||
| L2 | Science as a take-apart | Take apart a tape recorder | ||
| 2 | L3 | Engineering as a rebuild | Reassemble the tape recorder | Week 2 Notes |
| S2 | Broader project landscapes | Scripts and storyboards | ||
| L4 | Decide what's worth doing | Play "Decide" (an exercise in policy and team dynamics) | ||
| 3 | S3 | Sorting hat into project camps | Temporary teams brainstorm project ideas | Week 3 Notes |
| L5 | Knowns vs. unknowns | The Clock of the Long Now | ||
| 4 | L6 | Backyard biology | Kitchen DNA, Lego™Phoresis | Week 4 Notes |
| S4 | Project teams assigned | Work on team contract and Facebook page | ||
| L7 | FooCampers guide to bioengineering | More Lego™Phoresis | ||
| 5 | L8 | Scientist as activist | Video of DNA experimentation hearings, 1976 | Week 5 Notes |
| S5 | Design day 1 |
MIT Libraries research guide webpage Work on projects | ||
| L9 | Interface between scientific/engineering community and the broader public | Guest lecture by Prof. Jonathan King, MIT | ||
| 6 | L10 | Project work day | Week 6 Notes | |
| S6 | 3 ideas presentations | |||
| L11 | 3 ideas feedback | Final project selection | ||
| 7 | L12 | System overviews | Flip books, iGEM "bacterial buoy" project | Week 7 Notes |
| S7 |
Design day 2 Abstraction in action part 1: systems to devices | Work on projects | ||
| L13 | Abstraction in action part 2: devices to parts | |||
| 8 | L14 | Parts and registry | Week 8 Notes | |
| S8 | Design day 3 | Test and debug; data-driven decision making | ||
| L15 | Hypothesis-driven engineering | Validate system operation, learn from modes of failure | ||
| 9 | L16 | Project work day | Week 9 Notes | |
| S9 | Tech spec review presentations | |||
| L17 | Tech spec feedback | Plan project re-design | ||
| 10 | L18 | Reliability | Failures of materials, system performance and human sources | Week 10 Notes |
| S10 | Re-design day 1 | Join Registry of Standard Biological Parts | ||
| L19 | Ownership and sharing | Inventor vs. investor role playing | ||
| 11 | S11 | Re-design day 2 | Drew Endy teaching | Week 11 Notes |
| L20 | Project work day | Drew Endy teaching | ||
| 12 | L21 | Project work day (cont.) | Week 12 Notes | |
| S12 | Consulations on projects | |||
| L22 | Tips on oral presentations | |||
| 13 | L23 | Project work day | No notes – see projects page for presentations | |
| S13 | Final presentations day 1 | Three teams present | ||
| L24 | Q&A and project work | Class evaluation | ||
| 14 | L25 | Q&A and project work (cont.) | No notes – see projects page for presentations | |
| S14 | Final presentations day 2 | Three teams present | ||
| L26 | Wrap-up and celebration |