Adapted from Source: http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/resources/references.html

Course Textbook

SHIGLEY’S MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN, TENTH EDITION
Richard G. Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett.
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780073398204
ISBN: 0073398209
[Hardcopy @ SUSTech Library] Lynn Library Service Desk TH122 /E 5 

Reference Materials

A whack on the side of the head
Roger von Oech, Third edition, 1998
Warner books
ISBN: 0-445-67455-9
[PDF]

Advice from 2.009 alumni

After 2.009, next steps IP tutorial by Elaine Yang

ASME code of ethics

Benchmarking and Costing by David Meeker
[SLIDE], [PAPER]

Casting Silicone and Urethane (video overview, .mov)

Classroom to showroom: After 2.009 by Ming Leong and Geoff Tsai

CRADLE TO CRADLE
William McDonough and Micheal Braungart, (2002)
North Point Press, 19 Union Square West, New York, 10003.
(An alternative view on product development)

Creativity strategy cheat-sheet

Creativity crisis

DESIGN SECRETS: PRODUCTS
Massachusetts, Rockport Publishers, 33 Commercial St. Gloucester, MA 01930, 2001.

Designy. an online design prototyping resource.

Emotional design. How to excite users. Tutorial by Geoff Tsai

ETHICS IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
Caroline Whitbeck (1998)
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/001418584

Environmentally conscious mechanical design
Edited by Myer Kutz. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2007.
Barker Library – Stacks | TJ233.E58 2007
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/001468456

Painting and finishing techniques, making things look like plastic (video tutorial, .m4v)

Gantt chart software (open source).

HUMAN FACTORS DESIGN HANDBOOK
Woodson, W. E. (1981)
New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company
1991 edition: http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000594297
1981 edition: http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000119668

Kinematics Design Library

KINKAJOU PROJECT: PRODUCT DESIGN OF A LOW COST MICROFIM PROJECTOR
Stacy Figueredo
MIT 2003
This thesis documents the process and techniques used to define the second-generation implementation of the Kinkajou projector.

MATERIALS AND DESIGN: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MATERIAL SELECTION IN PRODUCT DESIGN
Ashby, Johnson
Butterworth Heinemann
ISBN 0750655542

Observing users: a tutorial (.pdf), by designer Jeremy Vanhill

Plastics identificationCommon types of plastics
Identifying plastics

Plotting, laser cutting, and 3D printing

Portfolio-making tutorial with industrial design student examples
Portfolio-making tutorial with mechanical engineering student examples

PRODUCT DESIGN PROCESS: A GRAPHIC NOVELAlison Wong
MIT 2003
This thesis geared toward students unfamiliar with the product development process, teaching the main stages and familiarizing students with working in groups and with deadlines. The material is based on the 2.009 curriculum.

Product naming tutorial by Beth Marcus

Provisional Patent Applications

Pugh Charts. How do they work?

Risk identification tutorial (.pdf) and risk register (.xls), by Bobby Dyer

RULES FOR REACHING CONCENSUS
Steven Saint and James R. Lawson
Pfeiffer and Company
ISBN 0-89384-256-7

Running a meeting primer

Sketching Tutorials

Sketch Modeling Tutorials

Ten tips for 2.009 by Doug Vincent

Tips for digital communication in 2.009

Tips for finding information on the Internet

THE DESIGN OF EVERDAY THINGS
Norman, D. (1989)
New York, Doubleday Currency
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000426319

THE MEASURE OF MAN: HUMAN FACTORS IN DESIGN
Dreyfuss, H. (1967)
New York, Whitney Library of Design, 18 East 50th Street.
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000355378

THE TEAM BUILDING TOOLKIT
Deborah Harrington-MackinAMACOM
ISBN 0-814407826-3
http://library.mit.edu:80/item/000670603

Vendors and other resources

Work safety awards , source unknown