Role Descriptions

A full list of nearly 30 members are gathered as the teaching staff for this course. Full descriptions and contact information is provided here.

This semester, we are anticipating a class of 60 students joining us with various roles to choose from within the team and the task force.

Student Design Teams

Team on
Wasteless Production Line
Red / Green /
Blue / Yellow
20 students8 Team Roles
Task Force on
Splitting Machine
[A]pple7 students5 Task Roles
Task Force on
Speedy Picker
[B]anana6 students5 Task Roles
Task Force on
Dex Picker
[C]herry7 students5 Task Roles

Teams (identified by color) have a 2-hour lab or workshop each week that is dedicated to the management of the project. There are 4 teams, and each team consists of 3 task forces with different machines to design.

Lecture

Course InstructorSong ChaoyangCourse AdvisorDavid Wallace

This course is organized and scheduled around a team project on machine design with lecture topics on mechanical design to support the needs of this project. The course provides the opportunity to experience the development of a real new engineering product prototype. In collaboration with MIT, advisory support is provided by Prof. David Wallace while preparing this course.

Lab / Workshop

Lab [Team Discussion]Workshop [Project Learning]
Technical SupportXiao XiaochuanGuo Weijie
Student CoordinationZhang ZhenJiang Wei
Communication SupportYu DongweiZhang Baolin

Each team has 3 student mentors with a specific background in related machine design or integration, assisted by 2 teaching assistants on team management, 3 lab & workshop instructors, and 1 admin assistant on budget oversight. Definitions of the roles of different team members are available.

What to do during lab and workshop sessions?

Design Support

RedWang Zhenhong [Red Apple Splitter Machine]
Ge Sheng [Red Banana Speedy Picker]
Yang Linhan [Red Cherry Dex Picker Task]
GreenFeng Shihao [Green Apple Splitter Machine]
Sun Haoran [Green Banana Speedy Picker]
Guo Ning [Green Cherry Dex Picker]
BlueLuo Qichen [Blue Apple Splitter Machine]
Yu Chengming [Blue Banana Speedy Picker]
Liu Xiaobo [Blue Cherry Dex Picker]
YellowGuo Yuqin [Yellow Apple Splitter Machine]
He Haibin [Yellow Banana Speedy Picker]
Wang Teng [Yellow Cherry Dex Picker]

Each team is appointed with three student mentors as design support, with each student mentor covering one specific task force. Members of each team and task force are encouraged to make contact with your appointed student mentor for design support regarding the machine you are tasked with. Please read their role description before making contact, but in simple words, you should view these student mentors as consultants, who will provide suggestions based on detailed evidence or questions you presented, who will not grade you in any way. You are encouraged to contact them through Email, but direct contact through Feishu is also well-supported.

Other Roles

A team of Technology Consultants, Media Coordinators, and Domain Specialists are also monumental in supporting the teaching and learning experience of this course.