Learning by Making: Teaching MIT Engineering Design through Go-Karts!
Maker Faire Bay Area 2015
MAKERS
Dawn Wendell, PhD
Dr. Dawn is a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at MIT, where she teaching classes on design, manufacturing, and instrumentation. Formerly in MIT Admissions, she introduced the MIT Maker Portfolio. In her spare time she knits & builds robots.
Charles Guan
Charles is a shop instructor at the MIT International Design Center and taught the electric go-kart design class for three years. He builds robots, other electrified vehicles, and high-powered motor controllers in his spare time.
This talk is a case study of teaching a section of the introductory class Design and Manufacturing (in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT) focused on electric vehicles based on the Power Racing Series.
