Designing a Better Design Class: Silly Go-Karts at MIT
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Charles Guan
Charles Guan is a MIT Mechanical Engineering graduate and current machine shop & design instructor at MIT. He has built many projects, most of which are rideable in some way, and enjoys producing documentation and references for prospective makers.
Since 2012, an experimental design class has been taught at MIT where novice students build electric go-karts and other vehicles during the semester, then race them. Find out why this class is different from other design classes and how it helps students develop skills and intuition in engineering.
