Felix's Documentation of Teaching at NYUAD

Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)
Sunday, September 2, 2018, 9:00 am – 11:40 am

Poster from exhibition »The Robots – Man and Machine at the End of the 20th Century«, 1992

1. Introduction Felix (courses, research, open calendar, OpenOffice, OpenStudio)
2. Engineering Design Studio (Matt, policies, materials, kitchen, events)
3. Advanced Manufacturing Lab (Esteban, policies, machines, events)
4. About you –> Why are you taking this course?

1. Course schedule
   • Sundays and Thursdays we meet in the Engineering Design Studio (building A5, room 015)
   • Tuesdays we meet at the NYUAD Art Gallery)
     • TUE, Sep-11-18
     • TUE, Sep-18-18
     • TUE, Sep-25-18
     • TUE, Oct-02-18
     • TUE, Oct-09-18
     • TUE, Oct-16-18
     • TUE, Oct-30-18
     • TUE, Nov-06-18
     • TUE, Nov-13-18
     • TUE, Nov-20-18
2. Structure: Project Colloquium (2:40hr session) + Seminar (2x 1:15hr session), discussion topics)
3. Syllabus (updated Syllabus, learning Outcomes, textbooks, films, other resources, assessment)
4. Ever changing themes for the semester:
   • Students' projects from 2016 class
   • Students' projects from 2017 class
5. Several machine types defined by last years course.
6. About the Body Extensions project – a few examples to get into the mood:
   • google (1), pinterest (1,2)
   • Haus Rucker Co's Perception Transformer: Mind Expander/Flyhead Helmet
   • More Environment Transforming applications: workshop results (2011)
   • Performance Artist Stelarc: Third Hand, Engineering Internet Organ project
   • The Kinetic Wing Ring by Dukno Yoon
   • Dani Clode's Third Thumb project ⇒ “It is part tool, part experience, and part self-expression(…)”
   • LEGO's bionic arm Iko by Carlos Arturo Torres
   • Hyundai's Next Mobility project – an exoskeleton suit to help workers and paraplegics (via designboom)
   • … and some more exosceleton suit examples, Mech Race
   • The costs of an Ironman suit
   • Prof. Wafaa Bilal (NYU NY, Tisch School of the Arts): Third Eye project ⇒ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKoRMWdESTo
7. Constraints for your machine (concept, material, size)
8. NYU classes (overview about assignments: essay 1, essay 2, case study 1, case study 2, project report (showing draft report))
9. Course trip (Global Education)
10. Semester-end exhibition
11. Questions?