E/ME 105: Product Design for the Developing World

Course Assessment

2008 Materials

2008 Trip: Student's Perception Survey (doc)

2008 Class Exit Questionnaire (doc)

2008 Exit Questionnaire for Lessons Learned (pptx)

Fundacion Solar/Caltech Collaborations: Final Report (pdf)

Guatamala Pre Trip Report (doc)

Summary of student's feedback after 2008 trip (General meeting in Antigua with comments form San Juan students last day meeting in Pasajquim) July 8, 2008 (doc)

ME/E105 Product Design - Syllabus (pdf)

Comparison Table of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 projections for E/ME105 budgets, activities, and goals. (doc)

2007 Materials

Coming soon.

2006 Materials

The First Interviews

The research efforts for E/ME105 started with an informal "One direct question" interview to E/ME105 students last day of 2006 course (December 2006)

In what way did this class impact you or the way you saw your career?

"I never thought that starting something like this (the grain seller) would be so hard. We started it so many times and had to changed it because new information would come in!"

"I think this course gave me a sense of meaning. Made me remember that products are for real people and not just ideas or concepts in the mind. It helped me give thought to prices and budgets, to implementation and business plans."

"This term, this was my favorite class, I feel I could be doing this for the rest of my life "This class was a life changing experience for me"  I will keep on working on our project to make it come true as a business plan"

"I think this has been one of the best experiences in my college experience.  I want to do more research in our project, even to present it for my graduation research paper"