Roy S. Smith

Professor
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
CA 93106-9560, U.S.A.

+1-805-893-2967  (phone)
+1-805-893-3262  (fax)
roy@ece.ucsb.edu

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Engineering Design for the Developing World

Class meeting

The class will be held in MRL (Materials Research Laboratory), room 2053 from 2.00p to 3.30 pm on Tuesdays. The majority of this time will be allocated to the visiting seminar presentation. The first class meeting is on April 1st, 2008.

Outline (Spring 2008)

This is a 2-unit course intended primarily for upper-division or graduate students in the College of Engineering and the Bren School. The format will involve seminars from engineers and project leaders with practical developing world experience, discussion sessions and a case study.

The design, development, manufacturing and marketing of technology in developing world applications differs significantly from our usual ``western'' practices. Consideration must be given to the available infrastructure and resources as well as the local culture and technological needs. Sustainable and appropriate technologies may involve a wide range of technological sophistication. In general the engineering design constraints are unusual and require special consideration. This course will introduce students to these aspects of developing world technology and introduce them to project possibilities in developing regions.

The schedule of speakers and topics is listed below. All seminars are open to the public, and unless otherwise stated, will be held in room 2053 of the Materials Research Laboratory. The title of each seminar is a link to the abstract and speaker biography. In some cases the seminar presentation materials are also available.

Support for speaker series is provided by the International Center for Materials Research and the UCSB College of Engineering.

Assignments

All assignments should be submitted via email as PDF documents. There is a page-limit for each. You are free to discuss these topics with one-another, but you should limit your collaboration to verbal discussion.

Resources and References

A more detailed web page provides a collection of downloadable materials and references for the course topics.

Credit and Enrollment

There is currently no "project course" number common to all College of Engineering Departments. To get around this problem sign up for this course by enrolling for 2 units of ECE 194B with Prof. Roy Smith. You will need to see Jaima Ortega the ECE student office (Trailer 380, room 101) in order to do this. You must sign up for a letter grade in order for this course to count towards elective credit.

Undergraduate senior elective credit is available in the following programs:

The graduate student version of this course is available by registering for ECE 594R. Please register for 2 units. This option should be available on GOLD by March 17th. If not, please contact Jaima Ortega or Val de Veyra in the ECE student office (Trailer 380, room 101) for registration help.