ITSP InaugurationMay 2015

Deepak Malani (EE)

Learnings from my Engineering journey

Engineering (from Latin) ingeniare, meaning to contrive, devise

1. Early Undergraduate Excitement: Competition Oriented ProjectStaircase climbing robot (IIT Madras - Shaastra), Top 10 out of 120 robots

1. Early Undergraduate Excitement: Competition Oriented ProjectInverted Locomotion Robot (IIT Bombay - Techfest)

2. Problem Statement Expressed by a UserDental Curing Torch

3. Problem Statement derived from personal needBicycle Speedometer, Odometer

Beagle Board

4. Learning to address Complexity in Engineering ProjectsWireless PC2TV (for Philips Consumer Electronics)

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5. Innovation / InventionAcpad: Synthesizer Inteface on Guitar

5. Innovation / Inventionwww.Acpad.com: Synthesizer Inteface on Guitar

Version 1

User Centric Design,Attachable

Version 2

Flexible,Non-invasive

Version 3

Beta Version

Wireless, Enhanced Sensitivity

Hardwired,Modified Guitar

Acpad: Product Development R & D Journey

Learnings

1. Finding the problem, Articulating

• Travel Around (Explore, Talk to People)

• Observe (Open-mind)

• Analyze (Question yourself, Critique the convention)

• Research (Read, Survey, Discuss)

Learnings

2. Solving

• Think Simple (Fundamentals, First Principles)

• Get requisite skills as necessary (Hands-on)

• Complete the loop quickly (Iterate)

• Team Work (Heterogeneous)

• Collaborate (Multidisciplinary)

• No jugaad (Avoid shortcuts)

Learnings

3. Process

• Document, Make Notes (Log book, Science Experiment)

• Accept mistakes, Celebrate failures (Try out)

• Share thy knowledge

“Engineering is the application of

scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge

in order to

invent, design, build, maintain, research, and improve

structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes”

deepak@treelabs.org