Spanning Design Boundaries

Spanning Design Boundaries: Schedule; Invited Talks Webcast; Design: Chicago Webcast; Workshop Pictures; Participants; About the workshop series; Recommended reading; Contacts
Travel and Accomodations: Travel and transportation; Hotel Reservations; Visiting the area
Sponsors: Segal Design Institute; McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; National Science Foundation

Schedule

Day 1	Thursday, April 16, 2009
8:15 am	Shuttle leaves from Orrington Hotel/ Walking with Don and Ann.
8:30-9:00 am	Continental Breakfast (ITW auditorium, Ford Engineering Design Center, 2133 Sheridan Rd)
9:00-9:30 am	Welcome Wei Chen, NU Organizer of NSF Interdisciplinary Graduate Design Workshop Series Ed Colgate, Co-Director of Segal Design Institute Julio Ottino, Dean, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Christina Bloebaum, Program Director, NSF Engineering Design and Innovation
9:30-11:30 am	Phase I: Design: Four Themes and Three Viewpoints (Moderator: Don Norman, Co-Director of Segal Design Institute) 9:30-10:30 Invited Speakers Human Factors and Ergonomics: Alex Kirlik. Head, Human Factors Division, UIUC Engineering Design: Jonathan Cagan. Integrated Design Innovation Group, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, CMU Industrial Design: David Weightman. Professor Industrial design, School of Art and Design, UIUC Human Centered Design: Don Norman. Co-Director Segal Design Institute, Northwestern. 10:30-11:30 Open Floor Discussion
11:30 am-12:00 pm	Tour of Ford Engineering Design Center (optional) Walking from Ford building to transportation center.
12:00-1:00 pm	Lunch (Transportation Center, Chambers Hall, 600 Foster)
1:00-3:30 pm	Phase II: Design Challenge - Create a “Greenfield” Interdisciplinary Graduate Design Program (Moderators: Ann McKenna and Ed Colgate) 1:00-1:30 pm Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs at Northwestern University Design Landscape at Northwestern University: Ed Colgate and Don Norman, Co-Directors of Segal Design Institute Master in Product Development (MPD) & NUvention: Richard Lueptow, Associate Dean/Co-Director, MPD. 1:30-1:45 Assignment of breakout sessions 1:45-3:30 Breakout session (4 breakout groups) Facilitators: Panos Papalambros, Tim Simpson, Shelley Evenson, Liz Gerber
3:30-4:00 pm	Break (Walking from transportation center to Allen Center)
4:00-6:00 pm	Design: Chicago (James L. Allen Center, 2169 Campus Drive)
6:00-7:00 pm	Cocktails
7:00-9:00 pm	Dinner (Allen Center)
9:00 pm	Shuttle leaves from Allen Center to Orrington Hotel
Day 2	Friday, April 17, 2009
8:15 am	Shuttle leaves from Orrington Hotel/Walking with Don and Ann.
8:30-9:00 am	Continental Breakfast (Transportation Center, Chambers Hall, 600 Foster)
9:30-10:45 am	Phase II (continued) (Moderators: Ann McKenna and Ed Colgate) 9:00-9:15 Preparation for Presentation 9:15-10:15 Presentations from breakout groups (4 groups, each 15 mins) 10:15-10:45 Discussion 10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00	Phase III: Overcoming Real World Barriers Barriers (Moderators: Ed Colgate and Don Norman)
12:00-1:00 pm	Lunch: Evaluation and Feedback (Moderator: Wei Chen)

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