Engineering Sciences 96 is a group project selected to provide experience
in the processes and practice of engineering design. It is the central
activity of a design seminar which, ordinarily, is taken in the spring
term of the junior year. This year, we are studying the Harvard University
Health Service, working with its staff to optimize its information system.
Professor Victor Jones has written an introduction
to the problem.
Logistics
Meets Monday 2-4 p.m. in Pierce Hall 209. The dress rehearsal is scheduled
for Friday 3 May 2 p.m. - 10 p.m. tentatively in Cruft 318. We will move
to Pierce 209 at 6 p.m. or earlier. If a group would like to meet with
a professor or TF, please contact one of them to set up a meeting. Discuss
topics with class members on the newsgroup harvard.course.es96.
4 April--reorganization
with assignment of two people each to assessment of the current system
and coordination of the proposed system
8 April--group
presentations on cart/workbench ensemble, records room layout, the
roving checker, voice recognition, information coordination, and backlog.
15 April--minutes
of presentations on final presentation duties, the personal digital
assistant, tracking cost analysis, and the bubble RAV.
18 April--mintues
of presentations on the ERAV, the journey of a chart, data entry backlog,
and the workstation model.
22 April--minutes
of presentations on data entry, RAV reform, workbench, dumbwaiter,
and tracking.
25 April--transcription
of meeting. Subjects discussed include outlines, the ERAV, scheduling of
dress rehearsal, backlog, composition of folders, rover in the records
room, technical processing, printer, and carts.
