| February | February 7: Conductive textiles Assignment due February 8: registration survey |
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| February 14: Textile resistors and resistive sensors Assignment due: color changing textile |
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| February 21: NO CLASS (president’s day) | ||
| February 28: Textile actuators: shape memory alloys Assignment due: resistive sensor |
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| March | March 6: Nonwovens and composites Assignment due: shape changing textile |
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| March 13: Introduction to computational design Assignment due: nonwoven/composite |
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| March 20: Knitting machines Assignment due: laser cut lace |
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| March 27: SPRING BREAK | ||
| April | April 3: Final project proposals Assignment due: final project proposals |
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| April 10: Embroidery machine + 3d printed textiles Assignment due: knit surface |
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| April 17: NO CLASS (patriot’s day) | ||
| April 24: NO CLASS (member week) | ||
| May | May 1: Textile capacitors and capacitive sensing + final project lab Assignment due: embroidery or 3d print |
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| May 8: Final project lab Assignment due: project updates |
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| May 15: Final project lab | ||
| MONDAY May 21: 9am-12pm Final project presentations Assignment due: final project presentations |
Textbook
Kadolph, S. (2007), Textiles (11th or 10th Edition), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Materials
There is a $35 materials fee for this course. (Please give a check made out to “MIT” to Emily.) This helps to cover the cost of consumable materials, including your vey own kit, which we have assembled to help you complete many of the assignments. Additionally, you should purchase a multimeter of your own. (We recommend this one. You can also order a similar meter more cheaply from Amazon.)
Grading
Weekly assignments: 60%
Final project: 30%
Class participation: 10%
Each project will receive 2 “grades”, one for the project & one for its documentation. For both categories, we will give you one of 3 marks: a check (X), check + (X+), or check- (X-). A (X) is an indication that you did a good job on the assignment, a (X+) that your work was truly extraordinary & a (X-) that your work could be improved. Evaluation of projects will focus on the following:
- craftsmanship (how carefully and thoughtfully was the project constructed?)
- concept (how original and compelling is the conceptual design?)
- form/aesthetics (how compelling is the aesthetic design?)
- functionality (does it work?)