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	WEEK 1


	Day 1: Introduction to 13.017/018 The Challenge Overview of World Energy Picture


	Day 2: Lab Introduction to the TT8 Review of C programming language TT8 Exercise - Hello World


	Day 3: Lecture Overview of Ocean Wave Energy Conversion Assign wave generation systems for students to research. Students pick one each from a given list. Reports and oral presentations on generation systems in week 4.


	WEEK 2


	Day 1: Lecture Engineering design


	Day 2: Lab Introduction to TT8 interfacing Lab exercise: TT8 input and output


	Day 3: Lab TT8 data logging Lab exercise: Generate and log data


	Day 4: Lecture Engineering design, focusing on Challenge


	WEEK 3


	Day 1: Lecture Introduction to sensors


	Day 2: Lab Interface sensor to TT8 and log data


	Day 3: Lecture Linear theory of waves Collect lab notebooks


	WEEK 4


	Day 1: Lecture Introduction to sensor interfacing


	Day 2: Lab Catch-up lab/design/presentation preparation


	Day 3: Lab Student presentations on wave energy systems Written reports on wave energy systems due


	Day 4: Lecture Linear theory of waves


	WEEK 5


	Day 1: Lecture The wave probe


	Day 2: Lab Begin student project to build a wave probe, measure wave activity in the Charles, and calculate available power. Students to work in groups of 2 or 3. Written reports on wave experiments due in Week 9.


	Day 3: Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge design -- Group, one student leads


	WEEK 6


	Day 1: Lecture Electrical generators


	Day 2: Lab Student project


	Day 3: Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge design -- Group


	WEEK 7


	Day 1: Lecture Engineering Ethics


	Day 2 : Lab Student project


	Day 3 : Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge Design -- Group Collect lab notebooks


	WEEK 8


	Day 1: Lecture Engineering ethics -- Group


	Day 2: Lab Student project


	Day 3: Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge design -- Group


	WEEK 9


	Day 1: Lecture Challenge design -- Group


	Day 2: Lab Student project


	Day 3: Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge design -- Group Wave experiments reports due Draft of final report on Challenge design due week 12.


	WEEK 10


	Day 1: Lecture Discuss report and Challenge design -- Group


	Day 2: Lab Student project


	Day 3: Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge design -- Group


	WEEK 11


	Day 1: Lab Student project


	Day 2: Lecture Challenge design -- Group


	WEEK 12


	Day 1: Lecture Challenge design -- Group


	Day 2: Lab Student project


	Day 3: Lab Student project


	Day 4: Lecture Challenge design - Group Draft of final report on Challenge design due Final report and oral presentations on Challenge design in week 14.


	WEEK 13


	Day 1: Lecture Discuss draft of final report


	Day 2: Lab Work on oral presentation and final report


	Day 3: Lab Work on oral presentation and final report


	Day 4: Lecture Work on oral presentation and final report


	WEEK 14


	Day 1: Lecture Practice talk


	Day 2: Lab Practice talk


	Day 3: Group Oral Report to the O.E. Dept. Collect lab notebooks Collect final report