COURSE NUMBER: MBA290T.1

This course is cross-listed with the Dev.Eng. Program

COURSE TITLE: Design and Evaluation of Development Technology

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3.0

INSTRUCTOR: David Levine (Haas) and Alice Agogino (Mechanical Engineering)

E-MAIL ADDRESS:  levine@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Mondays/Wednesdays, 11:00AM-12:30PM

PREREQUISITE(S): None

CLASS FORMAT: Lecture and class group work

REQUIRED READINGS: No formal textbook. There will be weekly readings and case studies.  The case studies will largely involve technologies currently being developed at UC Berkeley (e.g., mobile phone microscope, solar powered lights for health clinics, etc.).  

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:

20% on homework assignments

20% on attendance and participation in class

30% on participation and deliverables in team exercises

10% on class presentations

20% on post-reflection and integration plan into research or capstone projects 

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This required course for the Designated Emphasis in Development Engineering will include projects and case studies, many related to projects at UC Berkeley.  Student teams will work with preliminary data to define the problem.  They will then collect and analyze interview and survey data from potential users and begin to design a solution. Students will explore how to use novel monitoring technologies and “big data” for product improvement and evaluation.  The student teams will use the case studies (with improvements based on user feedback and data analysis) to develop a plan for scaling and evaluation with a rigorous controlled trial. 

The course is co-listed in Engineering.

This course will require that students understand the subject matter through assigned readings, and the class will focus on application of the materials in mini-projects and case studies where students work in multidisciplinary teams. This hands-on approach will allow the students to learn about fields and techniques that are new to them, and to apply the skills and knowledge that they bring to class to specific problems.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

David I. Levine is the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.  He is past chair of the University’s Center for Health Research, of the Advisory Board for Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), and of the Haas School’s Economic Analysis and Policy Group.

Alice M. Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering.  Her research encompasses wireless sensor networks; multimedia and computer-aided design; decision and expert systems; gender equity; and design theory and methods.