WAT-E1100 - Water and Environmental Engineering, Lecture, 4.9.2023-20.10.2023

Topic outline

• Week 3: Water and wastewater engineering
  Water supply and sanitation week combines the weekly theme and method with the help of entrepreneurship and innovation thinking (which is one of our key contexts), done in cooperation with Aalto Ventures Programme AVP. 

  The week consists of the following submitted tasks:

  • Thematic task: User research and pitch (DL Friday 22.9. at 16:30)
  • Weekly exercise: Spatial analysis (DL Friday 29.9. at 23:59)

  General schedule for the week is shown in the figure below, while the detailed schedule can be found below the figure.

  
  

  • Select activity Detailed time scheduleMost of the sessions will be...

    Detailed time schedule

    Most of the sessions will be held in lecture hall 286 in the Water building. Other locations will be informed separately.

    Monday 18.9. 

     9.00 - 10.00   Introduction to week 5  (Anna)

                          Water and wastewater treatment (Anna )

                          Group work: Draw your water supply and sanitation system

    10.00 - 12.00  Introduction to rural water supply and sanitation by Dr. Harri Mattila

                           You can watch this video already before Harri's lecture: 

     12.00 - 13.00 Lunch break

    13:00 – 14:00 Introduction to urban water supply and sanitation  (Anna)

    14.00 - 15.15 Beyond the Pipes: Understanding entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in wastewater management" (Sonja Hilavuo, Aalto Ventures Program)

    -       Customer centricity and entrepreneurial ways of working

    -       Calibrating your entrepreneurial mindset for the WAT project

    15.30 - 16.30 Beneath the Surface: Unveiling Customer Needs through Skillful Interviews

                       

    Tuesday 19.9.            

    9.00 – 11.30  GIS introduction (U257, Teemu Kokkonen)

    11.30 - 12.30 Lunch break

    12.30 - 13.00 Getting ready for fluid and insightful customer engagements (Sonja)

    13.00 - 16.30 Team interviews with three potential clients (during the interview break each group can pre-treat their results)

                             

    Wednesday 20.9.

    9:00 – 11:00 GIS exercise (U257)
    

    11.00 - 12.00 Lunch                       

    12.00 - 14.00 Water and wastewater treatment and emerging treatment needs (Anna)

    14.00 - 17.00 Behind the Data: Transforming customer interviews into actionable business ideas

    -        Analysis of the interviews

    -        Establishing and substantiating your value proposition

    
    

    Thursday 21.9.

    - 9.00 - 11.30  GIS exercise (independent work with support, Y344)

    - 11.30 - 12.30 Lunch                       

    - 12:30 – 14:00 Crafting compelling customer presentations (Sonja)

    - 14:00 à Independent work in groups to prepare the final presentations

     

    Friday 22.9.

    - 9.00 - 12.00 Customer communication clinics (team specific coaching for the final presentations)

    -  9.00 – 12.00 Finetuning the customer presentations in groups (in parallel of the above)

    - 13.00 - 16.00 Ideas Unveiled: Showcasing tailored value propositions within wastewater

       business". Presentations, customer feedback and wrap-up.

     

  • Select activity Lecture material

    Lecture material

  • Select activity Lecture material

    Download folder

    • Lecture material
      • Future by Harri Mattila.pdf
      • Groundwater by Harri Mattila.pdf
      • Introduction to the week.pdf
      • Lecture on water and wastewater treatment.pdf
      • Timetable for interviews.pdf
      • Urine drying by Harri Mattila.pdf
      • Wastewater treatment by Harri Mattila.pdf
      • Water supply and sanitation.pdf
  • Select activity Exercise material

    Exercise material

  • Select activity Thematic task: Customer understanding & value propositions

    

    Thematic task: Customer understanding & value propositions Assignment
  • Select activity User research in a little over 1 hour

    

    User research in a little over 1 hour Page
  • Select activity GIS: Weekly exerciseAll material below this is rel...

    GIS: Weekly exercise

    All material below this is related to the GIS exercise.
    

    
    

  • Select activity GIS: Lecture slides

    

    GIS: Lecture slides File PPTX
  • Select activity Weekly exercise: GIS Quiz

    

    Weekly exercise: GIS Quiz
  • Select activity GIS Assignment Instructions

    

    GIS Assignment Instructions File PDF
  • Select activity QGIS Quick Guide

    

    QGIS Quick Guide File PDF

    Quick guide to basic functionalities of QGIS software. Slightly outdated, but hopefully helpful :-)
    

  • Select activity Data for the map (Kotka, Mikkeli, Kittilä)

    

    Data for the map (Kotka, Mikkeli, Kittilä) Folder
  • Select activity Submit you GIS exercise map here

    

    Submit you GIS exercise map here Assignment

    Submit you map depicting properties whose owners are potential customers (you can use the full buildings dataset of the municipality or the personal data set for one of the group members), separating potential customers in sensitive and in non-sensitive areas. Important: The maps should be easy to read, meaning that they should include e.g. title and/or legend, scale bar and north arrow. Also, symbology, labels and other text should be clear.

    Accepted formats are: pdf, MS Powerpoint, and MS Word.

    Your submission should include:
    

    • group number
    • list of names for all group members

    One submission is enough, i.e. only one group member needs to submit on behalf of the entire group.