Advanced Product Design and Engineering

Enrollment Requirements: Graduate Prerequisite: Engineering Program and Graduate Standing Advanced Product Design is a hands-on, team-based course whose aim is to instill several key concepts for students interested in product design. The course is centered around the navigation of engineering, design, and manufacturing to solve a real need for real customers. It begins by identifying a product opportunity and market followed by a survey of potential customers for the product to get an understanding of what they find valuable in products for the intended market. From this, a product definition is created that outlines and prioritizes what features and capabilities the product will have from which a product specification is generated. The remainder of the semester is focused on the actual engineering, design, and manufacturing aspects of the product based on the product definition and specifications. The final deliverable is a set of production ready, fully dimensioned and tolerance CAD drawings, and assembly SOP's. The building of feature tests, mockups, models, and prototypes is encouraged throughout the process. Design reviews are conducted throughout the semester to challenge the students' engineering, design, and manufacturing choices.