Product Design 1

3 Credits.

This course is designed to give students in ChemBE the requisite skills to generate and screen ideas for new venture creation and then prepare a business plan for an innovative technology of their own design. These skills include the ability to incorporate into a formal business case all necessary requirements, including needs identification and validation; business cases; and, market strategies and plans. This course is the first part of a two-semester sequence; the second part will be directed by ChemBE faculty and focus on the actual construction/programming of the business idea. Students should have STEM background and knowledge of material and energy balances. Note that students must take 540.610 to complete this sequence.