PRODUCT DESIGN PRACTICUM
Work in small groups to design, fabricate, and test a device that solves a real world problem. Includes retrieval techniques, specification writing, methods for enhancing creativity, selection methodologies, safety engineering, sustainability in design, shop safety, fabrication equipment and techniques, and oral and written communication.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Biological Systems Engineering BS or classified as Pre-Biological Systems Engineering Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Work effectively in teams by creating a collaborative and inclusive environment, establishing goals and meeting objectives Audience: Undergraduate 2. Practice oral and written communication Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate safe use of engineering fabrication equipment and techniques and general shop safety procedures Audience: Undergraduate 4. Generate a functional design prototype based on working through the engineering design process steps Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Work effectively in teams by creating a collaborative and inclusive environment, establishing goals and meeting objectives Audience: Undergraduate 2. Practice oral and written communication Audience: Undergraduate 3. Demonstrate safe use of engineering fabrication equipment and techniques and general shop safety procedures Audience: Undergraduate 4. Generate a functional design prototype based on working through the engineering design process steps Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027