DESIGN PRACTICUM

INTEREGR 941

Explore chosen opportunity area through prototyping, user testing, and iteration. Creation of final, high resolution design, with communication and launch plan for startup, product or service. Practice behaviors of design thinking - ethics, critique, and storytelling.

BSE 170

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.

ME 352

Design and fabricate systems and devices, typically having an interdisciplinary aspect. Emphasis will be on detailed design, fabrication, testing, and modification of concepts developed in the previous course (M E 351).

ISYE 350

Introduction to the tools needed for advanced design courses through experiential learning and hands-on opportunities to conduct experiments, take relevant measurements, analyze real-world data, design systems, and to make and test prototypes of designs.

ME 549

A project oriented, interdisciplinary course with an emphasis on designing competitive, quality products. The product development process is covered from problem identification through detail design and evaluation. Included among the topics covered are: idea generation and evaluation, visualization, and quality.