Product Design and Realization

ME 4853 / MGT 4853 / ID 4850

Hone your product design skills through TechMade’s Product Design and Realization course!

Course Introduction

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of product realization to transform a concept into a fully functioning product and apply new skills to real-world projects. This cross-disciplinary course emphasizes product realization in the context of human-centered design through considerations of human-product interactions, ergonomics and anthropometry, ethnographic techniques, and more. Through the use of hands-on prototyping, such as additive manufacturing and low-volume manufacturing, as well as digital engineering tools, including simulation-based design, intelligent systems, and digital twins, you will gain significant product design and realization exposure and experience.

Course Goals and Learning Outcomes

• Transition a design concept towards production efficiently and effectively, supported by well-informed, well-justified decisions and strategic planning. 
• Design and build prototypes with design for manufacturing considerations, where manufacturing includes additive manufacturing, low-volume manufacturing (machining, water-jetting, woodworking), and production manufacturing (molding, forming, casting) 
• Transition the design of a low-volume prototype into a design for high-volume production. 
• Critically evaluate multiple options for prototyping and make well-informed, well-justified decisions regarding the best combination of options for a specific project. 
• Create and interrogate simulation models to evaluate and refine potential designs and to serve as digital twins of a physical part/system. 
• Utilize data mining, machine learning, and generative design to support and accelerate the design process. 
• Implement human-centered design techniques to guide the embodiment of products/systems, including considerations of human-product interaction, ergonomics, and anthropometry, aesthetics, and interviewing techniques focused on prototyping. 
• Evaluate and make well-informed, well-justified decisions regarding the complementary roles of prototyping, simulation, and human-centered design in product realization. 

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