Course Highlights
This course features many resources from the class, including lecture notes for most sessions and an online textbook given in the readings section (Product Design and Development, co-written by Prof. Steven Eppinger). In addition, both projects guidelines and examples are available.
Course Description
Product Design and Development is a project-based course that covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design and prototype a physical product. Class sessions are conducted in workshop mode and employ cases and hands-on exercises to reinforce the key ideas. Topics include identifying customer needs, concept generation, product architecture, industrial design, and design-for-manufacturing.
*Some translations represent previous versions of courses.
