IND 3800Design for Market and Manufac

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Prerequisites: IND 3450 In this course, students gain knowledge of design for production criteria by developing a product and optimizing its design for specific mass manufacturing technologies. Students gain experience through the design development process including market feasibility research, brainstmming new concepts, refining concepts, and constructing alpha and beta prototypes that are designed for mass manufacturing. Projects are based upon real world new product development principles. Students learn fundamentals of industrial production, ecological design, consumer safety and entrepreneurship.