Principles of Sustainable Product Development Laboratory

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This lab course is a Human-Centered Design (HCD) approach that involves the interdisciplinary integration of user, ergonomics, and aesthetic needs with technological and production methods to create manufacturable products. Product Development Principles cover user/object interaction, product form, innovation, redesign, and sustainable product development involving materials from natural resources. Students will justify research from SMT 207 with product analysis and ideation with reflective recordings--sketching and hands-on projects that emphasize product development.