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Feb 05, 2025
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IE 4640 - Product Design and Development Processes3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course introduces students to the product design and development process from the lens of human factors engineering. It includes a team project in which students are expected to propose an original design idea, conduct a needs analysis, develop and test a prototype, and create a financial analysis of the product of interest. (prereq: IE 3621 or SS 464 or consent of instructor)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand tools and methods used for product design and development from a human factors perspective
- Possess more confidence in developing a new product
- Be aware of the role of multiple functions in creating a new product (e.g. strategy, project management, finance, marketing, industrial design, human factors, engineering, production, supply chain, safety)
- Coordinate necessary roles, functions, resources, tasks, etc. to achieve a common goal
- Understand how to complete a needs analysis
- Understand how to develop, complete, and test a design prototype
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Human factors overview
- Design thinking
- Customer needs analysis
- Product specifications + scrum process
- Creativity and concept generation
- Product architecture
- Prototyping and testing design
- Concept selection
- Industrial design
- Experience and service design
- Design for environmental sustainability
- Product costing
Coordinator
Dr. Leah Newman
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