15.783J / 2.739J / ESD.32J Product Design and Development, Spring 2002
This white board marker station, which refills dry markers overnight, is a project example from a previous class. (Photo by instructors of Product Design and Development.)
Highlights of this Course
This course features many resources from the class, including lecture notes for most sessions and an online textbook (Product Design and Development, co-written by Prof. Steven Eppinger). In addition, both project guidlines and examples are available.
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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.