Product Devl & Sustainability

This course is developed to introduce students to the various product development process tools, it will focus on understanding customer needs, establishing product function, students will be exposed to examples of product teardown and benchmarking, students will participate in practical exercises outlining engineering specifications, product portfolio, architecture, generating concepts, concept selection and concept embodiment, results will be shared with classmates and presented in class. Students are required to form teams and select case studies about modeling of product metrics, DFM/DFA/DSA/DFS/DFE, special focus will be on: design for recyclability, design for robustness and design for sustainability.