MAE 4341

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MAE 4341
Innovative Product Design via Digital Manufacturing

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

Combined lecture and laboratory course on the new product development cycle: iterative design based on prototyping, testing, consumer feedback, and limitations set by mass manufacturing. The course instructs students on methods to identify product concepts for machine designs with commercial potential. Design teams will perform market analysis and explore the intellectual property space around their ideas and rapidly iterate them into a final prototype via digital manufacturing (e.g., 3D CAD files manifested via robotic printing or machining); advanced instruction on these tools will be given, and quantitative marketing will be used as feedback. Early stage prototypes will progress into more sophisticated designs. Scale-up (cost, pricing, tooling) considerations for mass manufacturing will be taken into account, as well as quantitative analysis of machine designs for the expected utility.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: M. E. seniors or permission of instructor.

Satisfies Requirement Fulfills Senior Design requirement.

Outcomes
  • Understand the logic of the product development cycle in the context of a startup company and an established firm and communicate effectively in teams.
  • Describe the limitations of early stage prototypes and the importance of staged development into more realistic prototypes.
  • Identify product platforms for mechanical design with commercial potential.
  • Appreciation of Intellectual Property in terms of design and utility.
  • Be familiar with basic tools of design and manufacturing, such as CAD and digital manufacturing tools.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: MAE 4340, MAE 5340

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12441 MAE 4341   LEC 001

  • Enrollment limited to MechE seniors fulfilling M.E. senior design requirement. This course necessitates an application and selection process; the online application form will be available from Friday, August 4th, to Friday, August 18th, 2017, at https://goo.gl/forms/ilKT037HweDzSNzu2. Students will be notified of enrollment decisions prior to the start of Fall 2017 classes.

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  • 12657 MAE 4341   LAB 401

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