MAE 5340

MAE 5340

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

Combined lecture and laboratory course on the new product development cycle: iterative design based on ethnographic fieldwork, team brainstorming, prototyping, testing, consumer feedback, and the limitations set by mass manufacturing of the final product. This course will instruct students on methods to identify product concepts based on machine designs with commercial potential. Design teams will perform market analysis and explore the IP space around their own 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 to build prototypes, and quantitative marketing will be used as feedback from them. Early stage prototypes will progress into more sophisticated designs as the class progresses. Scale-up (cost, pricing, tooling) considerations for mass manufacturing of these products will be taken into account, as well as quantitative analysis of their machine designs for their expected utility.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: M.E. seniors and other MEng./graduate students.

Outcomes
  • Students will be able to understand the logic of the product development cycle in the context of a startup company and an established firm and communicate effectively in teams.
  • Students will be able to describe the limitations of early stage prototypes and the importance of stages development into more realistic prototypes.
  • Students will be able to identify product platforms for mechanical design with commercial potential.
  • Students will be able gain appreciation of Intellectual Property in terms of design and utility.
  • Students will be able to become familiar with basic tools of design and manufacturing, such as CAD and digital manufacturing tools.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: MAE 4340MAE 4341

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10763 MAE 5340   LEC 001

    • MWF Upson Hall 216
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Shepherd, R

      Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    M.E. students who have taken MAE 4351, may not count both this class and MAE 4351 towards B.S. graduation requirements in Mechanical Engineering.

  • 10764 MAE 5340   LAB 401

    • M Upson Hall 142
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Shepherd, R

      Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 11538 MAE 5340   LEC 002

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 3, 2021
    • Shepherd, R

      Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    Enrollment limited to: Distance Learning Students.

  • 11539 MAE 5340   LAB 402

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 3, 2021
    • Shepherd, R

      Simoncini, S

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous