MSE 4072

Materials Design: Ideation

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course emphasizes the ideation stage of early-stage product development. Formed into small teams, students collaboratively ideate multiple innovative products. After the consideration of realistic design constraints, each team chooses one of the products they have ideated to advance towards feasibility. The team iterates the design of this product with particular attention to the suitability for prototyping and the potential market for the product. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for searching intellectual property and analyzing markets are applied; the effectiveness and reliability of these AI tools are also considered.

Prerequisites MSE 4071.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: senior engineering students.

Exploratory Studies (CU-SBY)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

Learning Outcomes

• Design a materials-enabled product under realistic constraints.
• Operate effectively on a team.
• Fabricate a prototype and evaluate its functionality.

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