Product Development and Engineering Design FS2026

The course introduces students to the product development process. In a team, you will explore the early phases of conceptual development and product design, from ideation and concept generation through to hands-on prototyping. This is an opportunity to gain product development experience and improve your skills in prototyping and presenting your product ideas. The project topic this year is "Mechanized Precision Seeder and Fertilizer in Low Resource Settings". The course introduces you to the product development process and methods in engineering design for: product planning, user-centered design, creating product specifications, ideation including concept generation and selection methods, material selection methods and prototyping. Further topics include design for manufacture, focusing on additive manufacture. You will actively apply the process and methods learned throughout the semester in a team on a product development project including hands-on prototyping.