OIDD 415 - MEAM 415 - IPD 515
University of Pennsylvania
Virtual Design Fair
spring 2021
oid 415/meam 415/ipd 515
This course provides tools and methods for creating new products. The course is intended for students with a strong career interest in new product development , entrepreneurship, and/or technology development. The course follows an overall product design methodology, including the identification of customer needs, generation of product concepts, prototyping, and design-for-manufacturing. Weekly student assignments are focused on the design of a new product and culminate in the creation of a prototype, which is launched at an end-of-semester public Design Fair. The course project is a physical
good - but most of the tools and methods apply to services and software products.
Topics and Skills Include:
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Needfinding and Ethnography
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Product Sketching
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Hand making skills
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3D Printing and Digital Making Skills
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Manufacturing Techniques
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Entrepreneurship and Crowdfunding
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Sustainability
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Sourcing Overseas
