About The Class

"This course provides an introduction to the product development processes and practices in the industry with a focus on mechanical engineering systems with realistic design and development constraints. Through a combination of project-based learning and lectures, students will be introduced to developing innovative design concepts, concept selection, feasibility studies, and product development life cycle." (taken from class syllabus)

The final project asked for students to display the work done, thinking behind, and tools used in all major phases of the development process including:

Business opportunity: the value our product provides, based on competitive landscape, customer needs/interviews, market research, BMC
Concept selection: clustering, proof-of-concept study, Pugh matrix, etc.
Description of design specification: key metrics, target values, actual values (optional, if measured)
Description of selected concept: CAD model, schematic figures, sketches
Images of your prototypes, successful ones and even failures (if applicable)
Team reflections on the PD process: what went well, things you might have done differently, lessons learned, next steps (actual or hypothetical), etc.

Project

This project's portfolio section is quite small due to a design journal that I created for this specific class, which details everything that went on during this course start-to-finish, including our final presentation deliverable. While this isn't necessarily a very-technical engineering course, it definitely helped me dive deeper into everything else that goes on while developing a product in industry.

I had a hand in the mechanical design of this project but due to how intrigued I was, I took more of a market research kind of role, balancing both the engineering and entrepreneurial side of me!

Here is the link to my design journal: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3eGLCIr-HHHx19IHHcGQYHUlkhhFjji/view?usp=drive_link

Here is the link to our final presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZQ_ZDKoPaVr6kGPYcrxi0fGF9Qk18gg2/view?usp=sharing

Remote-Controlled Training Wheel Bicycle