Course Description
The purpose of this course is to cover the best practices and methods for creating and innovating new high-tech products, for management of the design process, and for the management of the development and prototyping of new engineering products. This course is for engineering graduate students aspiring to be product managers, product designers and engineering managers. The course covers the sources of new product ideas including customer feedback, technology evolution, technology brokering, scenario analysis, customer problem solving, focus groups, and group brainstorming. Next the design process will be addressed. A method known as "design thinking" will be covered in depth, and students will complete a project in an area of interest based on design thinking. Students will be required to complete a design thinking project, a draft of a patent disclosure, a management plan for its development, and "pitch" the idea and plan.
Fall 2025
Instructors
Meeting Patterns
Classes Start:
August 18, 2025
Classes End:
December 2, 2025
Location:
04134 Fitts-Woolard Hall
Class Days:
M W
Class Start Time:
4:30pm
Class End Time:
5:45pm
Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
This course is for graduate students with a technical undergraduate. This course is part of 3 course sequence on management of engineering products. The other two are EGR506 and EGR507 which may be taken in any order. (Sequentially advised; not required) R: MEM Students Only
