Undergraduate Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of the instructor. - Graduate Prerequisites: Proficiency in basic CAD, mechanical design principles, calculus, dif ferential equations and at least 3 courses in physics, chemistry and m aterials. - An eight credit, two term course. Advanced Product Design is focused on the tools and skills driving smart engineering decisions which anticipate user, societal and technological trends. A "proactive" mechanical engineer creates products and systems that are appropriate, effective, fail-resistant, and economically successful. Students are expected to perform original research on design and engineering trends, apply advanced engineering methods to case studies, defend their conclusions, and ultimately create a manufacturable design prototype.

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