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Design for Manufacturability (DFM) provides an overview of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) techniques,Ìýused to minimize product costÌýthrough design and process improvements. DFM is open to all mechanical engineering students. Students will work on two major projects during the semester:

1. The first will be a reverse engineering project where students will choose an existing product and determine how it was producedÌýand investigate why certain manufacturing processes were selected based on different DFMA metrics.
2. The second project will be to apply DFMA techniques to a novel product. If DFM is taken as part of the Graduate Design Track, students will use this second project to further develop their design concepts from APD. At the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of how products are made and the economics involved in the manufacturing processes.Ìý

Advanced Product Design (APD) is offered in the fall semester. APD introduces the processes and methods for designing productsÌýincludingÌýneed-finding and need-specification, ideation and idea selection, design thinking/user-centered design, human factors, sketching, pretotyping, user feedback, prototyping, intellectual propertyÌýand product launch. Teams of three to fourÌýstudents will design and build a novel product throughout the semester.ÌýWe encourage Advanced Product Design students to carry their product concepts forward to MCEN 5045: Design for Manufacturability in the spring semester to take the next step toward a real product launch.Ìý

Advanced Product Design is a pre-requisite for Graduate Design (MCEN 5065, MCEN 5075), a two-semester design experience centered around an industry-sponsored project that includes: problem definition and specifications, determining design requirements, user feedback, alternative design concepts, engineering analysis, concept prototypes, and CAD drawings.Ìý

Note:ÌýEnrollment is by application only through the ME department. Please apply through the .Ìý