EGR 306 - Product Design & Entrepreneurship, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): EGR 202, EGR 203, EGR 301 & SUS/MGT 340
This course presents multidisciplinary content from engineering & business with an emphasis on the process of product development and entrepreneurship. The steps in the product development process are presented to give shape to a design idea to make a commercially viable product. This course will teach teams of students how to develop product concepts and business plans in the design of new and innovative products. Emphasis will be placed on identifying user needs, concept generation, construct an Alpha prototype fabrication, and present the prototype with a business case in support of the product.