In this course, the students form product development teams and select industry sponsored design projects. Through strict adherence to the product development methodology covered in ME 491, teams work on their design tasks in Winter and Spring terms.

Grading

The grading is primarily based on the team performance as a whole. The grading would be based on:

• Quality of Proposal Report
• Quality of Progress Reports
• Evaluation of team meeting effectiveness
  • Agenda preparation
  • Adequate planning
  • Continuity of operation
  • Adequate meeting summary preparation
  • Preparedness of team members
• Quality of presentations
• Attendance at guest lectures
• Quality of final report

Proposals due date: January 26

• Proposal content
• Project background
• Design brief
• Product Design Specifications (PDS)
• Analysis of market and customer surveys
• QFD
• Project Plan
• Team members and expertise
• Identification of tasks, expertise, and resources
• Timelines and deliverables
• Economic analysis

Guest Lecturers

• Professor Dragan Milosevic, PSU Engineering Management Department
• Dr. Jacob Korngold
• Mr. Bruce Blair, Director of Worldwide Customer Service at Tektronics, Inc.
• Professor Jeffrey C. Woldstad, Oregon State University IME Department
• Mr. Peter Oehler, Senior Product Design Engineer at In Focus Systems INC, Wilsonville, Oregon.