ME 490 - Engineering Design and Design Optimization

Student Learning Objectives

Students who complete this course should be able to:

  1. Identify problems, generate ideas to solve problems, and solve problems.
  2. Break a problem down into objectives and requirements.
  3. Identify design issues and improve upon said designs.
  4. Present their designs in an oral and written format.
  5. Effectively document the design process.
  6. Design products with customers in mind.
  7. Apply engineering principles to improve designs.
  8. Make attempts and take risks that result in successes and mistakes, and be able to effectively respond to said mistakes.
  9. Perform multi-objective optimization to improve their designs.
  10. Effectively design a product for FDM printing.