MAE 4513 creditsPrereq: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Majors Only. Co-Requisite: MAE 336 and MAE 340 .Students must satisfy the SEAS faculty advisement requirement.
MAE 451: Design Process and Methods
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- Discusses the fundamental concepts and activities of design processes. Investigates domain-independent topics of design processes. These topics include idea conception, teamwork, quality, experimental design, optimization, and technical communication. In addition, discusses fundamental methods of design, including decision making, conceptual design, cost evaluation, ethics issues, and intellectual property issues, which are investigated through interactive lectures and individual and group exercises.
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- Ardeshir Raihanian Mashhadi
- Javid Bayandor
- Kemper Lewis
- Rahul Rai
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