Bachelor's in Product Design - Mechanical Engineering Technology

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The product design option allows for specialized study in all engineering aspects of product ideation, innovation, design confirmation, and design validation. The option focuses on the primary areas of developing robust designs that are optimized for manufacturing, customer, and environmental conditions that the product will experience during its entire life-cycle. This option is part of the mechanical engineering technology BS degree. The product design option begins with a course sequence that starts in the third year of the mechanical engineering technology major. This ensures that you have developed the foundational engineering skills needed for specialization in more advanced course work that focuses on the principles of developing new, innovative designs. Courses in product design include fundamental principles on generating and formulating product ideas, utilizing design for six sigma principles, and developing robust designs.