MaDE Capstone Sequence III (388-3-1)

Instructors

David W Gatchell
847/491-6761
The Segal Design Institute, FORD G-319, EV CAMPUS

Daniel Brown

Meeting Info

Ford Hive Annex 2340: Mon 9:00AM - 12:00PM

Overview of class

This is the third quarter of a three-quarter capstone experience for students in the MaDE program. Capstone courses are designed to take advantage of a student's knowledge and skills previously acquired through the first three years of the undergraduate curriculum. The third quarter of the MaDE capstone affords design teams an opportunity to integrate the works-like and looks-like prototypes from the second quarter into a single product which demonstrates competitive advantage over the competition. At the beginning of the class, teams draft and submit a provisional patent which facilitates conversations and co-designing opportunities with professional manufacturers. By the end of the quarter teams will have validated and verified their design and completed a "going to market" strategy.