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Teaching Design Innovation in Product Engineering Classes

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Conference

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Newark, New Jersey

Publication Date

April 22, 2022

Start Date

April 22, 2022

End Date

April 23, 2022

Page Count

10

DOI

10.18260/1-2--40070

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https://strategy.asee.org/40070

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188

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Sanchoy Das New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Sanchoy Das is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology where he teaches graduate classes in supply chain engineering and product engineering. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia tech. His research passion is supply chains, that remarkable cocktail of logistics, industrial engineering, business operations management, and data-driven information technology that brings the world of products and services to our neighborhoods and now to our doorsteps. Today that passion is focused on Fast Fulfillment — How disruptive innovators are getting online orders delivered to you immediately — today, tomorrow, or at the latest the day after tomorrow. He is the author of Fast Fulfillment a book that describes several innovation strategies.

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Abstract

Innovation is a broadly defined term and anything from an incremental improvement to a revolutionary new design can be classified as innovative. In product engineering classes we commonly will have one or more team projects where the team designs a new product, and the expectation is that the design will be innovative. The instructor faces two challenges (i) Providing specific product-focused guidance to the team so that they can make timely progress, and (ii) Catalyzing the innovation thought process in the team process. A common trap is that the application is novel (e.g., a breakthrough bio-medical device) but the design itself is not. This presentation highlights methods that have been successfully used to promote design innovation in course team projects. Three methods that can easily be integrated into the classroom are illustrated: (i) Structured definitions of innovation with validated examples, (ii) Guided ideation and innovation using design analysis tools, and (iii) Innovative redesign of existing products that are readily available in the market.

Das, S. (2022, April), Teaching Design Innovation in Product Engineering Classes Paper presented at 2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, Newark, New Jersey. 10.18260/1-2--40070

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