University of Colorado Graduate Design Program in Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Design Program
Mission Focus on the processes and methods required to design new and innovative products.
Established January, 2010
Official Name Graduate Design Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder
Enrollment 2011 Class: 19
2012 Class: 21
2013 Class: 24

The Graduate Design Program in Mechanical Engineering is part of Design Center Colorado within the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Colorado Boulder, in Boulder, Colorado.

Background

The CU-Boulder Engineering Center.

The Graduate Design Program began in January, 2010. Design faculty members include Mark Rentschler, Daria Kotys-Schwartz, Derek Reamon, Greg Rieker and Shalom Ruben[1]

Curriculum

The Graduate Design Program is focused on educating graduate (both Masters and Doctoral) students through hands-on design learning and industry-sponsored projects. Graduate students in any of the Mechanical Engineering Tracks can enroll in the Graduate Design Program through the Design Pathway.[2] The cornerstone of this program is a three-semester sequence of courses that begin in January, and culminates the following year in May. The first course in this sequence is Advanced Product Design (APD).[3] APD is a studio class that focuses on consumer product design and helps equip students with the tools necessary to complete the following, two semester Graduate Design projects course.[4] In Grad Design, the teams, composed of 3-4 students, have access to funds from the sponsoring company, and meet regularly with a mentor from the sponsoring company and a faculty advisor. Teams are tasked with delivering a near turn-key product at the end of the 9-month project.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.designcenter.colorado.edu/#!people/cp9w
  2. ↑ http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/programs/graduate/curriculum/index.html
  3. ↑ http://www.designcenter.colorado.edu/#!advanced-product-design/c1jy0
  4. ↑ http://www.designcenter.colorado.edu/#!graduate-design/co3b

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