The students keep proving him right. Eppinger has high hopes for this year's crop of products as well. Formal product presentations, complete with prototype demonstrations, were held at the final class meeting at the Sloan campus on Saturday, May 11, where they were evaluated by a panel of industrial design experts. Unique system moves the filter through the water for coffee-press flavor and quality. During the semester, students research their prospective customers carefully through observation, questionnaires, and interviews, and then use the resulting fact base to guide concept generation and selection, as well as to develop product specifications and working prototypes.
Several teams have corporations interested in licensing or further developing their products.