Students learn technical and design information through lectures, slide and video presentations, and field trips, and apply this information in team projects to develop innovative manufacturable products. There is a special focus on design for plastics, glass, ceramics and composites. The first stage of 'Industrial Design Online' evolved into a proposal to teach four key courses in the industrial design program during the academic year 96-97. Students learn technical and design information through lectures, slide and video presentations, and field trips, and apply this information in team projects to develop innovative manufacturable products. There is a special focus on design for plastics, glass, ceramics and composites.
Students learn image synthesis, image processing, and visualization.
The course material is structured to encourage exploration and provoke critical discussion on the use of computer tools in industrial design. Currently, students have limited access to these instructional materials outside of class. However, team projects present scheduling difficulties for students, and evaluation difficulties for the instructors. This will allow team members to discuss ideas and develop solutions asynchronously, and it will allow instructors to facilitate team progress and evaluate individual contribution. Today, review of student projects is limited by the time available in class, and to the particular group present.