BME/Industrial Design Collaboration in BME Design Jay R. Goldberg, PhD, PE

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA Program Elements Undergraduates (seniors) –BME, ME, EE, CompE, CompSc –Industrial design (juniors) Shared projects Common and discipline-specific lectures

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA Novel Feature Collaboration with the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) –Fall: Module on Industrial Design –Spring: Collaboration between MU engineering and MIAD industrial design students (BME projects) Virtual teams – Smith College

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA Best Practices ID Module –Aesthetics of Design, Industrial Design –Communicating Your Ideas –Converting Specs into Concepts –Mock-ups and Prototypes Shared project resources –MIAD: machine shop (foam, clay, wood, vacuum forming, etc.) –MU: machine shop, 3D printer Ex: Nourish Project

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA Outcomes Aestheticaly pleasing, functional prototypes Mutual respect for each other’s disciplines –Engineers: functionality, validation/verification, documentation, analysis/presentation of data –ID: communicate through sketching, focus on user experience –Both: customer needs, usability, manufacturing, prototypes Different ways to view/solve problems Cross-functional language; prepared to work with each other on multidisciplinary teams