Engineering Design I (ME-0040)

Spring 2025 · ME 0040 · Tufts University · 4 credits · Undergraduate

User-centric design process, project planning, framing the design challenge. Intellectual property, market research. Task analysis, identification of user needs and engineering requirements, user profiles and persona, need ranking. Ideation techniques, decision making based on design criteria, detailed design. Working with vendors and communicating designs, usability testing, design iteration, engineering drawings in CAD, prototype fabrication. Pre-requisites: Sophomore standing

Course codes: ME-0040, ME 0040, ME0040, ME-40, ME 40, ME40

• 01-LEC (Lecture) — Gary Leisk
• 02-LEC (Lecture) — Luisa Chiesa
• 03-LEC (Lecture) — Briana Bouchard
• 04-LEC (Lecture) — Kristen Bethke Wendell
• 01LA-LAB (Lab) — Gary Leisk
• 01LB-LAB (Lab) — Gary Leisk
• 02LA-LAB (Lab) — Luisa Chiesa
• 02LB-LAB (Lab) — Luisa Chiesa
• 03LA-LAB (Lab) — Briana Bouchard
• 03LB-LAB (Lab) — Briana Bouchard
• 04LA-LAB (Lab) — Kristen Bethke Wendell
• 04LB-LAB (Lab) — Kristen Bethke Wendell