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EM 458 PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Credits: 3 (3,0,0) Prerequisites: CEE 205, EM 352, Senior Level Standing

Course Catalog:
This course presents and utilizes an integrated approach to new product design, development,
and launch with corporate-sponsored projects. This project-based course covers modern tools and
methods for product design and development. Student teams apply the skills learned in the
foundation courses to develop a new product and prototype. Team members' experience the
sequential nature of formulating, evaluating, and developing a new product concept. Class
sessions are conducted in workshop mode and employ cases and hands-on exercises to reinforce
the key ideas, e.g., identifying customer needs, methodologies for the generation and selection of
concepts, product architecture, industrial design, design-for-manufacturing, and product
economic analysis.

EM 492 COOP
Credits: 10 (0,0,0) Prerequisites: Completion of 90 credit hours

Course Catalog:
The PSU COOP Education Program combines classroom learning with work experience to assist
students in applying their knowledge and skills to real life situations & building strong partnerships
between the PSU and the local business community, as well as enable our students to create
future quality career in response to the evolving of local economic and workforce development
needs. Students are expected to prepare and present a report of their work experience.

EM 495 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT
Credits: 3 (0,0,6) Prerequisite: ENG 301, Senior level Standing
Course Catalog:
This course presents project groups deliver their products that have progressed through the
design, analysis, testing and evaluation stages. The project teams produce a polished
professional report that describes the design process, implementation and testing, verification
and validation, and a critical appraisal of the project. An oral presentation and graphic works are
complementary project deliverables.

EM 496 INTERNSHIP
Credits: 1 (0,0,0) Prerequisites: Completion of 90 credit hours

Course Catalog:
This is a eight-weeks professional training course in Engineering Management. The program
combines classroom learning with work experience to assist students in applying their knowledge
and skills to real life situations and enable our students to create future quality career in response
to the evolving of local economic and workforce development needs. Students are expected to
present their work experience after finishing the four-weeks period.