INV 392 - Commercialize: Innovation Engineering III

How do you turn an idea into a prototype? What tests reveal whether it works? Students work with real product and service ideas and create working prototypes to find the flaws of a design quickly and inexpensively. Topics include application of the scientific method to the prototyping process, sales forecasting, open-source technology, patent searching, provisional patent writing, and some elements of market research and funding.

Satisfies the General Education Social Contexts and Institutions requirement.

Prerequisites: INV 180 and INV 282.

Credits: 3