Mechanical & Industrial Engrg 697MD - ST-Practical Med Device Design

The course will provide an introduction to the systematic design, fabrication, testing and documentation process that is required for the commercial development of medical devices, suitable for eventual regulatory approval. The course will dissect how manufacturing, mechanical design and clinical considerations contribute to medical device development. We will focus on devices used for image guided cancer therapy, where 2 devices will be examined over course of the semester. The goal of the course will be to educate and prepare students who are interested in working in the medical device industry.
Graduate students taking the course at the 600 level will be assigned specific additional effort on mini-projects (x2) with emphasis on independent problem solving, as well as an additional third project at the end of the semester. The additional project will be assigned only to the 600 level students, and will involve a project ending with an in-class presentation reporting their key findings to the 500-level students enrolled in the class. The extra-assignments will evaluate application of concepts and problem solving with tools developed in the class beyond the case study based work undertaken by the 500-level students.