GE 5100 — Product Development for Engineers

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonOnlineHybridOnlineTraditional

Focuses on the main processes needed to develop a complex, high-technology product. Emphasizes the most important techniques and approaches used in a startup environment. Seeks to benefit students of all engineering disciplines including computer science and biomedical, industrial, electrical, mechanical, computer, and chemical engineering. Includes a running practical project in which a new product is designed and executed through a series of small projects for each phase of the product development process. Topics include the product life cycle, new product development processes, project planning and management, new product idea generation, the systems approach to product development, design for manufacturing, market testing and launch, and escalation to manufacturing.

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Summer B 20231162080%4.0
Fall 20234777899%0.3
Spring 202458810088%2.4
Summer A 20241152075%5.0
Summer B 20242354578%5.0
Fall 20244808693%1.5
Spring 20252586392%2.5
Summer A 20251193063%11.0
Summer B 20251313394%2.0
Fall 20252506281%6.0
Spring 20261273090%3.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 37% · T 44% · W 19% · Th 35% · F 28%

Common patterns: TF (28% of sections), M (18% of sections), TR (16% of sections), MW (13% of sections), R (13% of sections), MR (7% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Summer B

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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