The course is team taught by faculty from the three colleges. Each year, a corporate sponsor is recruited to serve as the client, and provides the financial support to incorporate outside resources and materials not normally available to an academic environment. Funding is used to cover the course expenses associated with paying for professionally conducted market research, team building exercises, innovation training, rapid prototyping, materials and supplies, as well as other significant course expenses. The client company, in association with the IPD faculty, also provides an interesting and challenging assignment that will result in the research, conception and development of innovative product concepts for the client.

• Information for MIE students interested in the course for 2005-2006.
• Information and articles about the course.
• Information from the current course.
• Past years of the course.

Stephen Melamed
School of Art and Design
College of Architecture and the Arts
312.680.6770
melamed@uic.edu
www.tresdesign.com

Albert L. Page
Department of Managerial Studies
College of Business Administration
312.996.6233
alp3@uic.edu

Michael J. Scott
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering
312.996.4354
mjscott@uic.edu