An Engineering for Change webinar on the the principles of human centered design.
Jordan Robert, Design Engineer at Noble Plastics focuses on how problems are defined and the significance of problem definition to having a successful outcome. She also incorporates lessons learned from her experience working on different product design projects.
Don Norman, the great-grandfather of user experience design, urges designers to rise up to greater challenges—to move beyond designing small things and tackle global challenges that affect and even threaten our existence on the planet. Many of the decisions that brought the world to where it is were design decisions—often under pressure from businesses to deliver higher profits. It is now up to the next generation of designers—you—to move up the pecking order and design a sustainable world.
With "Whole Systems Design" and Life Cycle thinking you'll discover opportunities for saving resources, like materials and energy, can often be uncovered early in the design process, by identifying the right problems to solve before engineering begins. Learn how to apply greener practices to engineering problems with the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop for students. From manufacturing to disposal, the things we make create environmental impacts throughout their life cycles.
'Innovation 101' is a web series designed to help you develop your idea and take it to market. The series covers topics such as market validation, building your team, prototyping, testing, funding options, legal considerations, iteration and launching your product.
Join Ryan Vinyard (lead Engineer, Highway 1) to understanding how to effectively prototype to get products to market quickly.
Taking inventions to market is hard, especially in resource constrained environments. The Lemelson Foundation in partnership with The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) recently launched "impact inventing," a study focused on understanding what is needed to successfully take hardware based ventures to market. Alexander Pan summarizes the findings and offers his insights on "impact inventing."
Social entrepreneurship fuses together the world of business acumen and the world of solving social problems. Mission-oriented organizations set out to tackle tough issues while keeping a close eye on building businesses that are both financially sustainable and that are capable of scaling their impact.
You have a machine that can save time and money for farmers in developing countries, but when you go to test it, you find out that the farmers aren't interested in trying it out. What to do? It's a common problem in development, and fortunately there are solutions. In this E4C Webinar, Anand Narayan at the SELCO Foundation in southern India, shares advice from his research into how to overcome obstacles to testing prototypes.