MEC4424 - Engineering practices: industrial innovation

Leader: B W Field

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

Industrial innovation; technological evolution; manufacturing in Australia; technology transfer; innovation life cycle of an enterprise; renewal options; the innovation process; factors in the process: R?and D, people, finance, government. Company structures and personnel profiles for fostering innovation and invention, industrial design and marketing.

Assessment

Written assignment (12 pages): 66%
Seminar: 34%

Contact hours

11 lecture hours and 11 seminar hours

Prerequisites

MEC3404