By
Gernot Gessinger
Description
Innovation in product design starts with materials. Developing successful commercial products demands a sound understanding of the
materials that go into those products—their uses, their costs, their lifetime performance. However, the valuable knowledge of materials
engineers is often not fully leveraged in the creative phase of the product design cycle. Gessinger seeks to bridge this gap that exists
in many companies.
Written from the bottom-up perspective of the engineer or scientist on a product design team, Materials
and Innovative Product Design introduces business, economics and strategic product development to the materials specialist and demystifies
materials selection for other members of the design team and manufacturing management. Using case studies from innovative organizations,
such as ABB, and successful start-ups, such as NDC, Day4Energy, and Metoxit, Gessinger illustrates how the integration of different engineering
and business disciplines can power innovation in the design process. By addressing the real world needs of innovators, this book allows
the reader to unlock the potential of the new material types that have been changing the face of product design and deploy an integrated
business approach to materials selection and the design process.
Audience:
Material Engineers, mechanical engineers, chemical engineers, physicists, electrical and electronics engineers, industrial engineers
