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The goal of this paper is to outline the successful application of a multidisciplinary approach to the design of a piece of laboratory equipment to be used in the field. Commercial design projects commonly involve multi-disciplinary teams that include designers, engineers, marketing professionals as well as experts from other disciplines. Accordingly, it is important that design instruction adequately prepare students for this professional reality. They must be cognizant of the goals and concerns that team members from other backgrounds may have and understand how best to interact with them to optimize outcome. The results of a design project within a multidisciplinary studio class are discussed.
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Wilson, W., Choi, Y.M. (2019). A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Design in Education Applied to Medical Problems. In: Chung, W., Shin, C. (eds) Advances in Interdisciplinary Practice in Industrial Design. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 790. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94601-6_10
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