Understand issues associated with global product development, including developing product needs in unfamiliar cultures, design for adaptability, managing distributed design teams, and manufacturing at remote and/or distributed sites while studying and traveling through Latin America. Appreciate firsthand how global companies approach these issues. Understand design strategies related to concept selection, product architecture, economic modeling, CAD management, design reviews, prototyping, and manufacturing systems in a global environment. Appreciate the challenges in managing product development across different countries, cultures, and languages, and how companies apply appropriate tools and processes to address these challenges. Understand why outsourcing is significant within companies and how globalization affects you. Understand the design and manufacturing capabilities of other countries and how companies leverage these capabilities in a cross-cultural team environment. Understand the integrated nature of business, engineering, law and other disciplines in a global economy firsthand as you travel through Latin America with an engineering expert.
Global Product Development
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DATES
Apr 28–May 17 2020
HOUSING
Students will use hotel accommodations. The class will move quickly from country to country and as a result, we will only stay in each country for a few nights.
COURSES
Students register for ME 579 (3 credit hours), which counts as a technical elective for undergraduate students.
Enrollment is limited to fourteen students.
COST
$5,500–5,900
Includes Latter-day Saint undergraduate full tuition (increased cost for graduates and non-Latter-day-Saint students), airfare, housing (including breakfast), group transportation, and international health insurance coverage.
Not included: Personal expenses, food expenses.
The cost of this program will be reduced by $900 as a result of generous support provided by the Weidman Center for Global Leadership. Please note the subsidy does not apply to students outside of the BYU Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology.
PREPARATION
Per university policy, all students are required to attend the safety lecture and cultural awareness lecture, which will be scheduled for a date near the departure date. These lectures will be part of a required two-day design workshop and seminar, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., 28–29 April at BYU–Provo.
Part-time BYU students and non-BYU students will need to pay an additional tuition fee of approximately $304.
FUNDING SOURCES
Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to study abroad programs.
Students who submit the financial aid section of the ISP application, and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB), will be considered for a Study Abroad scholarship and may be considered for other scholarships. They must indicate on their original online application that they want to be considered for financial aid.
Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants.
Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp/financial-aid/).
APPLICATION PROCESS
Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply. A nonrefundable $35 application fee is required.
Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete and will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.
Deadline: 28 Dec 2019
FACULTY
Christopher A. Mattson, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, directs BYU’s Design Exploration Research Group. Mattson has taught and conducted research in the areas of engineering design, manufacturing, and global product development.
(801) 422-6544
360C EB
mattson@byu.edu
John L. Salmon, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, directs the XDL. Salmon teaches courses in systems engineering, CAD applications, and computer programming. His research explores methods, tools, and practices to enable advanced collaborative engineering in design and product development.
(801) 422-7135
360D EB
johnsalmon@byu.edu
SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT
Students must commit to the entire program, including two days of design workshop and seminar, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., 28–29 April.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
ISP reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost estimates due to conditions beyond its control.