A successfully designed product should comply with various aesthetics and functional standards, meet environmental constraints and cover the current trends and complex demands of nowadays. PRODECT%E2%80%99 15 Summer School addresses the most important and up-to-date methodologies and technologies that are employed during product design focusing on the conceptual and preliminary design phases. Additionally, the course provides introductory lectures covering the basic phases of detailed design. On the basis of the above, the course is divided in four thematic sections: (i) Concept Development, (ii) Preliminary Design, (iii) Creative Design, and (iv) Detail Design. The course is structured in lectures, where basic methodologies are analyzed, and workshops (product development studios), where the trainees will be familiarized with brainstorming techniques and modern computer-based design methods and technologies. A product-design project will run from the first day of the school encouraging the participants to develop a new product that will meet modern needs.

Course leader
Philip Azariadis-Topaloglou

Target group
The program is designed for senior undergraduate and graduate students (already enrolled in a Masters/Ph.D. program) or Professionals in the field of product design, architecture, and engineering in general.



Course aim
To provide theoretical and practical knowledge on:Product Design methodologiesConcept and Preliminary Design MethodologiesBrief Design and Analysis Analysis of target group Creative-Design Computational ToolsProduct Visualization TechniquesParametric Product Modeling Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping Techniques

Credits info
All students that will successfully fulfill course requirements will receive ECTS credits. The actual number will be announced on the website of the summer school.

Fee info
EUR 200: The registration fees for students enrolling in undergraduate, M.Sc. or Ph.D. programs. The fees cover the following:Eight days at the PRODECT summer school.Seminars by international experts.All reading material and presentations in electronic format.One welcome and one farewell dinner.Coffee breaks.One scientific excursion.USB with all electronic material and backpack.Administrative and technical assistant throughout the summer school. EUR 250: For professionals. The fees cover the following:Eight days at the PRODECT summer school.Seminars by international experts.All reading material and presentations in electronic format.One welcome and one farewell dinner.Coffee breaks.One scientific excursion.USB with all electronic material and backpack.Administrative and technical assistant throughout the summer school.

University of the Aegean Summer schools
Address: University of the Aegean Summer Schools, University Hill, Mytilene, Lesvos island, GREECE
Postal code: 811 00
City: Aegean islands
Country: Greece
Website: https://summerschools.aegean.gr/
E-mail: summerschools@aegean.gr
Phone: +30 22510 36171