A study of concurrent design methodology in the development of a medical diagnostic instrument

The New Products Program (NPP) is a joint venture between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and industrial sponsors. The aims of the program are the advancement of engineering education and the development of new commercial products. This particular project was sponsored by Becton Dickinson, a Fortune 500 biomedical company, to develop a next generation QBC blood analyzer. This thesis documents the mechanical design of the machine as well as the development process used by the MIT student team. The traditional roles of industry and academia in developing new products are being redefined by projects like the BD-NPP.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Pieczanski, Andrés

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Woodie C. Flowers.

• Mechanical Engineering.

Statement dc:rights

• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38195

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/38195