The Medical Device Development Center (MDDC) is a university-based product development center that helps clients refine existing products, develop new ones and improve business practices. Our industry-experienced faculty and staff work with business partners to address their specific needs and to remove obstacles to product commercialization and process improvement. At the same time, our students, working with faculty mentors and course instructors, address real problems for project sponsors while they gain hands-on engineering experience during the two-semester senior capstone project.
For Business Partners
At the MDDC, you will find the engineering expertise, facilities and equipment you need – all in one place – to get your project completed within your budget and on time. Your intellectual property is protected, under contract.
We can:
- match MDDC method to development stage and requirements
- evaluate form, fit and function with rapid prototypes
- field-test functional prototypes to help prevent costly tooling mistakes
- optimize manufacturing methods with input from our experts
- provide advice on intellectual property issues and agreements
In addition to technical assistance, we offer access to business resources and information that can help you move forward with successful commercialization of your product. Whether you are a startup or an established corporation, a small or large business, an inventor or an entrepreneur, you will find we are fully engaged as partners with you in the effort to find practical solutions that meet your needs.
Our Students
Through the MDDC, you will be given an extraordinary opportunity to work on real projects – not just samples with known answers; to use what you are learning in your classrooms and labs; to integrate facts with good engineering habits; and to address specific challenges and accomplish results. That experience – that project-based learning – will give you a distinct advantage as you prepare for graduate school or your career.
Our Faculty and Staff
All of our highly qualified faculty members bring years of industry experience as well as a thorough foundation in scholarly research that keeps them current in their fields of interest. Along with that, they bring a strong commitment both to teaching and to serving business and industry throughout the region. Their hands-on approach to problem solving means they will achieve practical results for our corporate clients. Their commitment to project-based learning means they will provide the most effective instruction and guidance for students.