Areas of research in Product Design & Engineering include topics such as those given below:
Product Development Process and informatics:
1. Product Development Process
2. Engineering Creativity
3. Product Informatics
Human Factors Engineering
1. Human Machine Interaction
2. Human Factors Engineering incl. Design for the Elderly and Differently Abled
3. Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Haptics
Technology Integration
1. Geometric Modelling, CAD, Mechanisms, Computational Metrology
2. CAE and Product Safety
3. Medical Technologies and Systems
4. Design for Assembly and Disassembly
Sustainability
1. Sustainable Materials including bio-composites, bio-cutting fluids, etc.
2. Design for Sustainability including lifecycle assessment
3. Design for the bottom of the pyramid
Entrepreneurship and Education
1. Translational Research and Entrepreneurship
2. Design education including design thinking for children
3. Virtual Network in design innovation including support for grassroot-innovators