The 190 series cannot be used to fulfill any engineering requirement (engineering units, courses, technical electives, or otherwise).

**This course counts towards the Sutardja Certificate in Technology and Entrepreneurship. Additional information: https://scet.berkeley.edu/courses/ ** Unit(s): 2 Work together with real companies to fight the plastic pollution: -Replace plastic bottles for mineral waters of DANONE, one of the world’s largest food companies -Design and prototype car doors made with natural fiber materials instead of plastic for FAURECIA, a major automotive industry supplier -Register for the course to learn who the other companies are The world is drowning in the plastic that we created, and which takes hundreds of years to decompose. It is a disaster choking our oceans, poisoning our food chains and clogging our landfills. To solve this problem, we must find ways to replace or at least reduce plastic in manufacturing, to reuse, recycle or repurpose the plastic already manufactured, to recuperate discarded plastic from the oceans and landfills, and to destroy plastic responsibly. There are companies that want to achieve the same and who partner with UC Berkeley for this course. Each company prepared a “deplastifying challenge” based on their business. Students will choose a challenge for which they wish to develop an entrepreneurial solution. The student teams will be supported by representatives from the partner companies (A final list of partner companies and challenges will be provided before the start of the course). The course will cover ethnographic interviewing, design thinking, ideation tools, designing and prototyping products, validation with customer feedback, and business modeling. Who should apply: Preference will be given to masters-level students, seniors and then juniors with experience or demonstrated interest in corporate innovation, intrapreneurship, startups, product & process design and sustainability. A statement of interest and resume (max 2 pages in a single pdf file) should be submitted to gert.christen@berkeley.edu. Please note that this course will meet weekly in downtown San Francisco (400 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, CA) and is BART accessible.

Repeat Rules