The Prototype for X (PFX) Framework: Assessing Its Impact on Students' Prototyping Awareness

Jessica Menold is a third-year graduate student interested in entrepreneurship and the design process. She is currently conducting her graduate research with Dr. Kathryn Jablokow and Dr. Timothy Simpson on a project devoted to understanding how prototyping processes affect product design. Jessica is interested in exploring how a structured prototyping methodology, Prototype for X, could increase the end design’s desirability, feasibility, and viability. She is also working to understand how these methods affect students’ knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes in regards to prototyping.