Economics and engineering design was one the most usable courses in my BSc. Dr. Sotoudeh was our professor and we had to study a specific material production process. During that time, I was working in Padrapat and no polyamine is produced in Iran so I decided to choose DETA (Diethylenetriamine) which is a common epoxy hardener for this study.
Market research had done and we found there is a good market available in Iran. Studying production processes and economics analysis led us to find there is a large amount of product is needed to achieve a head-to-head point in 5 years. This amount is more than domestic consumption and needs to be exported. Due to sanctions, export might be very difficult and this plan is not efficient.
Besides this project, we had an interview with many industrial managers and we learned a lot of soft skills from their experience and goals. 