Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | PRODUCT DESIGN AND INNOVATION | ||||
Course Unit Code | MEM511 | ||||
Course Unit Details | MSc Engineering Management (Electives Courses) - | ||||
Number of ECTS credits allocated | 7 | ||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||
Course Contents | - Product development process tools. Product development teams. Product development planning - Understanding customer needs. Organizing and prioritizing customer needs - Product specifications. Establishing target specification. Setting product specifications - Concept specification, selection and testing - Product architecture. Types of modularity. Product change. Establishing the architecture - Industrial design. The industrial design process. Management of the industrial design. Assessing the quality of industrial design - Design for manufacturing and assembly. Manufacturing cost analysis. Reduce the cost for assembly. Reduce the cost of supporting production. Design for the environment. Techniques to reduce environmental impact - Rapid prototyping technologies and techniques. Planning for prototypes. - Patents and intellectual property - Industrial Experiences of product development. Innovative Products | ||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Individual or small group modeling performed with the use of common industrial packages such as Autocad, Solidworks, Cosmos, MDesign. Design and construction of prototypes using advanced Rapid prototyping techniques. Project: Use special software to analyze and optimize a real case study. Investigate the influence of all factors described in the case study. Readings: The students are expected to read and review several papers from relevant scientific journals. | ||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||
Work placement(s) | NO |