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| Autumn Semester. |
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| Assessment Requirements |
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Components of Assessment
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Weighting
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Continuous assessment
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Design Process (assignments) 30%
Design Project (report, presentation, effort and peer assessment) 70%
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100%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
Completion of the progress requirements of Level HE1.
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| Module Aims |
To provide the student with an appreciation and understanding for the key elements of the generic design process - from formation of alternative concepts, evaluation and concept selection to the detailed stages leading to development and manufacture. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of the module, students be able to:
- Understand the design process
- Develop, present and evaluate concepts
- Interpret engineering drawings
- Apply understanding to a typical project
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| Module Content |
Design Process (wks 1-5, lectures, class exercises and independent study)
- What is design
- Problem definition
- Concept generation
- Concept selection
- Project reporting
- Detail Design procedures
- Design for manufacture
- Project management
- Project economics
Design Project (wks 6-13, group design work)
- Students will start with a design brief and apply the principles developed in the design process take the project through to design presentation and report.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
10 hours lectures and class exercises, 14 hours of formal design group meeting including meetings with supervisors and 76 hours of independent learning.
Total student learning time 100 hours.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Required reading:
None
Recommended background reading:
Dym CL and Little P, Engineering design, a project based introduction, Wiley, 2000
Cross N, Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, Wiley, 1996
Mathews C, Case Studies in Engineering Design, Arnold, 1998.
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| Last Updated |
10th October 2007
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