ENGINEERING TRIPOS PART IA - 2012/2013

LECTURE COURSES ASSOCIATED WITH COURSEWORK

Product Design

Leaders: Dr. N. Crilly

Timing: 1 lecture per week throughout the Lent term

Structure: 8 lectures

AIMS

The aims of this lecture series are to:

• Instil an appreciation of engineering design.
• Introduce a basic systemic design process.
• Emphasise the importance of designing products that meet their performance
  requirements safely, reliably, sustainably and ergonomically.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course students should be able to:

• Define a problem statement for a simple engineering product.
• Specify a requirements list .
• Analyse the functional requirements of the product.
• Generate and evaluate suitable design concepts.
• Embody the design concept with attention to key design principles.
• Consider the needs of different people who must interact with the product .
• Present the final design in the form of sketches and drawings.

SYLLABUS

1. The context, nature and challenges of design.
2. The design process.
3. Task clarification.
4. Conceptual design.
5. Embodiment design.
6. Designing for people.
7. Design representations.

REFERENCES

Please see the Booklist for Part IA Courses for references for this module.

Last updated: July 2012