Students should have beginning knowledge of engineering economy and manufacturing systems.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the nature of design activity, basic elements of engineering design, the design process and design methods.

2. Apply appropriate engineering methods for each stop of the design process.

3. Discuss and apply principles of design and evaluation of products and services.

Design Process

IE Techniques across the Design Process

Design of Products

Design of Services

Interview Strategies

Group Work

Special Topics: Software design, large-scale projects, addressing the needs of special populations

Two 75 minute sessions

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

Economic issues are introduced as constraints in the design process

Political issues are introduced as guides for the design process.

Societal issues are introduced as considerations for decision rules.

Health care problems are the focus of at least one design exercise.

The course addresses goals 1, 2, and 3. It builds on analytical methods introduced in the 313-315 sequence. The primary new learning of the course focuses on problem assessment and structuring. Learning activities such as the course project directly contribute to one of the subgoals of Goal 3 (Understand physiological & cognitive aspect of humans as components in complex systems) and one of the sub-goals of goal 2, Recognize, describe, predict, and analyze systems behavior. Finally, the course deliverable requires that the students apply course and pre-requisite learning to solve a real-world problem.

Homework

Group Project

Class Participation