On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

  1. understand the creative process of innovative product design;
  2. balance competing technical, commercial, socio-environmental concerns in engineering design;
  3. apply a methodical approach to the solution of engineering design problems;
  4. to identify the customer needs to be satisfied by an engineering design;
  5. gather design information based on the knowledge of a wide spectrum of information sources;
  6. generate conceptual solutions that are broad in how they accomplish their functions but are also feasible;
  7. make decisions to select options from a set of alternatives;
  8. take a design concept to an embodiment design focusing on function, form, fit, and finish;
  9. appreciate the tasks to be performed during the detailed design phase;
  10. use computational tools to aid the application of theoretical models to the quantitative design of functional components;
  11. communicate in a professional and scientific manner;
  12. work effectively and efficiently in a design team.
Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Udo Klein