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ME40049: Innovation and advanced design

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2017/8
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Further information on notional study hours Notional Study Hours: 120
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period:
Semester 1
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 50%, EX 50%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • CW Assignment 1 (CW 30%)
  • CW Assignment 2 (CW 20%)
  • Examination (EX 50%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment:
ME40049 Reassessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:

* To provide an introduction into international product development context (Industry 4.0, globalization, democratisation of innovation, design, and manufacture).
* To provide an in-depth understanding of a systematic engineering design process with a focus on integrated product & process planning and management (Pahl & Beitz, QFD, KANO).
* To introduce a number of innovation techniques, such as open engineering systems, product platforms, mass customisation, TRIZ, and design thinking.
* To provide a holistic picture of how systems engineering, industrial design, and engineering design act in concert to create true innovations.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit the student will be able to :
* Explain emerging paradigm shifts with respect to innovation and advanced design and estimate associated Technology Readiness Levels.
* Describe the economics of product development, and the impact of time and cost overruns.
* Apply a design process to the development of new products, product variants, emerging product-service-systems, or bespoke design processes.
* Analyse the processes of innovation and use a number of innovation methods and techniques. Describe the concept of open engineering systems and apply it to the modelling of product platforms.

Skills:
Critical thinking; Identifying and solving problems; IT; working independently and in teams; written communication; learning how to learn.

Content:
21st century product development context; product lifecycle analyses; interfaces between systems engineering, industrial and engineering design; designing a design process; functional analysis; quality function deployment and requirements assessment; open engineering systems; mass customisation; modularity and product architectures; rapid and accelerated product development strategies; technology readiness levels (TRLs); the innovation space; creativity, TRIZ, inventive principles; emerging social product development paradigms (mass collaboration, crowd sourcing, crowd funding); design thinking and hunting for the next big thing; topics for course-related personalised learning.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

ME40049 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • TEME-AFM10 : MSc Engineering Design
  • UEME-AFM41 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design and Innovation (Year 4)
  • UEME-AKM41 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Advanced Design and Innovation with Year long work placement (Year 5)

ME40049 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • UEXX-AFM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 4)
  • UEXX-AKM02 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • UEME-AFM04 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 4)
  • UEME-AKM04 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
  • UEME-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 4)
  • UEME-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
  • UEME-AFM38 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 4)
  • UEME-AKM38 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with Year long work placement (Year 5)
  • UEME-AFM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 4)
  • UEME-AKM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)

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