Electronic Product Design and Manufacture 5 (U00500)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-5-ELPDM

The objective of this course is to provide students with a methodical approach to product design which breaks the process down into sequential steps and emphasizes the concept that design cannot be carried out in isolation from the manufacturing process, where quality and reliability are essential to economic success.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Only open to Honours students in the appropriate Engineering discipline

? Prohibited combinations : Product Design 5 Quality Engineering and Design for Manufacturability 5

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Electronics, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 6 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 20 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

A student should:

1. Understand the seven step design process, its strengths and weaknesses.
2. Be able to apply the seven step design process to a real design problem
3. Have a good working knowledge of a transferable design methodology.
4. Understand experimental design.
5. Be able to use response surfaces to optimize processes.
6. Understand the impact of process variability on product quality.
7. Understand methods for improving quality within an organization.

Assessment Information

Assessment will be based on the following components:

1. group reports,
2. individual contribution to the group reports,
3. work completed on technical exercises,
4. multi-media documentation
5. poster presentations.