ENGR 385
Interdisciplinary Design Project I (3)
Required course
for all engineering majors.
Catalog Description:
First semester of interdisciplinary group design project.
Guided design experience that includes design methodology, concept generation,
decision making, technical project management, quality and reliability
engineering, concurrent engineering, teamwork, written and oral communication.
Includes team design project through the preliminary design phase.
Lecture 2 hours. Project 2 hour.
Prerequisites:
ENGR 247 with grade of C or better. Registrant must be within three semesters of
graduation. ENGR 485 must be taken in
the immediately following semester.
Textbook/References:
Dym, Clive L. and Little, Patrick, "Engineering Design - A
Project-Based Introduction", John Wiley & Sons, 1999 (recommended)
Finkelstein, Jr., Leo. Pocket
Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists, The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., 2000. (recommended)
Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering program
outcomes)
The overall objectives of the course are for you to be able
to: Design a system/component/ process to meet desired need as an
individual and in a team environment. In order to achieve this overall
objective you will be required to:
1. Recognize that design is a systematic process (4)
a. Describe design process
b. Recognize role of design
in engineering practice
c. Plan and structure the
design process.
2. Demonstrate ability to
design
a. Analyze the problem from
customer’s and technical point of view. (4)
b. Generate a problem
definition
c. Generate alternative
solutions
d. Evaluate and select
alternative(s)
e. Design processes as well
as product/prototypes
f. Perform design on
different levels
3. Document design results
including oral and written reports (6)
4. Participate in design
team (5)
a. Recognize components of
an effective team
b. Describe roles of
individuals and manager
c. Evaluate individual and
team performance
d. Manage the design
process
e.
Perform
as a productive team member
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture
either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at
75 minutes per class.
Topical Covered:
Week Topic
1.
Design
Process
2.
Planning
for the Design Process - Scheduling
3.
Design
Teams - Organizing.
4.
Understanding
the Problem - Customer Perspective
5.
Understanding
the Problem - Technical Perspective
6.
Preparing
the Design Proposal - Written Reports.
7.
Concept
Generation.
8.
Decision
Making.
9.
Performance
Evaluation.
10.
Preliminary
Design.
11.
Evaluation
for Cost, Manufacturing and Assembly.
12.
Evaluation
for Potential Problems.
13.
Work
Breakdown Structure.
14.
Summary,
Detailed and Final Design Phases.
Contribution to Professional Component:
Contributes
toward engineering design as a 3 credit
hour course in engineering design.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
This
course supports engineering outcomes 4, 5 and 6.
Prepared by: Dr. Ed McMahon,