Course: Methods and tools for effective design engineering

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Course title Methods and tools for effective design engineering
Course code KKS/NEK
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fringoš Jiří, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. "Make a start" - basic information on the course, introductions 2. "Get together" - exercise of engineering design team cooperation 3. "Be part of a (great) team" - cooperation, working group vs. team, potential of individuals and team, communication in team, dynamics of team 4. "Designing" - aim, structure of design engineering activities, design exercise assignment 5. "Parallel support of design operations" - verification and checking, representation, collection and elaboration of information, management 6. "Clarification of the Task" - aim, methods, exercise 7. "Searching for solution" - aim, strategies, methods, exercise 8. "Revealing creativity" - creativity, influencing factors, training 9. "Evaluation and decision making" - aim, general approach, exercise 10. "Solution communication" - aim, approaches, design project documentation, protection of intellectual property 11. "Presentation" - seeking inspiration from video talks, design of presentation, ppt presentation examples 12. "Revealing presentation skills" - individual presentation 13. "Reflections" - discussion

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Individual study, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
be well informed in the basic preparatory subjects of mechanical education
design general machine parts on the level of engineering design knowledge in the bachelor study
understand the basic knowledge of strength and deformation calculations of general machine parts
Skills
represent engineering design ideas and solutions in the form of sketches
perform the basic static, kinematic, strength and deformation calculations of basic general machine parts
work with basic MS Office SW modules
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe and explain the decomposition of engineering designing of a technical product into basic serial and parallel operations of a general creative problem solving
describe and explain the requirements specification on the designed technical product focused on its key properties
describe and explain the prediction and evaluation of the basic properties of the designed technical product
describe and explain the evaluation and objective selection of the most appropriate alternative of the designed technical product
Skills
design a simple technical product using basic operations of a general creative problem solving
solve basic engineering design operations in a creative way with the support of corresponding basic methods and SW tools
document, present and justify in a rational and comprehensible manner the process and results of the engineering design of a technical product
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Task-based study method
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bradbury, Andrew. Jak úspěšně prezentovat a přesvědčit. Brno : Computer Press, 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1622-7.
  • Hosnedl, S. Systémové navrhování technických produktů. Plzeň, ZČU, FST, 2009.
  • Hubka, Vladimír. Konstrukční nauka : obecný model postupu při konstruování. Zürich : Heurista, 1995. ISBN 80-901135-0-8.
  • Chalupa, Bohumír. Tvořivé myšlení : tvořivost jako dobrodružství poznání. Vyd. 1. Brno : Barrister & Principal, 2005. ISBN 80-7364-007-4.


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