The course deals with design methods. It addresses the main criticalities of the product design cycles and introduces methods and tools to support the involved activities.
- Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4th Edition,
Nigel Cross, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 2008.
- Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach, Third Edition, G. Pahl, W.
Beitz, Jörg Feldhusen, Karl-Heinrich Grote, Springer, 2007.
- Re-engineering of Products and Processes - How to Achieve Global
Success in the Changing Marketplace, First Edition, Y. Borgianni, G.
Cascini, F. Rotini, Springer 2012.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to face a new product development activities through the use of systematic design tools for creativity stimulation.
Prerequisites
Basic notions about product design.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical lectures and training sessions.
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Student are asked to perform the design of a new industrial product by applying the instruments introduced in the course. They will present the outcomes of the activity.
Course program
- The product development cycle, the product design cycle, main phases and related criticalities
- Design methods
- Methods and tools for Product Planning
- Methods and tools fo Conceptual Design