This course will enable the learners to appreciate that design involves synthesizing parameters that will affect the design solution. The learners will prepare a design specification against a customer's specific requirements. They will then prepare a design report that provides an analysis of possible design solutions, an evaluation of costs, and an indication of how the proposed design meets the customer's specification. It is expected that the learner will, during the design process, make full use of appropriate information and communication technologies. The course aim is to scrutinize the design process in its entirety, from problem definition to conceptualization to embodiment and realization, in a discipline-independent framework, with the purpose of gaining insight into the process from the most general viewpoint.

On successful completion of this course, a learner will: 1. Be able to prepare a design specification to meet customer requirements; 2. Be able to analyze and evaluate possible design solutions and prepare a final design report; 3. Understand how computer-based technology is used in the engineering process.

Customer requirements: all relevant details of customer requirements are identified and listed, e.g., aesthetics, functions, performance, sustainability, costs, timing, and production parameters; all relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines are identified. Design parameters: implications of specification parameters and resource requirements are identified and matched, the level of risk associated with each significant parameter is established. Design information: all relevant information is extracted from appropriate reference sources; techniques and technologies used in similar products or processes are identified, use of new technologies is specified where appropriate; relevant standards and legislation are identified and applied throughout. The design specification is checked against customer requirements.

Examples of application of analytical design methods. Axiomatic design of products, processes, and systems. Application of axiomatic design in the manufacturing domain. Defining functional requirements for manufacturing system. Design for manufacturing, design of manufacturing processes, and intelligent machines. Intelligent system for the design of manufacturing systems. Project and consultations about the project. Software packages for axiomatic design. Examples of making designs based on ergonomics. Discussions and workshops.

Defined by curriculum of study programme/module.

(1) I-TRIZ Innovation WorkBench – a comprehensive software tool for inventive problem solving. (2) I-TRIZ Ideation Brainstorming – a simplified tool for solving problems of light to medium complexity. (3) Axiomatic design software.

Total assigned hours: 65

New material: 40
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 4
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 0
Test: 5
Final exam: 6

Activity during lectures: 15
Test/test: 20
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 35
Project: 0
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 30

B. Babic, (1994) FLEXY–INTELLIGENT EXPERT SYSTEM FOR FMS DESIGN (in Serbian),Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Series,Book 5,University of Belgrade,Faculty of Mechanical Engineering;ISBN 86-7083-250-X; N. P. Suh, (1990) THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN, Oxford University Press, New York; ISBN 0-19-504345-6; G. J. Park, (2007) ANALYTIC METHODS FOR DESIGN PRACTICE, Springer Verlag, London; ISBN 978-1-84628-472-4