3 ECTS credits
84 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1019089CNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (C) Bachelor - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen
Educational team
Stijn Broucke (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
15 contact hours Lecture
18 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content
In this course various aspects of the design are studied. The purpose of this course is to teach the students to perform the complete design process.

Lecture:

The lecture covers the following topics:

  • Translating customer requirements into engineering specifications
  • Concept generation methods
  • Material selection
  • Assembly process and ergonomics
  • Green design
  • Intellectual property
  • Identification of opportunities
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Product quality control

Practical exercises:

In the seminar, the students solve problems under guidance of a direct application of the concepts learned in the lecture.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Slides bij het hoorcollege, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : The mechanical design process, D. G. Ullman, 6de, McGraw-Hill, 9780999357804, 2017
Handbook (Recommended) : Product Design and Development, K. T. Ulrich and S. D. Eppinger, 5de, BIB, 9780071086950, 2011
Handbook (Recommended) : Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, M. Ashby, Butterworth-Heinemann, 9780081005996, 2016
Additional info

Description tutoring: after class, by appointment or via e-mail.

Learning Outcomes

Objectives

D1: can independently set up a design file (BaLO 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11)
D2: can communicate a design file and present it in a clear way (BaLO 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
D3: applies the right design methodology (BaLO 4, 5, 9, BaSLO 14 EM)
D4: can translate customer requirements into engineering specifications (BaLO 3, 4, 6, 12, 13)
D5: can using CAD to create designs (BaLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, BaSLO 14 EM)
 
AD1: reasons and acts in a structured and systematic manner (BaLO 9)
AD2: communicates in Dutch in a comprehensible and structured manner (BaLO 10, 11)
AD3: develops a professional attitude (BaLO 9, 10, 13)

Learning Outcomes

	
    		
  • 			BaLO_1 To possess in-depth, application-oriented knowledge, understanding and practical skills related to mathematics and science, directed towards engineering applications.
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  • 			BaLO_2 To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills about engineering sciences and engineering techniques.
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  • 			BaLO_3 To solve practical engineering problems from an understanding of the basic theory and from an understanding of basic methods for the schematisation and modelling of processes or systems.
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  • 			BaLO_4 Implementation-oriented and analytical problem-solving, design, development and creative innovation with a focus on the operational implications of the specific case.
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  • 			BaLO_5 To effectively look up scientific and technical information, to evaluate and process such information and to refer to it correctly.
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  • 			BaLO_6 Based on acquired insight, to select the appropriate methods of research, design and solution and appropriately apply the results in a scientific and effective manner.
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  • 			BaLO_8 To demonstrate a research attitude: accuracy, critical reflection, scientific and technical curiosity, justification of choices.
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  • 			BaLO_9 To demonstrate an engineering attitude: attention to planning, to technical, economic and societal factors as well as managerial implications, assessment of the risks and feasibility of the proposed approach or solution, being result-driven and achieving effective solutions, innovative thinking.
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  • 			BaLO_10 To correctly handle the scientific and discipline-specific terminology in language relevant to the programme.
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  • 			BaLO_11 To present and communicate the results of technical and scientific work, in writing, orally and visually. 
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  • 			BaLO_12 To be able to work in a team in different roles, to have insight in one's performance; to take shared responsibility for determining and achieving the goals of the team.
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  • 			BaLO_13 To act in an ethical and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
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  • 			BaSLO_14-EM To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills in the broad field of engineering sciences and engineering techniques for electromechanical engineering.
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Grading




The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
                


Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
              
  • Other Exam
                    with a relative weight of 100
                    which comprises 100% of the final mark.
                    

    Note: Exam time 1st session: 
    Lecture: oral exam with written preparation: 50% (transferred to 2nd session if 10/20 or more)
    Practical exercises: evaluation assignments and report/presentation: 50% (transferred to 2nd session if 10/20 or more)
    Exam time 2nd session:
    Lecture: oral exam with written preparation: 50% 
    Practical exercises: evaluation assignments and report/presentation: 50%

    In case of a quotation less than 10/20 for theory or laboratory practical erxercises, the lowest number will be the final grade for the entire course.




Additional info regarding evaluation


An illegitimate absence of more than 25 % for the practical exercise sessions leads to a refusal to participate in the practical exercises exam. This leads to an absent quotation for the related exam. The sanctions taken in the first exam session are transferred to the second exam session.


Allowed unsatisfactory mark


The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.




Academic context



            This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject eektromechanica na vooropleiding prof. bachelor elektromechanica, elektrotechniek, luchtvaart, autotechnologie, mechanische ontwerp- en productietechnologie en bouw (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Standaard traject (76 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering: Verkort traject (60 ECTS) (only offered in Dutch)