1. BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT CRITICAL APPRAISAL WITHIN A DESIGN ENVIRONMENT DEMONSTRATE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF INNOVATION AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS (AHEP3: D1m D4m)
Knowledge and Understanding
Analysis

2. TO HAVE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF TEAM DYNAMICS AND WORK AS PART OF AN ENGINEERING DESIGN TEAM (AHEP3:EP1m GSa GSd)
Team Working

3. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO TAKE A CONCEPT FROM SPECIFICATION TO COMPLEX PROPOSAL INCLUDING FINAL ENGINEERING DRAWINGS (AHEP3: D5m D6m D4m EA4m)
Knowledge and Understanding
Problem Solving

A group research based exercise to include technical design aspects. A portfolio assessing learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3. Design work may be offset against word count. (100% covering all learning outcomes)

Formative guidance and feedback will be provided in tutorial sessions within the class

This module will enable you to work collaboratively as part of a design team. You will understand team dynamics, analyse a brief and develop an innovative design solution. It’s aim is to deliver the experiences and knowledge required to enable a skilled, science based engineer to be a practicing engineering designer. The essential tools an engineering designer requires will be presented as it would in industry to develop a mechanical engineering prototype.

This module will include Team Dynamics, Managing Projects, Planning and documentation, Formal Standards: BS, ISO 9001 related to Design, Market Analysis & Initial Product Design Specification, Innovative Concept generation, Selection and Development

A series of group working opportunities to include talks from practitioners in the field of innovation to introduce and support the development of designs and offer guidance in matters of the design process.
Meetings will also be occasions for discussing innovation and provide regular formative feedback. The Groups will be supported and work together as if they were a design team in industry requiring them to document progress meetings, liaise with each other and with key stakeholders.

Kamrani A (Editor),¿ Azimi M(Editor),¿ Al-Ahmari A (Editor)(2013), Methods in Product Design: New Strategies in Reengineering (Engineering and Management Innovation). CRC Press.

Kelly T.(2016), The Art Of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm. Profile Books.

Shetty D (2015) Product Design for Engineers, International Edition. CL Engineering Pub.

Vinck D. (2009), Everyday Engineering: An Ethnography of Design and Innovation (Inside Technology Series).MIT Press.

The module tutor will direct the student to current journals and online resources as appropriate

Design studio (relevant industrial CAD software that includes producing engineering drawings from solid models, engineering drawings from 2D models, revision monitoring potentially with Product Lifecycle Management tools (PLM)
- Access to BS/ISO standards
- Library and online publications