This module is designed to introduce you to technologies and processes involved in design and manufacture. You will get to experience the use of associated hardware and software within team working towards a collaborative design solution.

There are a number of aspects to the module:

Academic Research: understand and be able to utilise the University Library research tools, Google Scholar, and other tools to search for and locate material to support your academic writing. For this module you will become a critical thinker by appraising a range of manufacturing processes and materials to support the justification and suitability for application. Research Additive manufacturing technologies with a specific focus on alternative prototyping applications.

Academic Writing: understand what is required of you as a student when writing academic papers and other reports. Be able to utilise the latest edition of Harvard referencing, support your own writing using a range of sources and citations. For this module, you will need to use these skills in your assessments to accurately demonstrate where your knowledge and ideas have come from and support for your arguments.

Lifecycle Assessment will be introduced and allow you to investigate existing products, their material, manufacture and sustainability using appropriate tools.



Development and Communication of ideas: Develop and present concept ideas to meet market/user requirements, sustainability and Health and Safety considerations. Working as a team with a common goal will be allow you to understand different team roles and reflect upon individual strengths that can be developed.

3D Parametric modelling: Translating design concepts using an appropriate 3D CAD software using a range of modelling features to take concepts to the next stage. Produce engineering drawings (BS 8888:2020 or similar) and renderings to communicate dimensional, geometrical, and surface finish.

A 2000-word individual research-based assignment written in the style of a journal paper, weighted at 30% and assessing learning outcome 1. Meeting AHEP 4 Outcomes: M4

A 4000-word team portfolio to cover research, analysis and design for the set brief, weighted at 70% and assessing learning outcomes 2, 3, and 4. Meeting AHEP 4 Outcomes: M3, M5, M7, M16, M17
(Wordcount may be offset by design element, design sketches and Computer Aided Design work.)

Professional Body requirements mean that a minimum overall score of 50% is required to pass a module, with each element of assessment requiring a minimum mark of 40% unless otherwise stated.

Note: Assessment 2 is a CORE assessment and must be passed with a mark of 50% or above in order to pass the module.

This module will enable you to gain understanding, apply knowledge, analyse and evaluate problems and create solutions through a variety of activities. It will including formal lectures and tutorials where of software, demonstrations and practical exercises will be undertaken. Regular formative feedback for teams as the project work progresses will be provided.

Undertake personal research into additive manufacturing systems, critically evaluating and determine the most appropriate system and materials for specific applications. (AHEP 4: M4)

Enquiry

Knowledge and Understanding

Demonstrate design-based research and analysis through investigation and concept development, towards a prototype product to meet the design brief. The brief needs to take into consideration Product Lifecycles, Sustainability, Stakeholder needs, Environmental Health & Safety and Industry Standards. (AHEP 4: M3, M5, M7)

Enquiry

Analysis

Problem Solving

Application

Use a range of visual and written presentation techniques. (AHEP 4: M17)

Communication

Application

Demonstrate team planning, management and working effectively with others towards a common goal. Evaluate and reflect upon team performance. (AHEP 4: M16)

Communication

Reflection

Team Work

Blackboard VLE Resources, Library facilities, Google Scholar

Office 365, Computer Aided Design software such as AUTODESK Fusion360 / Autodesk Inventor / LCA software

You will be expected to engage with independent reading, which should include texts, journals, websites that are pertinent to the learning outcomes and the issues or areas that form the focus of the module. Indicative texts:

Cattaneo, L. and Terzi, S. (2019) Models, Methods and Tools for Product Service Design The Manutelligence Project. Cham Springer Nature. ISBN : 3-319-95849-6

Cottrell, S. (2019) The Study Skills Handbook, 5th Edition, Hampshire: Palgrave Study Guides, ISBN: 9781137610898

Has, M. (2022) Sustainable Products: Life Cycle Assessment, Risk Management, Supply Chains, Eco-Design, De Gruyter. ISBN 3110767295

Lefteri, C. (2019) Making It: Manufacturing Technologies for Product Design, 3rd Ed., Laurence King. ISBN: ¿9781786273277

Meybaum, H. and Meybaum, H. (2014) The art of Product Design: Changing how things get made. 1st edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. ISBN: 9781118763346

Thompson, R. (2011)¿Prototyping and low-volume production.¿London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN: 9780500289181



Thompson, R. (2007) Manufacturing processes for design professionals. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN: 9780500513750

Ulrich, K.T. and Eppinger, S.D. (2016) Product Design and Development. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 9780078029066

Young, T.M. (2021) Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses, British English 2nd Edn. Pub: American Society of Mechanical Engineers ISBN: 9780791884621

In the Engineering Design, Manufacture and Sustainability module, you will have the opportunity to choose, plan and research towards the individual coursework element. You will be supported and guided and be able to produce a reflective paper that builds upon current practice within the field of additive manufacturing systems.

When working in a team, you will be introduced to team formation strategies to prepare you for working on a set brief. You will have the opportunity to analyse, test, measure through a Lifecycle assessment in order to support and justify the develop of a new product. You will use design simulation tools and CAD to develop your prototype solution that will be documented in your design portfolio.