Introduction To Design Techniques

MECH 212 Design Techniques

Format • Timetable

• Format

– 11:30 Monday - Quiz and Lecture – 11:30 Tuesday - Case Study

• Outline • Objectives

– Lab: 2:30 Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday • Note interaction with MECH 215

FAQs • • • • • •

How do I change sections? What if I miss a lab? What do I need to bring? Who is my TA? What the heck is going on? Who do I call for questions?

[email protected]

Weekly Quizzes • Based on previous week’s lecture, case study and laboratory. • Multiple choice. • 5 minutes long. • Pass or fail grading • At beginning of lectures, starting 12 Jan.

Grading • Design Activities – – – – –

Creative Design Product Study Drawing MECHMANIA X Client Based Design

75 % 5 5 5 30 30

• Testing

15%

– Weekly Quizzes – Final Quiz

10 5

• Attendance and Participation

10%

Final Quiz • Based on lectures and case studies • Short answer or essay • March 30, 2004

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Bonus Marks

Questions?

• Select a project • Propose it to course instructors via [email protected] • Submit project • No limit • Few deadlines

This Course in 22 Minutes • Weeks 1-2

Weeks 1-2 • Week 1

– Basic Communication and Observation Skills

• Weeks 3-6 MECHMANIA XI – Design Process and Prototyping

– – – –

LAB: Observation Skills LECTURE: Introductory Lecture CASE STUDY: Mechanical Dissection HOMEWORK (2.5): Good design / bad design

• Weeks 7-11 Client-Based Designs (CBD) – Professional Design Practice

Weeks 1-2 • Week 2 – – – –

LAB: Mechanical Dissection LECTURE: Reverse Engineering CASE STUDY: Solar Vehicle HOMEWORK (5): Product Study

Weeks 3-6 • Week 3 – LAB: Mechanical Dissection, Idea Generation – LECTURE: Idea Generation: Right and Left Brain – CASE STUDY: Niagara Foot – HOMEWORK: Mechmania XI

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Mechmania X

Mechmania XI • Week 4 – – – –

LAB: Design Alternatives LECTURE: Performance Criteria CASE STUDY: Design Alternatives HOMEWORK (10): Mechmania Progress Reports

Mechmania XI • Week 5 – – – –

LAB: Mechmania Progress Report LECTURE: Communication and Observation CASE STUDY: “Materials By Design” HOMEWORK: Mechmania Fabrication

Mechmania XI • Week 6 – – – –

LAB (20): MECHMANIA XI LECTURE: none CASE STUDY: none HOMEWORK: Prepare for Reading Week

• READING WEEK

Client-Based Design (CBD) • Week 7 – LAB: Components, Dealing with Clients – CBD: Abstracts – LECTURE: Mechmania wrap-up. Introduction to the formal design process. – CASE STUDY: Working in Teams – HOMEWORK (5): Microdesign project

Client-Based Design (CBD) • Week 8 – – – –

LAB: Client Meetings LECTURE: Research Methods CASE STUDY: Design for Clients HOMEWORK: Project Research

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Client-Based Design (CBD) • Week 9 – LAB: Proposal Presentation to Clients – LECTURE: Design Choices and Quality Functional Deployment – CASE STUDY: Design Choices – HOMEWORK (10): Formal CBD Proposal

Client-Based Design (CBD) • Week 10 – – – –

LAB: Design Review LECTURE: Design Reporting CASE STUDY: Intellectual Property HOMEWORK: CBD Design

Client Based Design

Client Based Design

Client Based Design

Client Based Design

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Client Based Design

Client Based Design

Client-Based Design (CBD) • Week 11

Client-Based Design (CBD) • Week 12

– LAB: Assessment of Progress Against Milestones for CBD – LECTURE: Ethical Issues in Design – CASE STUDY: Current Topics in Design – HOMEWORK (20): CBD Final Report

Questions ?

– LAB: Clean Up – LECTURE: CBD Review and Course Wrap-up – CASE STUDY: Course Quiz (5)

Why take this course ? • History of the Course – Creativity and the brain

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Course Rationale • Design in Engineering – Art and Science – The Design Process

• Need for Creativity and Structure – Design experience

Course Objectives

Course Objectives • Communications – – – – –

Make and read working drawings Hear and understand clients and colleagues Precise vocabulary and accurate concepts Professional standards in reporting Assimilate information quickly from a variety of sources – Observation and curiosity

The Design Cycle

• Design Process – – – – – – – –

• Express

Needs assessment Idea generation Functional requirements Design selection Detailing Testing Reporting Repeat as necessary

Example • Sterile • Easy to Apply • Remain in Place

• Test • Iterate

Course Marks • Bank account model • Nominal marks – Bonus marks given for exceeding expectations

• Missing a quiz or laboratory – Cannot be rescheduled (marks not available)

• Bonus projects – Must be proposed by the student and approved before submission.

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How Do I Get a Good Mark?

Questions

• Surprise Us

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