Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ID3201 : Creative Engineering Design { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Dibya Prakash Jena
Syllabus
Introduction: Example of different kinds of designs and designers, Good and bad designs, Design problems, Definition of Design, engineering design and design research Their Importance. Product life cycle, Morphology of design, Introduction to system design process, Stage models. Introduction to Task Clarification: overall process and steps, Methods for Data collection and collation including patent analysis, Methods for identification of requirements: Role Playing, Checklists, Solution neutral problem statements, etc. Quantifying requirements and Assigning importance to requirements, Linking Customer requirements to engineering requirements: Quality Function Deployment techniques. Introduction to conceptual design: Identification of functions, Ideation, Simulation and Consolidation into solution proposals, Methods for Identification of functions such as functional decomposition techniques, Methods for Ideation, such as Brainstorming, Synectics, etc., Methods for consolidation into solution proposals, such as Morphological charts, Morphological matrix, etc., Methods for simulation: analytical, virtual and physical simulations, Methods for improvement of solution proposals, such as contradiction analysis, various other TRIZ techniques, etc, Systematic evaluation of concepts: ordinal methods and cardinal methods
Course Objectives
- This course provides a broad overview of the generic concepts of design
- Design thinking and design research,
- Processes and techniques
Course Outcomes
This course provides a broad overview of the generic concepts of design, design thinking and design research, and within the backdrop of this understanding, focuses specifically on the processes and techniques for carrying out engineering design in a creative manner.
Essential Reading
- Christine Charyton, Creative Engineering Design Assessment, Springer
- Warren K Wake Wake, Design Paradigms: A Sourcebook for Creative Visualization, John Wiley & Sons
Supplementary Reading
- Christine Charyton, Creative Engineering Design Assessment, Springer
- Warren K Wake Wake, Design Paradigms: A Sourcebook for Creative Visualization, John Wiley & Sons