Products design & systems engineering
MICRO-406 / 10 credits
Teacher(s): Bellouard Yves, Charbon Edoardo
Language: English
Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.
Summary
This course will cover all the aspects of product design and system engineering from learning relevant methods to the actual implementation in a hands-on practice of product development.
Content
The course is divided in lectures covering various topics of product designs (technical aspect such as system engeering, organisational aspects such as project planning, product design related topics such as market study and an introduction to intellectual property).
In parallel, the students work in team of six on a product concept that they propose, for which they perform the full design, discuss its economical potential, and fabricate a prototype that they demonstrate in the class at the end of the course.
Two in-class group presentations give them the opportunity to practice their presentation skills.
Keywords
Product desgin, project planning, system engineering, hands-on practice
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Design a product
- Elaborate a plan for an efficient product design cycle
- Plan a prototype realization
- Coordinate a team-work strategy
Transversal skills
- Chair a meeting to achieve a particular agenda, maximising participation.
- Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
- Evaluate one's own performance in the team, receive and respond appropriately to feedback.
- Identify the different roles that are involved in well-functioning teams and assume different roles, including leadership roles.
Teaching methods
- Teaching is done through lectures time (twice a week).
- The course follows a learning by practice model, regular assessment of the team progress is done through class presentations and milestones reports.
Assessment methods
The assessment is based on three elements: a final report (50% of the grade), two oral group presentations (25% of the grade) as well as the realization of a final prototype that demonstrates the product concept (25% of the grade).
Supervision
| Office hours | No |
| Assistants | Yes |
| Forum | Yes |
| Others |
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
- Subject examined: Products design & systems engineering
- Lecture: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: mandatory
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
- Subject examined: Products design & systems engineering
- Lecture: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Project: 5 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: mandatory