Unit
- Course
- Mechanical engineering
- Study-unit Code
- A002364
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Elisabetta Zanetti
- Teachers
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- Elisabetta Zanetti
- Hours
- 72 ore - Elisabetta Zanetti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria meccanica
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/15
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course introduces formalized design techniques for new product design. Main topics of the course are: theory of design process, organization and planning of new products design, modern inventive
techniques, techniques for generating robust solutions, techniques for
embodiment design.
A particular emphasis will be given to specific topics as TRIZ and DOE. - Reference texts
- Product Design and Development by Karl Ulrich and Steven Eppinger
- Educational objectives
- The course introduces formalised design techniques for new product design. Main topics of the course are: theory of design process,
organization and planning of new products design, modern inventive techniques, techniques for generating robust solutions, techniques for embodiment design. - Prerequisites
- Machine design
- Teaching methods
- The course consists of 72 hours of academic lectures. Having followed theoretic lessons, students must choose and develop the conceptual design of a product . Students are encouraged to create design teams of two up to four persons (depending on the difficulties of the project).
- Other information
- Learning verification modality
- Discussion of a project. Oral exam on arguments of the program
- Extended program
- 1- New products design, design process planning, mission statement. 2- The seven steps of the preliminary design process: costumer needs, specs definition, concept generation, design selection, design(s) testing, final specifications, development planning. 3- Customer needs identification: - Techniques to understand customers’ needs, - Comparison with competitors’ products, - Laws of systems evolution. 4- Product specifications. - Technical formulation of customers needs - Quality function deployment 5- Concept generation - Axiomatic design - TRIZ (Theory of inventive problem solving) 6- Concept selection, introduction to decision theory. 7- Specifications 8 - Design of experiemnts 9- Virtual prototyping 10- Optimal selection of materials” 11- Ergonomic issues Economical aspects
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Industry, Innovation, Infrastructures Quality Education