FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Industrial Design

PD 312 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Industrial Design Engineering
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
PD 312
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery Blended
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
Problem Solving
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives To analyze industrial design process To teach structured methods that can be used at different stages of design To discuss the relationship between industrial design and engineering
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Student will be able to list the important phases of industrial design
  • Student will be able to interpret the expectations from a product or system from the viewpoint of the customer and producer and guess the attributes that could be requested from simple products
  • Student will be able to evaluate the functions to be performed by a product or system and show their relationship with materials, energy, and information.
  • Student will be able to apply creativity tools suitable for design.
Course Description This course analyzes the relationship between industrial design and engineering design and shows the phases related to these processes. An important part of the course is dedicated to convey various steps of structured methods used in design. These methods can be applied at various stages of design for various products or systems and have a high added value.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introduction to the Course (Design, Industrial Design, and Engineering) Ulrich, K.T. & Eppinger, S.D., Product Design and Development
2 Design Problems & Design Process Cross, N., Engineering Design Methods; Ulrich, K.T. & Eppinger, S.D., Product Design and Development
3 The Design Process in Practice Video and in-class assignment
4 Concept Generation Ulrich, K.T. & Eppinger, S.D., Product Design and Development
5 Clarifying Objectives: Objectives Tree/ Student Presentations Cross, N., Engineering Design Methods Submission 1 – Concept Generation/Student Presentations (Project 1)
6 Establishing Functions: Function Analysis Course notes
7 Creativity Techniques, Morphological Analysis Submission 2 – Objectives Tree
8 TRIZ Course notes
9 Official Holiday Submission 3 - Functional Decomposition
10 Creativity Techniques Course notes
11 Performance Specification Submission 4 - TRIZ
12 Product Architecture Ulrich, K.T. & Eppinger, S.D., Product Design and Development
13 Improving Details: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Boothroyd, G., Dewhurst, P., Knight, W., Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly Submission 5 – Product Architecture
14 Improving Details: Biomimetic Design Course notes
15 Student Presentations Student Presentations (Project 5)
16 Semester Evaluation None

 

Course Notes/Textbooks Powerpoint presentations
Suggested Readings/Materials • Cross, N., 2001. Engineering Design MethodsStrategies for Product Design, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.• Ullman, D.G., 1992. The Mechanical Design Process, New York: McGrawHill • Ulrich, K.T. & Eppinger, S.D., 2003. Product Design and Development, Boston: McGrawHill • Boothroyd, G., Dewhurst, P., Knight, W., 2002. Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
5
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
5
75
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
-
-
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
7
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
-
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
0
Study Hours Out of Class
-
-
0
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
-
0
Presentation / Jury
2
6
12
Project
5
12
60
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
-
-
0
Final Exam
-
0
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

X
2

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

3

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

X
4

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

5

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

X
6

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

7

To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

X
8

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

9

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

10

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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