3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1017579BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau. Students who want to enroll for this course, must have obtained at least 30 ECTS-credits on bachelor level.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Applied Mechanics
Educational team
Dieter Jens De Baere (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

The following subjects are covered in the course:

  1. Overview of the engineering design process. Stages of the design process. The engineering team, concurrent engineering. The importance of customer requirements in the engineering process. Quality in the development of products (Quality Function Deployment, Total Quality Management, Taguchi techniques).
  2. Idea generation: the concept genaration phase in the design process. Some commonly used concept generation methods (intuitive methods, IPR, the morphological matrix, TRIZ).
  3. Introduction to project management: overview of project management processes, project time management (the Critical Path Method).
  4. Material selection and manufacturing. Overview of different material groups and materials selection. Selection of manufacturing processes. Quality control and quality assurance. Reliability (failure mode and effect analysis). Assembly of products. Design for manufacturability and design for assembly.
  5. Computer Aided Design and Engineering (CAD, CAE and CAM), Design Optimization, Robust design.
Course material
Handbook (Required) : Technisch Ontwerpen, R.J. Eggert, BIB, 9789043012782, 2007
Handbook (Recommended) : The mechanical design process, D. G. Ullman, 6de, McGraw Hill, 9780999357804, 2017
Additional info
  • The transparancies of the course are distributed to the students.
  • The following book is recommended as a course text (not mandadory): R.J. Eggert, ‘Technisch Ontwerpen’, Pearson Education, 2007.
  • In addition, students can consult the following textbook: D. G. Ullman ‘The mechanical design process’, McGraw Hill, 2003.
Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Aims:
The course gives an overview of the different organizational and technical aspects during the design of (new) products. The methods and tools that an engineer uses are discussed.

Obtained competences:
The student is familiar with the terminology that engineers use in the design process. They know the basic processes that are used during the engineering design. Furthermore, students can apply the tools from the engineering process to simple examples.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • MultipleChoice with a relative weight of 4 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: multiple choice
  • Open theoretical questions with a relative weight of 4 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: theoretical questions
  • Practical exercises with a relative weight of 2 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: short practical exercise as announced during the classes

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam:

  • 40% multiple choice
  • 40% open questions on the theory covered in the lectures
  • 20% short practical exercise as discussed in the lectures.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Business Engineering: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Engineering: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Professionele bachelor Bedrijfsmanagement met Afstudeerrichting Accountancy-fiscaliteit of Financie- en verzekeringswezen (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Engineering: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Professionele bachelor Bedrijfsmanagement met Afstudeerrichting Logistiek Management of Professionele bachelor toegepaste informatica (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Engineering: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Professionele bachelor Bedrijfsmanagement met Afstudeerrichting Marketing (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Business Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)