B2371 - Design Methods for Industrial Engineering

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is able to plan and manage the conceptual design phase and the early prototyping of products and systems. Conceptual design methods are thought as techniques used to optimize products, find critical elements, identify proper design alternatives and strategies, define the product architecture. Moreover, the student learns the main features of virtual and physical prototyping technologies and how to use and integrate them in the product development cycle and in the product lifecycle.

Course contents

The course is divided into two parts. Part I regards Methods for Conceptual Design of Industrial Products, including systematic design, User eXperience design and Design for Manufacturing and Assembly. Part II focuses on Technologies for 3D virtual prototyping of products and systems, including advanced 3D modelling, Digital Mock ups, Virtual and Augmented Reality for immersive and interactive visualization and Additive Manufacturing for Rapid Prototyping of systems.

PART I – METHODS FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

• Product planning
• Conceptual design for industrial products
• Product development process, Sustainable Product Design, User-centred Design, Design for X
• Identification of customer's needs and product specifications
• Concept generation and concept selection methods
• Functional decomposition and Product Architecture definition
• Design for Manufacturing and Assembly

PART II – Virtual Prototyping

• Industrial Prototyping for product development
• Advanced 3D Modelling
• Surface modelling
• Rapid Prototyping
• Extended Reality (Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality)

Readings/Bibliography

Lecture slides and tutorials / material provided on Virtuale (virtuale.unibo.it)

Lecture notes will be provided soon before or after the class. Do not download lecture notes from previous years. These may not be update.

Ulrich K.T., Eppinger S. D., “Product Design and Development“,Mc Graw Hill.

Teaching methods

Class lectures. Case studies. Workshops. Training with Computer Aided Design tools. Lab demonstrations. Seminars.

Attendance is recommended.

Assessment methods

Students will be divided into teams of 4 students each and will develop a collaborative project work.

During the course intermediate individual or group assignments and deadlines will be given.

For each exam session the group will have to:

- Have completed all the intermediate assignments within the deadline

- Fill in a written test on VIRTUAL about the basic concepts of the course

- Deliver on the project work material (report + CAD files + other material such as pictures or videos) before the exam session

- Perform a 20-30 minutes group presentation of the project in Power Point on the day of the exam session

Teaching tools

CAD software (SolidWorks)

Virtual-Augmented Reality tools

Rapid Prototyping tools

Office hours

See the website of Margherita Peruzzini