436-420 Engineering Design and Professional Practice

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

436-322 or 436-323 Engineering Design 2C or 2D, 436-204 Engineering Economics and Statistics or equivalent and 436-340 Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion, students should; have learned to liaise with clients, and to identify and define complex design problems in mechanical and manufacturing engineering of concern to the client, and synthesise solutions to these problems; have learned to adopt a professional approach to engineering problem solving through writing proposals, making bids, setting targets and schedules for meeting these targets, managing projects in accordance with agreed schedules, and reporting on the results achieved; have gained an appreciation of the application of theoretical and practical knowledge to a wide range of design problems in mechanical and manufacturing engineering; have developed an appreciation of the role of technology in society, the responsibilities of engineers with respect to their fellow workers, society and the environment.

Topics covered include; the design process. Invention and innovation, conceptual design. Design strategies. Topological and mathematical models. Reliability, probabilistic methods in design. Integration of design and manufacturing. Quality and fitness of purpose. Design projects. Science and Technology. Historical, sociological and environmental factors in invention and innovation. Technology forecasting. Patenting. The engineering profession and professional ethics. Statutory requirements and legal responsibilities. New technology and the environment, workforce and human relations.

Assessment

One examination not exceeding three-hours; assignments to a maximum of 25,000 words, or equivalent