436-450 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 5

436-371 Mechatronics Design and Laboratory 4 or equivalent

Upon completion students should have learned to liaise with clients, to identify and define complex mechatronic design problems of concern to the client and synthesise solutions to these problems; 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; and have gained an appreciation of the application of theoretical and practical knowledge to a wide range of design problems involving the disciplines of mechatronics. The total work content in the engineering project represents approximately 100 person-hours of effort per student.

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; and design project management; and concurrent engineering.

A professional engineering project report of no more than 8000 words with no more than 40 pages of supporting material in the way of appendices, diagrams, tables, computations and computer output (80%). One lecture assignment not exceeding 400 words (10%). One professional presentation of the work completed in the engineering project (10%).