After completion of the course, the students are expected to be able to:

 

1. Apply the design process to fulfill customer’s needs. [e]
2. Identify design tasks and their objectives. [e]
3. Establish a project schedule and work plan, and aware of project management techniques. [c1, g, d]
4. Develop design specifications by completion of a house of quality. [c1, f]
5. Generate design ideas based on functional decomposition. [c1]
6. Evaluate the ideas based on customer requirements. [e, k3]
7. Creatively generate product designs. [a, c1]
8. Complete the design including considerations for cost, safety, environmental, and societal impacts. [h, j]
9. Validate the final design through simulation and/or working prototype. [b, k1]
10. Utilize computer-aided design tools for engineering design, analysis and manufacturing. [k1, k2]
11. Develop a physical prototype of the final design using appropriate manufacturing tools [k2]
12. Give technical presentations and communicate accurately and effectively through weekly progress report, project proposal, organized final design report, and oral presentation. [g, i]
13. Document the design activities and outcomes through product development file, drawings, meeting minutes, and personal design notebook. [g, i, j, k3]
14. Conduct Library/Internet search of patents and literature [j, k3, f, h]
15. Work effectively as (multidisciplinary) team player and demonstrate his/her participation through a personal design notebook. [d]
16. Show awareness of lifelong learning and ethical aspects from seminar speakers given during the design course [i]