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ME 857 Product Design Fundamentals
Campus College of E&ME
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Product Design Fundamentals
Course Code ME 857
Credit Hours 3
Pre-Requisutes Nil
Course Objectives Familiarize the participants with product design fundamentals, Present the design for manufacturing and design for assembly principles, Introduce the design for manufacturing and design for assembly terminology, Provide the useful tools for DFM, DFA and Concurrent Engineering
Detail Content
  • Introduction, Design Methodology, Responsibility of a Designer
  • History of DFM
  • General Design Principles
  • Production Systems
  • Lean Manufacturing System
  • Concept Selection in Design
  • House of Quality
  • Design for Assembly
  • Concurrent Engineering
  • DFM for Low Quantity Systems (Optional)
  • DFM for Electronics (Optional)
Course outcome
  • To understand the overall concepts of Product Design Fundamentals, its advantages and applications
  • To apply various types of design techniques with respect to their context
  • To understand and apply the learned techniques on practical engineering problems
  • To apply and understand case studies in the domain of manufacturing domain
Text/Ref Books Product Design Fundamentals by Blain Lilly, The Ohio State University
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