2000-01 Catalog Data: MSE 444 - Design Competition (3) II Students utilize their undergraduate experience in formulating and developing a materials design project which they present and defend before a review panel. 3ED. P, MSE 442A. May be convened with MSE 544
Textbook:
G.E. Eieter, "Engineering Design - A Materials and Processing Approach," McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York 1999
References:
William H. Middendorf, What Every Engineer Should Know About INVENTING, N. Mogavero and R.S. Shane, What Every Engineer Should Know About TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND INNOVATION, L.E. Murr, What Every Engineer Should Know About MATERIAL AND COMPONENT FAILURE, FAILURE ANALYSIS AND LITIGATION , J.F. Thorpe and W.H. Middendorf, What Every Engineer Should Know About PRODUCT LIABILITY
Instructor:
W.G. Davenport, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Prerequisite by Topic:Materials Engineering Design
Method for Assessing Student Knowledge of Prerequisite Topics:
Meetings with students at end of MSE 442A.
Overall Eucational Goal:
Within the context of a design group or team, apply
the design process to create a marketable device or process/system which solves a particular
problem using materials as a theme.
Specific Instructional Goals:
The instructional goal of this course is to provide the student
with an opportunity to apply the design process to something physical. The design process progresses
through the initial stage of properly defining the problem to be solved, to constructing, testing
demonstrating, and documenting the final solution (i.e. device or process). The emphasis in this
class is on INNOVATION and QUALITY - keeping in mind that the design project should
incorporate the application of engineering principles and materials science and engineering.
Course Topics:
Definition of the design process (1)
Problem definition (1)
Innovation vs. invention (1)
Idea generation techniques (2)
Traditional and electronic brainstorming (2)
Teamwork (1)
Design optimization (2)
Design failure analysis (1)
Materials selection (1)
Ethics (1)
Patents (1)
Communications (1)
Class Requirements:
One lecture session per week
One office meeting per week with each group.
One group meeting per week.
Each student gives a formal lecture per semester.
One oral presentation by each design group.
*Note: Graduate-Level: Requirements include defense of the design project before the student's research committee.
Computer Usage:
Computer literature searches
Use of the Internet as an information resource
As required by project
Laboratory Projects:
Approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of this course involves laboratory work.
