Product Development, 6 credits

Product Development, 6 hp

TMKT78

Main field of study

Product Development Mechanical Engineering

Course level

First cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Jonas Detterfelt

Director of studies or equivalent

Peter Hallberg

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 h
Recommended self-study hours: 112 h

Available for exchange students

Yes
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6CEMM Energy-Environment-Management 7 (Autumn 2017) 1 2 English Linköping, Valla E
6CEMM Energy-Environment-Management (Technology for Sustainable Development) 7 (Autumn 2017) 1 2 English Linköping, Valla C
6MIND Industrial Engineering and Management, Master's programme 3 (Autumn 2017) 1 2 English Norrköping, Norrköping E
6MIND Industrial Engineering and Management, Master's programme (Operations Management) 3 (Autumn 2017) 1 2 English Norrköping, Norrköping E
6MMEC Mechanical Engineering, Master's Programme 1 (Autumn 2017) 1 2 English Linköping, Valla C
6MSUS Sustainability Engineering and Management, Master's Programme 1 (Autumn 2017) 1 2 English Linköping, Valla C

Main field of study

Product Development, Mechanical Engineering

Course level

First cycle

Advancement level

G2X

Course offered for

  • Mechanical Engineering, Master's Programme
  • Sustainability Engineering and Management, Master's Programme
  • Energy-Environment-Management
  • Industrial Engineering and Management, Master's programme

Entry requirements

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Prerequisites

Knowledge equivalent to a bachelor degree in an engineering subject.

Intended learning outcomes

The main objective of the course is to give students an introduction to product development, which is an important industrial process with high impact on manufacturing performance etc. It is therefore very important for everyone, not just engineering designers and other directly involved in product development, to understand product development. It is also important to be able to participate in product development organizations as representatives of other functions in a business.
After completing the course the student will be able to:

  • know and describe the most central parts of product development as development processes, engineering design, preparation of specifications, concept generation, concept evaluation, prototyping and testing, product architecture, design, environment-driven and production -driven product development and patents.
  • attack a minor technical problem in a systematic way using general methodology for concept generation. From needs and requirements through functional analysis and solution generation to concept proposals .
  • in a small group, perform a minor concept generation project and both orally and in writing report such a project.
  • describe basic design principles of sustainable environmental development.

Course content

Different types of development processes and organizations , product planning , customer requirements and specifications , concept generation , concept evaluation , prototyping and testing, product architecture, design, environment-driven product development , production, adaptation and patents.

Teaching and working methods

A series of lectures will introduce the theoretical content of the course and a
smaller projects carried out in groups of approx . 4-5 students.

Examination

PRA1Product design project2 creditsU, G
TEN1Written examination4 creditsU, 3, 4, 5

Grades

Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5

Department

Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

Director of Studies or equivalent

Peter Hallberg

Examiner

Jonas Detterfelt

Course website and other links

lisam.liu.se

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 h
Recommended self-study hours: 112 h

Course literature

Additional literature

Books

  • Karl T Ulrich och Steven D Eppinger, (2012) Product Design and Development 5
    ISBN: 978-007-108695-0
Code Name Scope Grading scale
PRA1 Product design project 2 credits U, G
TEN1 Written examination 4 credits U, 3, 4, 5

Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)

The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.

LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva. 

Additional literature

Books

Karl T Ulrich och Steven D Eppinger, (2012) Product Design and Development 5

ISBN: 978-007-108695-0

Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.

I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
I U A Modules Comment
1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level)
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level)

                            
1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level)

                            
1.5 Insight into current research and development work

                            
2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving
X
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery

                            
2.3 System thinking
X
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities
X
X
PRA1

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork
X
PRA1

                            
3.2 Communications
X
PRA1

                            
3.3 Communication in foreign languages
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT
4.1 External, societal, and environmental context
X
TEN1

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context
X
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management
X
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
4.4 Designing
X
PRA1
TEN1

                            
4.5 Implementing

                            
4.6 Operating

                            
5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects

                            
5.4 Execution of research or development projects

                            
5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects

                            

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