| This course offers a survey of the role of structure as a foundation of successful design. As a practical concept, structure embraces many design parameters: form, function, cost, durability, and manufacturability are among those that come to mind. From a theoretical standpoint, however, understanding and predicting how these parameters interact requires knowledge of details from the disparate fields of physics, engineering, materials science, and history, among others. This course will explore these complex relationships by introducing definitions, methods, and analytical techniques complimented by a more historical perspective on the function of structure. Case studies in the lessons of structural failure will illustrate how cutting-edge design must, at times, balance on a knife’s edge, and how such daring might be safely and dependably accomplished in the future. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
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Introduction. Basic Concepts in Structure. |
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Structures in Nature, Imitation of Nature. Bio-mimicry |
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Structural Elements, Structural Load, Deformation. |
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Examining Structures, Materials &Details of Products. |
Assignment 1 Brief. |
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Assignment 1, Workshop. |
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Assignment 1, Workshop. |
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Assignment 1, Workshop. |
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Evaluation of workshop |
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Factory Tour, MCD Racing. |
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Fasteners, Joining Plastics, Joining Metals. |
Assignment 2 Brief. |
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Assignment 2, Workshop. |
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Assignment 2, Workshop. |
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Assignment 2, Workshop. |
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Quiz2. |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
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Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design |
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Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development |
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Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language |
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Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge |
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Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them |
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Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels |
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Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods |
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To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions |
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Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications |
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Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. |
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Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures |
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Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |
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