Design Engineering: An Introduction

During these lectures, I will provide an overview of the principles and tools to help you become more organised, and more experienced in the process of engineering design. The process begins with the specification of design objectives and constraints, continues through the development, documentation, and analysis of design ideas, and ends with the process of building and testing the solution. Throughout the cycle, engineering design follows a logical process involving careful documentation and quantitative analysis using mathematical tools and scientific principles. During the design process, working and collaborating in interdisciplinary teams is essential. Moreover, I will discuss some of the latest ICT tools that can be used to enable the efficient sharing of graphics, data, and text with team members to facilitate teamwork and remote collaboration. My lectures will focus on teaching a tested, iterative design process as well as techniques to sharpen creative analysis. You should therefore be able to apply these principles to any engineering domain. I will also provide examples of real engineering problems and how these were solved using science, technology, art, and some management principles.