MS3015: Industrial Design

Course Instructor

Dr Fong Wen Mei, Eileen

Course AIMS

This course aims to create an innovative environment that allows students to apply and integrate their theoretical knowledge and skills to solve open-ended real life problems. Students will have the opportunity to work in teams, and to learn how to apply design processes to design and create prototypes for their solutions. Students will be required to produce a short video on their project. Their work will also assessed orally by a panel of judges.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you (as a student) would be able to:

1. Design a systematic plan based on sound design thinking processes to solve an identified problem;
2. Work together as a team;
3. Identify and apply engineering tools to solve identified problem;
4. Present and market your work to an audience and a panel of judges.
   

Course Content

Students will be taught design processes in order to design a systematic approach to solve problems identified in their projects. The technical content of the project will vary according to the type of the projects provided by industrial partners, mostly related to materials science and/or engineering. Students will also likely be exposed to electronics, 3D printing, fabrication and materials testing in their prototyping process.

Reading and References

As content is project dependent, students are expected to seek their own references that are relevant to their projects.