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Fall 2025 Lecture Laboratory Upper Division
The engineering design process including planning and clarification, conceptual design, embodiment design, and detail design. Identification of customer requirements and development of engineering specifications. Concept generation and selection. Rules and guidelines for embodiment design. Design considerations including quality, modularity, manufacturing, assembly, and economics. Detail design to support manufacturing.
Learning Outcomes1Understand and apply a systematic design method.
2Understand customer needs and translate needs to engineering specifications.
3Generate concepts and use ideation techniques.
4Develop layouts using embodiment design techniques.
5Generate designs that are manufacturable.
6Communicate design effectively to various stakeholders.
7Work effectively in a team environment.
8Acquire and apply new knowledge and tools to support the design process.
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