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The course will include the product development process, functional analysis, component and system behavior, life cycle analysis and material selection.
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
This course addresses the engineering design process by integrating the skills previously acquired on machine components, put them in an engineering design context, and methodically applies them in an engineering design project.
Intended learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will:
- be able to describe the activities of the engineering design process and how they depend on each other
- have completed a team-based engineering design project
- be able to switch between different levels of abstraction, such as a function, solution in principle and detailed solution, during the different stages of the design process
- have conducted a simplified life cycle analysis to evaluate a product's environmental impact
Course Disposition
The emphasis in this course is not on studying a list of topics, but rather it is a project course. Students work in teams on a project, integrating skills acquired in earlier courses. The course is mainly an extension of the courses MF1044 Machine Components and MG1026 Manufacturing Technology, but also requires basic knowledge in mechanics, solid mechanics, programming mathematical modes of physical system, and Computer Aided Design (CAD).
Some topics covered in the lectures include planning and managing engineering design projects, working in teams, basic design principles in mechanical engineering, materials selection and life cycle assessment (LCA). Depending upon the project, other topics may be included. Oral and written reports are required.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
In order to be eligible to read the course, the student must have passed at least one of the examination parts in the course MF1044 Machine Components.
Recommended prerequisites
The course is mainly an extension of the courses MF1044 Machine Components and MG1026 Manufacturing Technology, but also requires basic knowledge in mechanics, solid mechanics, programming mathematical modes of physical system, and Computer Aided Design (CAD).
Equipment
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Literature
Literature from the courses MF1044 Machine Components and MG1026 Manufacturing Technology
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- INL2 - Hand in Tasks, 1,5 hp, betygsskala: P, F
- PRO2 - Project, 4,5 hp, betygsskala: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course web
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Course web MF1045Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Add-on studies
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Contact
Anders Söderberg,aes@kth.se, 08-790 7265