Project Lab. 1

Code:

EDDP0011

Acronym:

LPI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Engineering and Related Techniques
OFICIAL	Engineering and Related Techniques

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Specialization in Product Design and Development

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EDDP	15	Syllabus since 2010/11	1	-	15	126	405

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Developing capacities for elaborating in very short time a response to a request for design.
Immediate and summary identification of areas of intervention of design, engineering and management.
First approach to collaborative project and product development.

Skills to develop
• Understand the current notion of product and the associated values
• Create interdisciplinary cooperative projectual habits.
• Strengthen the projectual capabilities in each scientific area

Program

• Project 1: type: fast; theme: simple manual Utensil (Knife)
• Project 2: type: fast; theme: piece of sanitary ceramics
• Project 3: type: medium; theme: simple door hardware device

Mandatory literature

Klaus Krippendorff; The Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design , Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN: ISBN 0415322200
Donald A. Norman; Emotional design. ISBN: 0-465-05135-9
Mick Baxter; Product Design, Chapman & Hall. ISBN: 0-412-63230-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Each of the 3 projects will be the responsibility of a different teacher.
Kitchen knife: Carlos Aguiar; Sanitary ceramic crockery: Ana Sá; Door hardware: Augusto Coelho.
The first project will feature the collaboration of Peter Taboaço in communication and computer graphics.
The teaching methodology will evolve throughout the semester, according to the different projectual requests, but generally speaking, in the first session the theme will be presented and indications how is expected to be treated.
Students develop projects with monitoring and strong interaction of teachers from other UCs and 3 specific sessions of the CUs project will be convergent (integrated into the respective hourly load) dedicated to the analysis of aspects relevant to each one.
The projects will be presented in a public presentation at the end of the semester.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Design engineering
Technological sciences > Engineering > Design engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	126,00
Work on the projects	Trabalho escrito	279,00		2013-02-01
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The student cannot exceeds 25% of the number of planned classes

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation is in accordance to the following values:
• Project 1 – 25%
• Project 2 – 35%
• Project 3 – 40%
In the project 3 it will be considered the evaluative component of teachers of CUs convergent- usability and materials and processes with regard to the expression of knowledge taught in them and expressed in final results submitted.
Note: This evaluative component will be integrated into the final grade of each of the respective CUs and will have no influence on the classification of this CU to ensure balance in the stilted language of the ECTS on scientific areas. The projects will be presented in a public presentation at the end of the semester.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same as for the other students

Classification improvement

Not applicable