Product Design

Code:

DLIT0060

Acronym:

DP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Engineering Systems

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Materials and Technological Processes Group
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Leaders for Technological Industries

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DLIT	4	Syllabus since 2009/10 - LTI	1	-	6	30	162
EAIEP	0	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	6	30	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and english

Objectives

The focus of Product Design course (jointly with Product Development on the next semester) is the integration of marketing, design, and manufacturing functions in creation of a new product. The course is intended to provide the following:
1. Competence with a set of tools and methods for product design and development.
2. Confidence in your own abilities to create a new product.
3. Awareness of the role of multiple functions in creating a new product (e.g. marketing, finance, industrial design, engineering, production).
4. Ability to coordinate multiple, interdisciplinar tasks in order to achieve a common objective.
5. Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection in an action-oriented setting.
6. Enhanced team working skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students acquire a broad knowledge of different steps and content for the product design; that way, students should be able to understand the product design in its complexity, while also being able to leader projects involving the product design teams.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Identifying Customer Needs
2. Product Development Organization
3. Materials and process selection
4. Product Specifications and Quality Function Deployment
5. Critical success factors for NPD
6. Managing Product Development Projects
7. Concept Generation
7. Industrial Design

Mandatory literature

Karl T. Ulrich; Product design and development. ISBN: 0-07-113742-4
Michael F. Ashby; Materials selection in mechanical design. ISBN: 0-7506-2727-1
de Neufville, R.; Applied Systems Analysis: Engineering Planning and Technology Management, Mc-Graw-Hill, 1990

Complementary Bibliography

William G. Sullivan; Engineering economy. ISBN: 0-13-148649-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation of content and group assignment to conceive and design a new product and present a prototype in the final class session (a virtual prototype at the end of Product Design. The goal of this exercise is to learn principles and methods of product design, to improve teamwork skills and to appreciate the inherent multidisciplinary nature of product development.

Software

CES Edupack 2019

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	90,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	3,00
Estudo autónomo	35,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Trabalho de investigação	60,00
Trabalho escrito	34,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

UP rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

- 50% Team assignments;
- 40% Final project presentation and report (from which 50% goes to the prototype;
- 10% Team Presentations during the year