Gather raw data from customers, Interpret raw data in terms of customer needs, Organize the needs into a hierarchy, Establish the relative importance of the needs, Reflect on the results and the process.
Introduction, The design process, The design process steps, A detailed morphology of design, Further considerations in design, Spectrum of engineering activities, Organization of the engineering function, The product life cycle, Technological forecasting and innovation, Market identification, Competitive benchmarking ,Human factors in design
Introduction, Creativity and problem solving, Creativity methods, The problem statement, Product design specifications, Concept selection technique, Methods of conceptual design, Design principles, Decision theory, Evaluating alternatives, Decision trees.
Role of models in design, Mathematical modeling, Similitude and scale models, Simulation, Geometric modeling.
Introduction, Human being as applicator of forces, Anthropometry, The design of controls, Design of displays, Man/Machine information exchange.
Probabilistic approach to design, Reliability theory, Design for reliability, Hazard analysis, Bath tub curve, Mean life, MTTF and MTBF, Exponential and Weibull distribution, series and parallel configuration, Combination of series and parallel configuration Fault tree analysis.
Performance characteristics of materials, Material selection process, Sources of information on materials, Economics of materials, Methods of material selection, cost verses performance relations, weighted property index, Value analysis.
What is robust design, Identify control factors, Noise factors, Formulate an objective function, Develop the experimental plan, Run the experimental plan, Conduct the analysis, Select and confirm factor set points, Reflect and repeat.