Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE IME3111

 
TITLE Engineering Design Project

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
ECTS CREDITS 6

 
DEPARTMENT Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

 
DESCRIPTION This study-unit runs over the second semester and consists of a group project. The aim of this study-unit is that students employ design tools and methods (e.g. QFD, morphological charts, DFX, Computer-Aided Design etc.) to systematically solve a design task.

Design Review Meetings:

Students will be monitored on a weekly basis to assess the progress being made by the team on the assigned design task.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Roozenburg N.F.M & Eekels J., Product Design: Fundamentals and Methods JohnWiley&SonsLtd,Wiltshire,1995.
Pahl G. & Beitz W., Engineering Design - A Systematic Approach 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, London, 1996.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Pre-requisite Study-units: MFE1101; MFE2004

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Tutorial

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Project SEM2 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S

 

 
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years.

https://www.um.edu.mt/course/studyunit