| CODE | TET2002 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Prototype Design and Manufacture for Technology | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Modelling and testing are essential processes for the design and manufacture of technological systems. This unit develops procedural knowledge within the domains of modelling, rapid prototyping and testing of technological systems. Modelling a system entails analysing abstract relationships and visualizing the tangible elements of a system before this is manufactured as a finished product. Mathematics and software simulators are usually suitable for the former while materials and practical implementation techniques are necessary for the latter. Models or prototypes need only to convey information about the salient features and behaviours of a product and so their implementation should be rapid and just enough detailed to enable a designer to make decisions about further improvements or re-design. Visualizing techniques using easily manipulatable materials and tools or computer software and peripherals usually prove useful to generate further ideas and enable a designer to think in three dimensions and in a non-verbal manner through the manipulation of a tangible artefact. Once a prototype is built, it not only facilitates further thinking, but it also provides the opportunity to verify and test a design. This unit emphasizes the thorough investigation of the model and the prototype versions of a potential design. Study-Unit Aims: 1. To present diverse modelling contexts and techniques; 2. To present materials, processes and tools that enable rapid visualization of the tangible elements of a system; 3. To inform about the behaviour of a design prior to the manufacture of a finished product. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Discuss and use diverse modelling techniques as relevant to the technological system to be modelled for example, use knowledge of a range of tangible materials together with a range of rapid joining and fastening methods and corresponding tools to build a tangible model e.g. modelling foam, cardboard and glue, wood and nails, clay, fabric and thread, pencil and paper diagrams, 3D polymer printing from a CAD engineering drawing etc.; 2. Define additive manufacturing; 3. Use and interpret mathematics and software to display or simulate abstract static or dynamic technological system behaviour e.g. model energy flow, simulate a timing sequence, model and simulate forces acting on a system, model and simulate the locus of a point in motion etc.; 4. Plan and discuss a range of destructive and non-destructive tests on a technological system prototype. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify appropriate modelling tools (including mathematical processes and software), and modelling materials; 2. Build a prototype model of a product. The built model should enable visualization of both functional and aesthetic features of a potential design where this is appropriate; 3. Use appropriate tools and methods for the joining and/or fastening of materials; 4. Conduct a diverse range of tests on a prototype. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - SHEIL, B. 2008. ProtoArchitecture: Analogue and Digital Hybrids, Academy Press. - CLINE, L. 2015. 3D Printing and CNC Fabrication with SketchUP, McGraw-Hill. - COHEN, A. 2015. Prototype to Product: A Practical Guide for Getting to Market, O'Reilly Media. - OSTERWALDER, A., PIGNEUR, Y., BERNARDA, G., SMITH, A. & PAPADAKOS, T. 2014. Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want, Wiley. - RUBIN, J., CHISNELL, D. & SPOOL, J. 2008. Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests, Wiley. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Co-requisite Study-unit: TET2001 Please note that a pass in the Portfolio component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study and Practical | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Lawrence Farrugia Sarah Pule |
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