GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Chandkheda, Ahmedabad
Affiliated

Sarvajanik College of Engineering &

Technology
A
Project Report
On

(TOPIC)

Under the course of

DESIGN ENGINEERING – 1A (2130005)
B. E. II, Semester – III
(Civil Engineering)

Submitted by:
Group: _________________
Sr. Name of student Enrolment No.

Prof. Bhasker V. Bhatt Prof. Manisha Vashi Dr. Kamlesh Dalal

(Faculty Guide) (Faculty Guide) (Faculty Guide)

Prof. Dharmesh K. Bhagat

Head of the Department

Academic year
(2016-2017)
 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Chandkheda, Ahmedabad
Affiliated

Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the students namely, Mr. xxxx
(enrolment no.), xxxx (enrolment no.), xxxx (enrolment no.),
xxxx (enrolment no.), xxxx (enrolment no.) of B. E. II (Civil
Engineering) Semester III have successfully completed the
course work and related tasks for the course of Design
Engineering 1A (2130005) during the academic term ending in
the month of December 2016.

Date: __________

Place: __________

Prof. Dhamresh K. Bhagat

(Faculty Guide) Head of the Department

(External Examiner)
Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4

1.1 Design in nature – Bio mimicry ....................................................................................... 4

1.2 Team profile page............................................................................................................. 4

1.3 Team building exercise – balloon tower .......................................................................... 4

2. Observations ............................................................................................................................ 5

2.1 A-E-I-O-U framework...................................................................................................... 5

3. Mind mapping.......................................................................................................................... 6

4. Role Play Canvas ..................................................................................................................... 7

5. Empathy Mapping ................................................................................................................... 8

6. Ideation Canvas ....................................................................................................................... 9

7. Prior art search – literature study ........................................................................................... 10

8. Diachronic and Synchronic analysis...................................................................................... 11

9. Product Development Canvas ............................................................................................... 12

10. Future action plan .............................................................................................................. 13

11. Rough prototype................................................................................................................. 14

12. Log-book records ............................................................................................................... 15

1. Introduction

Start:
Prepare a note about Design Thinking.
Include definitions, approaches, tools you have referred to (proper citation of references is a must
– use “__” when texts are copied from a source)
Briefly introduce your work in the entire semester.

1.1 Design in nature – Bio mimicry

Include your Bio mimicry exercise here

1.2 Team profile page

Know yourself:
Who are the team members?
Provide brief intro of all team members along with guiding faculty.
Have you given any fancy name to your team?

1.3 Team building exercise – balloon tower

Build:
How your group was formed?
Did you know anyone in your group before?
How the domain area (Project for….) was selected / thought & discussed up on?
2. Observations

Prepare a brief note about Observation technique you have used.

Include the ‘Lemon-case’ assignment/answers in form of a note here.

2.1 A-E-I-O-U framework

Discuss about each of your A-E-I-O-U task performed
Include images of your work here
Include AEIOU Summary sheet and describe the major findings (pain points/ difficulty felt by the
user)
3. Mind mapping

Include the mind mapping sheet prepared by your team here

Figure 1 Mind mapping

Describe the experience and summarize your work

4. Role Play Canvas

Include Role Play Canvas image prepared by you here

Figure 2 Role Play Canvas

Describe the experience and summarize your work

Include notes on validation you have made on your work by discussing it with your role for gaining
more of insights
5. Empathy Mapping

Include an image (or parts of images) and discuss about Empathy mapping
Who was the Selected User? Which were probably other set of users / sub-user categories?
Who were the stakeholders? What make you feel to include these activities on canvas? You may
mention each one.
What activities are mentioned? What make you feel to include these activities? You may mention
each one.
Can you describe the stories here in brief, about the happenings and feelings of the user for which
the stories have been framed?
6. Ideation Canvas

Include an image (or parts of images) and discuss about Ideation process you have done in group;
Enlist people identified;
Enlist activities identified;
Enlist location/context/situation identified;
Prepare a list of props;
Prepare a list of difficulties identified; mention/describe your idea about relaxing/resolving the
identified difficulty(ies) using props.
7. Prior art search – literature study

Discuss and include about past efforts made (by others) in resolving the difficulty your group has
identified. Ideally, each student need to provide summary after studying at least two research
papers.
8. Diachronic and Synchronic analysis

Discuss about conventional practices (diachronic) on your identified difficulty and what novel
practices (synchronic) are employed by users
9. Product Development Canvas

Include an image (or parts of images) and discuss about Product Development Canvas you have
done in group;
Describe about each section of PDC;
What is important input received while carrying out revalidation process? Discuss.
10. Future action plan

Mention about your idea for future action plan. How you will move ahead for developing your
idea?
11. Rough prototype

Include snaps/images of your rough prototype here

Provide description of it
12. Log-book records

Include copy of individual log-book records as an attachment of previously signed pages here.