Engineering Design (ME 105)

Zeeshan Azmat

Student Introductions

Introduce yourself Say why are you interested in this course Share any thoughts on your future career

How do you learn?

Training Balance Scale

There are two sides of training balance scale: Motivation and Technique. Throughout this course an effort will be made to maintain an excellent balance between these two variables.

Syllabus

Syllabus

Books

Engineering Design principal

By

Kenneth S. Hurst

Introduction to Engineering Design

By
Andrew Samuel, John Weir

Design and Inovation

Whatever made you successful in the past wont in the future. (Lew Platt, Hewlett-Packard )

Textbook Definition of Engineering Design

The systematic, intelligent generation and evaluation of specifications for things/devices whose form and function achieve stated objectives while satisfying given constraints

Design is a systematic process

There are formal methods for this process The form and function of a design are separate yet related Design specifications detail how the design should perform, and provide a measure for success

History of Design

People have been designing things for a long time

Examples of great designs from antiquity:
Great Pyramids in Egypt Mayan Cities and Temples Great Wall of China

No records survive from these projects Basic design method in the past (and present) Trial and Error

Design Evolution: Tikal

Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the preColumbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petn Basin in what is now northern Guatemala

Design Evolution: Pyramids

Mastaba

Design Evolution: Pyramids

Step Pyramid

Design Evolution: Pyramids

Bent Pyramid

From Design To Manufacture

Manufacture Idea

Design

Specifications

New Practices

Design for Manufacturing

Incorporate manufacturing into design specifications

Concurrent Engineering

Designers & manufacturing specialists working together

Design In A System Context

Design is intended to produce a description of an artifice in terms of its organization and functioning its interface between inner and outer environment

Herbert A. Simon

Design : Pleasure

Good design works. Excellent design gives pleasure. (M. F. Ashby)

Engineering Design Is Difficult

Design problems are ill-defined

The purpose of the design is not always clear

Design problems are ill-structured

Cannot directly apply formulas or algorithms Use-cases and operating environments not fully known

Design problems are open-ended

Problems usually have several acceptable solutions Tradeoffs change as technology evolves

Managing Engineering Design

Planning
Organizing

Leading
Controlling
How would you go about managing a complex engineering project?

Elements of Engineering Design Method

Synthesis

Analysis

Elements of Engineering Design Method

Communication

Implementation

Engineering Design Method

1. Identify the Need and Define Problem

2. Assemble Design Team

Sequential Engineering

Concurrent Engineering

3. Identify constraints and Criteria for success Constraints

Budget Time Personnel Legal

Competition Manufacturability

Material properties and availability Off-the-shelf construction

3. Identify constraints and Criteria for success Criteria for Success

Aesthetics Performance Quality Human factors Cost Safety

3. Identify constraints and Criteria for success

...Criteria for Success

Operating Environment Interface with other systems Effect on surrounding Logistics Reliability Maintainability

Serviceability

Availability

4. Search for Solution

Can I eliminate the need?

Challenge basic assumptions Be Knowledgeable Employ Analogies Personalize the problem Identify the critical parameters Switch Functions

4. Search for Solution

Alter sequence of steps

Reverse the problem Repeat components or process steps Separate functions Combine functions Use vision Employ basic engineering principles

Feasibility Study
Step 5. Analyze each potential Solution
Step 6. Choose the best solution(s)

Step 7. Document the solution (s)

Step 8. Communicate the solution (s) to management

Preliminary Design
Step 5. Analyze each potential Solution
Step 6. Choose the best solution(s) Step 7 and 8. Document the solution (s) and

Communicate the solution (s) to management

Detailed Design
Step 5 through 8 of the Detail
Step 9. Construct the solution Step 10. Verify and evaluate