Sustainability in Product Development 6 Credits
Course Contents
The course is divided in three parts: in the introduction part the students focus on a known product and gain knowledge about it by modelling it in a CAD-system. In parallel the students learn how to manage product assemblies, how to work distributed, and how to figure out why products look the way they do. In the second part the focus in on the quality of the product development process and the students learn about tools to ensure the resulting products meets the specifications (from customer, laws, etc.). In part three the focus is on sustainability from social, economic, and environmental perspectives were the students also get informed about tools for ensuring sustainability in the product development process.The course includes the following elements:
-Managing product assemblies
-Distributed product development
-Reversed engineering, in the meaning of developing understanding of already existing products
-QFD, design FMEA and robust design.
-Process modelling
-PDM
-Certifications
-The Machinery Directive and CE marking
-Life cycle analysis (economic)
-Environmental sustainability
-Social sustainability, from an ergonomic perspecive
Prerequisites
General entry requirements and completed courses Introduction to Product Realisation, 9 credits, Computer Aided Design, 6 credits and Manufacturing, 9 creditsLevel of Education: Undergraduate G1F
Course code/Ladok code: THPK15
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering
