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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
School/College
Pre-requisites
Unit aim
Introduces students to the interactions between manufacturing, materials performance and engineering design processes. Students explore this through a team-based reverse engineering exercise. Common and new manufacturing processes are addressed. Students undertake Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Manufacturing (CAM) exercises, including numerically controlled production of a component.
Unit content
Design as a problem solving activity
Interactions between manufacturing and design processes
Common and new manufacturing processes
Materials behaviour in manufacturing
Design within manufacturing and material constraints
Computational modelling in design
Computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) exercises
Reverse engineering, manufacturing and assembly project
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appreciate the engineering design process and the role of engineering standards in graphical communication | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 2 | develop skills in computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | develop skills in solving engineering problems using a logical framework | Creativity | ||||||
| 4 | understand the role of modelling and simulation in manufacturing | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | develop knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials and use it to reverse engineer a component | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 6 | develop communication skills in writing and master appropriate graphics, data manipulation, and word processing software | Communication and social skills | ||||||
| 7 | work effectively in teams. | Communication and social skills | ||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- appreciate the engineering design process and the role of engineering standards in
graphical communication
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- develop skills in computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
- GA2: Creativity
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- develop skills in solving engineering problems using a logical framework
- GA2: Creativity
- understand the role of modelling and simulation in manufacturing
- GA2: Creativity
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- develop knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials and use it to reverse engineer
a component
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- develop communication skills in writing and master appropriate graphics, data manipulation,
and word processing software
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- work effectively in teams.
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Kalpakjian, S & Schmid, S, 2014, Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 7th edn, Pearson. ISBN: 0133128741.