An industry standard design report with appropriate use of structure (and referencing where required).
A formal presentation, using no more than 6 presentation slides, and a formal reflection on the presentation of the conceptual design.
Unit Learning Outcomes
LO1 Plan a design solution and prepare an engineering design specification in response to a stakeholder’s design brief and requirements.
LO2 Formulate possible technical solutions to address the student-prepared design specification.
LO3 Prepare an industry-standard engineering technical design report.
LO4 Present to an audience a design solution based on the design report and evaluate the solution/presentation.
Scenario:
You have been employed as a junior design engineer for a small manufacturing company, Office Furniture Designers Limerick (OFDL). The company specialises in office furniture. You are required to assist in some engineering design work, that
will involve the design of a simple Bookcase which is part of the office/industrial canteen furniture range.
The design will be part of the company’s “home office” range and it is hoped that is will increase future sales. It must be durable and will be advertised as “a contemporary solution for the home office incorporating both comfort and design”. The figures below are an indication of the type of product available, but the entire design is up to you, however you must take into consideration the customer requirements. (Note: choice of colours is important as is the use of two materials.)
Customer specifications:
Durable
Safe and comfortable
Washable (soap and warm water)
Visually appealing
Weight: light weight
Material: two types
Manufacturing cost competitive
Assignment Part 3
Preparing an industry standard engineering technical design report
Note: Assignment 3 addresses the following Learning Outcomes: P6, P7, M4 & D3.
Your manager likes your design proposal and would like you to formally report on this technical solution.
You should produce an industry standard design report, and part of this report should incorporate an evaluation of the effectiveness of this report in terms of whether it will allow the production of a finished product that meets the manufacturer’s and customer’s requirements.
To complete this part, you must complete the following.
Prepare the report itself (appropriate headings and layout)
An assessment of your design solution including an identification of the limitations
An explanation of the role of design specifications and standards
An Assessment of compliance, standards, safety and risk management issues.
Write a minimum of 2 paragraphs which evaluate the effectiveness of this report for producing a finished product fully compliant with customer requirements.
Assignment Part 4
Present to an audience a design solution based on the design report and evaluate the solution/presentation
Note: Assignment 4 addresses the following Learning Outcomes: P8, P9, M5 and D4.
Your manager has reviewed your design report and would now like you to prepare and deliver a presentation to a wider audience of production managers and design engineers. It is likely that the audience may suggest changes/improvements to the
given design solution and you should be prepared for this. Your manager wants a de-brief afterwards and will expect a justification of any further potential improvements following feedback and/or review of the presented design solution.
To complete this part, you should consider/produce being in mind the audience identified above:
Power point presentation (6 Slides) describing the design and how you reached it. Note: Opportunities for feedback/Q&A should be considered as part of the presentation
Explain other possible presentation methods you might have used.
Reflect on the effectiveness of the power point presentation as a conceptual design communication tool.
Justify recommended potential improvements to the presented design solution, based your own reflection after working your way through the design/talking to others, i.e. on hindsight what could you have done better?
