Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Hmmm.. 3rd module for specialization.. What should I take!


MP4E01 Industrial Design
[Pre-requisites: Nil; Academic Units: 3]
Content: Art and Industry. Basic Industrial Design. Design elements and principles. Colour. Industrial, product and packaging graphics. Design Communications. Human Values in Design. Packaging Design

MP4E02 Human Factors in Design
[Pre-requisite: Nil; Academic Unit: 3]
Content: Introduction to human factors. Physical ergonomics. Cognitive ergonomics. Human-computer interaction. Human factors of product design. Socio-technical aspects of human factors in design.

MP4E03 Strategic Management of Product Development
[Pre-requisite: Nil; Academic Unit: 3]
Content: The course covers topics on critical product development considerations and competition strategies, the role of prototyping in product design and manufacturing, the organization and management of cross functional product development teams, the capture and modeling of customer needs, risk assessment and management, the role of R&D, and the strategies for achieving fast cycle competition and time to market. The teaching approach of a graduate management course will be used, with equal emphasis on lectures and case analysis and presentation by students.

MP4E04 Mechanism Design
[Pre-requisite: MP2002; Academic Unit: 3]
Content: Introduction to mechanism synthesis. graphical and analytical methods. Advanced planar mechanism synthesis. Spatial mechanism fundamentals. Screw theory. Kinematic analysis of spatial mechanisms.

MP4E05 Materials Selection and Design
[Pre-requisite: Nil; Academic Unit: 3]
Content: Review of basic engineering materials properties. Materials selection in  design. Process selection in design.

MP4E06 Visualisation and Virtual Reality in Product Design
[Pre-requisite: Nil; Academic Unit: 3]
Content: Computer Graphics. Volume Visualization. VR Fundamentals. VR Interaction. VR Modeling, Algorithm and Software. VR Hardware Devices. VR Integration and VR Systems.

MP4F02 Manufacturing Systems and Automation
[Pre-requisite: Nil; Academic Unit: 3]
Content: Manufacturing systems. Rapid prototyping & applications. Computer-aided  manufacturing. Industrial robots. Automatic assembly.

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