Overview

This unit elevates students’ product design and engineering skills to a professional level by using project management skills, product detailing and professional communication through product design projects in a context of ‘Global Design’ via international collaborative work. This is achieved by applying; design/engineering skills gained throughout the course to product design solutions, business and project management skills, and use of Australian and international standards to detail products to a professional level.

Requisites

Prerequisites
DPD30001 Advanced Product Design
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Collaborate with industry partners and research organizations to develop an innovative product (K5, K6, S4, A1, A2, A4, A5)
  • Investigate the latest available materials and manufacturing technologies to develop a project outcome which references customer needs, ergonomics, literature, market evaluation and existing products (K1, K2, K3, K4, A1)
  • Communicate the development process, and validity of resulting product design (K2, A2)
  • Integrate knowledge and skills acquired during the course in a design context (K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, A2)
  • Utilise new technology or processes that integrate mechanical engineering solutions into a design solution (K3, S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Studio		3.00 12 weeks 36
Specified Activities
Various		2.17 12 weeks 26
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		7.33 12 weeks 88
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Design ProjectGroup 40% 2,3,4,5 
Design ProjectIndividual 40% 1,3,4,5 
Research ReportIndividual 20% 1,2,5 

Content

  • Practical applications of the engineering sciences of ‘Human Factors’
  • Applications of advanced technology in the manufacturing industry
  • Concept development and design methodology, innovative idea generation techniques
  • Design for recycling and ecologically sustainable products
  • Benchmarking, design for quality, concurrent engineering
  • Use of computer methods for efficient product and tooling design
  • Design and detailing of plastic components to AS1100 engineering drawing standards
  • FEA of component assemblies
  • Evaluation of rapid prototyping systems
  • Problem solving methodology

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.