Concept development for innovative products - a challenge for engineering design education

Luft T, Schleich B, Wartzack S (2013)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2013

Publisher: Design Society

Edited Volumes: Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED

City/Town: Glasgow

Pages Range: 105-114

Conference Proceedings Title: DS 75-8: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13)

Event location: Seoul KR

ISBN: 978-1-904670-51-3

URI: https://www.mfk.uni-erlangen.de?file=pubmfk_564b5f5a6d787

Abstract

The complexity of new products steadily increases and therefore integrated engineering designers have to be skilled in various fields in order to develop innovative and successful products. This trend has to be considered in university education. Therefore, a new educational concept called “Concept Development for Innovative Products” (CIP) is proposed. In this subject the students are confronted with a vague task and are asked to develop and to present concepts for innovative products in teams of five. In this regard, CIP is a combination of three forms of teaching, which are presenting the working progress, discussing and lectures on demand. During mandatory working meetings the students have to present the project status to the supervisors and discuss the next steps with them. Furthermore, they can ask for lectures on specific engineering design methods which are presented using a comprehensive method catalog. The student feedback for CIP in the first semester was excellent and it is a very good enhancement for the curriculum. Consequently, the students are well prepared for a harmonic transition from university to their professional careers.

Authors with CRIS profile

Thomas Luft Chair of Engineering Design Benjamin Schleich Chair of Engineering Design Sandro Wartzack Chair of Engineering Design

How to cite

APA:

Luft, T., Schleich, B., & Wartzack, S. (2013). Concept development for innovative products - a challenge for engineering design education. In Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini (Eds.), DS 75-8: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13) (pp. 105-114). Seoul, KR: Glasgow: Design Society.

MLA:

Luft, Thomas, Benjamin Schleich, and Sandro Wartzack. "Concept development for innovative products - a challenge for engineering design education." Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 2013), Seoul Ed. Udo Lindemann, Srinivasan V, Yong Se Kim, Sang Won Lee, John Clarkson, Gaetano Cascini, Glasgow: Design Society, 2013. 105-114.

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