Schedule of Final Presentations on 25/04/2006

Methodology and Schedule

Methodology

The course will require the students to complete one design project which will be executed in teams.  Each of the teams is expected to have four students. The project has to be executed as per following schedule:

Part I: Design of a product for a given problem (10/01/05 to 25/03/05) ® 10 weeks

The students will develop their own design of product for a given problem. They can incorporate their own innovation in the development of the design and the prototype. Once a problem/product has been assigned, each of the teams have to come up with the (a) milestone/schedule to complete the task (within one week), (b) present their complete design/solution/theoretical details, which will include required components/hardware (how to procure) (2 weeks) ppt presentation, (c) Implement their product (6 weeks) and demonstrate.

Part II: Documentation and marketing (27/03/05 to 22/04/05) ®  4 weeks

The documentation from each team should focus on costing, pricing, marketing, standards, patents, quality, reliability, safety, manufacturing methods and systems and engineering innovation. Each of the team members can select one of the following tasks; (i) Product marketing, organization/collection of technical/commercial data, (ii) Make a 10 minutes (maximum) video on your product, (iii) Write a suggestive patent application to protect your IPR, and (iv) Make a website about your product and upload the necessary information.

Final presentation and Individual Viva ® Last week of APRIL