Advanced Industrial Design Engineering
RMIT School of Architecture & Design : GRAP2575
Welcome
Tutor: Rick Butcher
Guest Tutor: Nick Johns
Course Outline
Advanced Industrial Design Engineering
How industrial designers work within the technical parameters of engineering a product for manufacture, use and disposal.
Materials
Introduction and exploration of the possibilities of common and less commonly selected materials.
Processes
Introduction and exploration of the possibilities of manufacturing processes.
Society, Culture and Environment
The social, cultural and environmental dimensions of product manufacturing, use and disposal.
Three assignments over the course with equal weighting of 30% each and 10% participation during tutorials.
Identify and solve complex design problems
in relation to how products are produced, how they work, how they are used and how they are disposed of.
Students will also analyse materials and processes for their efficacy within their particular contexts of application and generate innovative solutions to complex problems and identify potential alternatives.
Design for manufacture
Lean manufacturing
Design for disassembly and re-manufacture
Scalable, distributed and open-source modes of advanced and additive manufacturing
Mass-manufacture
Mass-customization
