Mechanical Engineering Design I. Credit 3. Design philosophy, the creative process, and general problem-solving techniques. The proper roles of imagination, analysis, estimation and testing. Design methodology, goal setting, establishment of performance criteria, design as a decision making process. The use of models and simulation in the design process.
Students choose a senior design project and prepare a preliminary design report.
Not counted as a technical elective. Laboratory fee required. Formulation of optimal design problems. Modeling for compact and rapid optimization of realistic engineering problems. Necessary conditions for constrained local optimum.