Course: Methodology of Construction for Design

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Course title Methodology of Construction for Design
Course code KDU/BMKD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Hosnedl Stanislav, Prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Transformation and technical systems and processes. Technical products as technical systems for the implementation of transformation processes. Properties and quality of technical systems. Structures of technical systems. Principles for achieving the desirable qualities of "Design for X" technical systems. Design activities and their rationalization. Design as a process designed to design technical systems with the required properties. The lessons learned are creatively practiced on practical examples. For the content of the lectures and exercises after each week, see Courseware.

Learning activities and teaching methods
E-learning, Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Individual study
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 4 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 2 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge in the range of the previous study at the university is supposed. No necessary subjects.
describe and explain the basic design principles of proposed design solutions describe and explain the basic stylistic aesthetic qualities of the proposed design
Skills
visualize designs of proposed design solutions communicate with members of the team and external outsourcers
Competences
N/A
take decisions individually and responsibly, on the basis of a framework contract comprehensibly and convincingly communicate to experts and laymen information about the nature of professional problems and their own opinion on their solution, to acquire further professional knowledge, skills and competencies on the basis of practical experience and its evaluation, as well as by independent study of the theoretical knowledge of the field
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describes and explains the basic transformation and technical systems and processes, their properties and quality distinguishes the structures of the technical systems describes the main design principles as a process to design technical systems with the required properties applies the abovementioned knowledge to a specific example of a solved practical semester project uses design procedures to design technical systems with the required properties draws up the professional documentation of a semester project professionally based on Engineering Design Science presents the results obtained at a colloquium
Skills
uses design procedures to design technical systems with the required properties draws up the professional documentation of a semester project professionally based on Engineering Design Science presents the results obtained at a colloquium
Competences
independently and responsibly, decides in new or changing contexts or in a fundamentally evolving environment, taking into account the wider social implications of their decision-making comprehensibly and convincingly inform their experts and the wider public about their own professional opinions
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
E-learning
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Skills
Students' portfolio
Project-based instruction
Collaborative instruction
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Group presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Project
Competences
Portfolio
Recommended literature
  • Eder, Wolfgang Ernst; Hosnedl, Stanislav. Design engineering : a manual for enhanced creativity. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4200-4765-3.
  • Eder, Wolfgang Ernst; Hosnedl, Stanislav. Introduction to Design Engineering: Systematic Creativity and Management. CRC Press / Balkema, Taylor & Francis Group, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2010.
  • Hosnedl, S. Systémové navrhování technických produktů. Plzeň, ZČU, FST, 2009.
  • Hubka, V. Konstrukční nauka : Obecný model postupu při konstruování. Praha : Konservis, 1995. ISBN 80-90 1135-0-8.


Study plans that include the course
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