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Basics of Product Development and Engineering Design/ Fundamentals of Sustainable Product Development and Engineering Design

Objectives of the course

The students have a cross-product understanding of the development process of technical systems. They also know generally applicable procedures as aids for planning, carrying out and checking the development work as well as basic methods for clarifying tasks, working out basic solutions and determining the product design for the individual work steps. They know simple evaluation methods for the selection of possible solutions and can apply them.

The students are able to independently plan a development task and use individual methods in a targeted manner. They also can show the effects of proposed solution variants and explain them physically. They can objectively justify decisions for or against selected partial solutions.

Content

  • Introduction into engineering design processes
  • Technical systems
  • Course of engineering design processes
  • Life cycle-oriented product development
  • Solution orientated thinking and problem solving methods
  • Methods for task clarification, requirements
  • Eco-methods
  • Development of basic solutions
  • Design catalog
  • General function structures, physical effects
  • Design, kinematic chains

Latest information

More information for the procedure can be found on the StudIP event website.

Exam Date: 2026-08-25, 08.00 a.m.

StudIP – Lecture

StudIP – Tutorial

Dates

The lecture takes place in the winter semester.

Lecture

In the lecture, the students are taught basic procedures, methods and tools for product development. The theoretical content is illustrated using examples form current research projects and experience from industry. The use of exhibits create a link to specific products and thus strengthens the practical relevance.

Tutorial

In the tutorial accompanying the lecture, selected topics are deepened using concrete examples and by working on exercises.

Documents, downloads and video recordings

If not discussed differently in the lecture, all documents will be provided for download on StudIP. The video recordings for the lecture (and tutorial) will be provided on StudIP, if available.

Office hours and Notes

Please discuss regular office hours with your supervisor directly.

Examination Modalities:

Type: exam
Time: 120 min

Lecturer

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Vietor
t.vietor(at)tu-braunschweig.de
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Contact Person

Umut Volkan Kizgin, M.Sc.
u.kizgin(at)tu-braunschweig.de
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