Fundamentals of Sustainable Product Development and Engineering Design

Course content

The students are capable of:

• describing the development process of technical systems using product examples
• planning, carrying out and review a development project using the general approaches and selected methods
• naming principle methods used for task explanation and development fundamental solutions and by applying them for the development of new products
• explaining the basics of systems thinking and apply them to any system
• describing the importance of a holistic approach in the context of product development, especially for aspects of sustainability
• describing the Systems Engineering (SE) approach and apply it using selected SE methods
• naming and applying methods for the consideration of costs and the planning of projects
• planing a development task independently and apply individual methods in a targeted manner

Content:

• Introduction to the development process
• Fundamentals of technical and socio-technical systems and systems thinking
• Fundamentals of methodological development
• Problem-solving thinking and problem-solving methods
• Methods for task clarification and requirements definition
• Development of basic solutions
• Concepts of Systems Engineering
• Strategies for designing sustainable products & systems