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ME30356: Reverse engineering for disruptive innovation

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 3      [equivalent to 6 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 60
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Case Study (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
This unit aims to:
* enable students appraise existing products and recognise common mass manufacturing materials, manufacturing processes and product assembly processes;
* introduce the theory of disruptive market innovation as the foundation for new product concept development;
* develop students' expertise in a range of advanced presentation techniques and the rapid prototyping of concept ideas.

Learning Outcomes:
After successfully completing this unit a student will be able to: Identify, in detail, commonly used engineering materials, manufacturing processes and product assembly processes; appraise them and provide reasons for their use in a particular application; Articulate the market positioning of an existing product and propose an alternative market position based on theory/tools/methods of disruptive market innovation; Communicate how the function of a product and its engineering embodiment are related; Propose a conceptual design for a future variant of the product and construct an appropriate 'works like' model for mechanisms or key components.

Skills:
Problem solving and analytical thinking (F/A); reverse engineering and product market positioning techniques (T/A); team working (F/A); prototyping skills (F/A); presentation skills (T/A); written communication (A).

Content:
Theory and methods from reverse engineering regarding materials recognition, manufacturing process recognition and assembly sequence recognition. Theory of disruptive market innovation and market position methods. Advanced presentation techniques for design. High speed prototyping techniques.
Programme availability:

ME30356 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • UEME-AFB48 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 3)
  • UEME-AKB48 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
  • UEME-AFM48 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 3)
  • UEME-AKM48 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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