Stages of engineering design, engineering design specification, quality function deployment, generating conceptual alternatives, function-first decomposition, brainstorming, evaluation and redesign of engineering concepts. Pugh's method, Dominic method, Pahl and Beitz method, selecting materials and processes, configuration design of parts, parametric design. Optimisation methods - search methods, linear programming, simplex algorithm, geometric programming, Taguchi method, robust design, axiomatic design. -- Course Website
