Introduction to Product Design and Development for Engineers [Hardcover]

Introduction to Product Design and Development for Engineers provides guidelines and best practices for the design, development, and evaluation of engineered products. Created to serve fourth year undergraduate students in Engineering Design modules with a required project, the text covers the entire product design process and product life-cycle, from the initial concept to the design and development stages, and through to product testing, design documentation, manufacturability, marketing, and sustainability. Reflecting the author's long career as a design engineer, this text will also serve as a practical guide for students working on their capstone design projects.

1. Fuzzy Front End

2. Teams and Team Dynamics

3. Program and Project Management

4. Communication Skills

5. Technical Reviews and Checklists

6. Product Life Cycle Management Models

7. Systems and Requirements

8. Developing a Products Requirements

9. Concept Development and Selection

10. Initial Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Product Risk Assessment

11. Transfer Functions

12. The Three-Dimensional Virtual Product

13. Two-Dimensional Engineering Drawings

14. Design for X

15. Cost Requirements Cascade and Purchasing

16. Detailed Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and Control Plans

17. Design Verification, Product Validation, and Design Transfer