2021 Engineering Design Advanced

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
Instructor(s)
Saito Shigeki  Inaba Kazuaki  Sakamoto Hiraku  Taoka Yuki  Kado Masanori  Yagisawa Masaki  Terui Ryo 
Class Format
Exercise /Experiment     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (Ishikawadai Bldg.5 , Desaign Factory and S323)  
Group
-
Course number
ESD.B401
Credits
2
Academic year
2021
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2021/3/19
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

The aim of this class is to provide students an opportunity to exercise the design of user experience, software, and hardware that can solve the problem given on the basis of "Design Thinking" approach. The students are supposed to work as groups consisting of 4 or 5 members having different expertise. In solving the problem, the students are requested to learn the viewpoint of human-centered design using "Design Thinking". The way of ideation is typically unlike the viewpoint of technical-seeds oriented. The students are also supposed to learn the fundamental of the project management in order to lead the project of which members have different backgrounds.

Student learning outcomes

The goal is to obtain the capability of designing and presenting the solution that can solve the problem given through the use of "Design Thinking" approach as a group.

Keywords

Design Thinking, Project-Based-Learning (PBL)

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students are supposed to have a group work under instructors' supervision. The class style is Project-Based-Learning (PBL).

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Each instructor specifies her/his class schedule. Each instructor indicates assignment.

Textbook(s)

Each instructor specifies textbooks.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Each instructor specifies materials.

Assessment criteria and methods

Each instructor specifies criterion and methods for assessment (interview, presentation, report).

Related courses

  • ESD.A402 : Design Thinking Fundamentals
  • ESD.B402 : Engineering Design Project

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Each instructor specifies requirements for her/his class. (Students who enrolled after April 2020 can take this course.)

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