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2023　Engineering Design Project

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
Instructor(s)
Saito Shigeki  Inaba Kazuaki  Sakamoto Hiraku  Hijikata Wataru  Kurabayashi Daisuke  Taoka Yuki  Kado Masanori  Ohashi Takumi  Kahlon Yuval  Nakatani Momoko  Hasegawa Shoichi  Yagisawa Masaki  Tanaka Miho 
Class Format
Exercise /Experiment    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (石川台5号館3階デザイン工房)  
Group
-
Course number
ESD.B402
Credits
4
Academic year
2023
Offered quarter
3-4Q
Syllabus updated
2023/9/8
Lecture notes updated
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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 to individual groups on the basis of the "Design Thinking" approach. Each design prompt for the problem comes from an inspiration from the real world. 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 fundamentals of 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 the "Design Thinking" approach as a group. The problem is typically provided on the basis of inspiration from the real world. The outcome of the project should include a functional prototype that can give people the real user experience which will be designed in this class.

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 criteria and methods for assessment (interview, presentation, report). Students who are willing to practice "empathizing with users through producing prototypes" and "overcoming the diversity of students with different backgrounds” are highly evaluated.

Related courses

  • ESD.A402 ： Design Thinking Fundamentals
  • ESD.B401 ： Engineering Design Advanced

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.)

Other

＃This lecture restricts the number of students based on the maximum number of project groups. The enrollment of the following students will be preferentially accepted.
(i) Students in Engineering and Science Design Graduate Major. Students who do not belong to this category must contact the instructors in advance to ask for the vacancy.
(ii) Students who are willing to practice "empathizing with users through producing prototypes" and "overcoming the diversity of students with different backgrounds." These are evaluated by enrollment experiences of the related courses and interviews with the instructors.
＃This lecture requires students to agree to a separate written pledge of confidentiality.

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