Online Learning Programmes

Short course/CPD

Online Learning - Principles of Design For ...

Course date: 05 Mar 2012 - 28 May 2012

Course overview

The Principles of Design For... course is an innovative online course. It is aimed at those working with engineers, including technicians, graduate engineers and non-engineering professionals across the defence, aerospace, naval and land sectors.

Learning Outcomes

This course will enable an engineer to understand the major factors which influence the engineering design of any component. It will enable them to form a story board life-cycle model identifying the important phases of a system's life, to identify key information sources for each phase and the imperatives for each stakeholder.

Course is scheduled twice a year in March and September (minimum number of delegates apply).

Duration - approximately over 16-17 weeks (average time spent 5 hours per week)

Location

Delivered wholly online. Accessible worldwide (subject to internet availability)

Course fee:

£1250 - Standard. (Apply 20% discount for Cranfield alumni, 10% discount for colleagues of alumni)
£1125 - Professional/Trade association discount
£1135 - Multiple bookings*

*Minimum of five delegates.

How to register

To request a place on this course, please complete the online Registration Form.

If you have any queries please contact:

Academic Operations Unit.

Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK

T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206

Please be aware that short courses/CPD are subject to:

Booking Conditions

Course description

The course comprises seven sections and a number of study units delivered as an audio-visual presentation, discussion questions and seven assessed assignments. These provide the ‘tools’ required for the group project. The Group project involves working together in teams on a realistic project to fulfil demanding objectives within a tight time schedule and delivering results to a high professional standard.

Key Learning Points

Design For Overview
The Design For challenge, thinking and doing, identifying Design Fors

Design For Human Factors
The challenge for human factors design, anthropometrics and the human body, psychology, physiology & sociology in human factors engineering, legislation and standards, task analysis

Design For Sustainability & the Environment
Definitions, environmental issues, the challenge of sustainable development, health and safety, tools, standards and methods

Design For Cost
The challenge of designing for cost, what is cost? Costs of supply, whole life costs and costs of ownership, risk and contingency.

Design For Manufacture, Assembly & Test
The Design for manufacture challenge, concurrent engineering (CE), social and technical aspects of CE

Design For Supportability
The challenge of designing for supportability, definitions, relationship between supportability, reliability and availability, challenges of designing a supportable system, example of MART, MTBF and IA .