DNB312 Advanced Manufacturing
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| Unit code: | DNB312 |
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| Assumed Knowledge: | This is an advanced unit. A reasonable foundation knowledge of manufacture and computer-aided design (approximately equivalent to that of ID Studio 5: Applied Technology) is assumed knowledge. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,002 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $5,304 |
| International unit fee | $5,400 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2022, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | DNB312 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | This is an advanced unit. A reasonable foundation knowledge of manufacture and computer-aided design (approximately equivalent to that of ID Studio 5: Applied Technology) is assumed knowledge. |
| Coordinator: | Andrew Peterson | a.peterson@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The aim of this unit is to elevate your knowledge of manufacturing to a level where you can confidently produce products able to be manufactured. It further develops your knowledge of the relationship between manufacturing and design. In this you will gain a greater understanding of manufacturing materials and processes that are commonly used by designers. You will also gain experience applying that knowledge to a design project. For a design to progress from just an idea to becoming a real thing it needs to be able to be manufactured. For this, designers need an in-depth understanding of the ways that products are manufactured and what they can be manufactured from. This forms part of the core technical skills that designers require. This unit builds on previous manufacturing skills and allows for this knowledge to be incorporated into the final capstone unit.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Knowledge of manufacturing materials, processes and constraints.
- Ability to communicate design intent.
- Ability to integrate manufacturing knowledge into a viable design output.
Content
The content explores manufacturing methods and workflows for specific Advanced Manufacturing scenarios (such as Personalisation and Design+Health, Materials and Sustainable Design), and includes one or more of the following areas:
- Design for low volume manufacture
- Design for high volume manufacture.
- Design for hybrid manufacturing approaches.
There is an emphasis on current and emerging areas of Industrial Design within Advanced Manufacturing, to include Additive Manufacturing and Digital Fabrication alongside traditional process.
Materials may include:
- Plastics
- Metals
- Composites
- Timbers
- Sustainable materials
Learning Approaches
This unit may consist of lectures, design studios and discussions. The focus is on project based learning in the design studio setting where your work will be supported by lectures, one-to-one and group activities, feedback sessions and workshops. In studio you may be required to present your work for discussion in a group situation where you will have an opportunity to explain your research and/or designs and receive feedback from your peers and staff. A key component of the studio is for students and staff to work together to learn about design. Your active participation and a sense of personal responsibility for your development as a designer are essential for success.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in following ways
- in-class formative exercises
- criteria sheets
- Blackboard general comments to cohort group
- collaborative peer feedback.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will comprise of formative (how your work is progressing) and summative assessment (to grade your work against expected outcome). Formative assessment will be provided over the course of the project in studio for the Design Concept and Design Development Record (DDR), which will record your design process. Design Concept, DDR and Presentation of the design/s will receive summative and formative assessment at the conclusion of the project. Short design exercises will be conducted in studio and generally submitted at the end of class for assessment. Summative assessment applies the criterion referenced assessment relevant to each assessment task.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design Concept for Advanced Manufacturing
In this assignment you will apply advanced manufacturing research and rapid prototyping to produce a concept and prototype to explore the manufacturing brief and user scenario.
Only the submission of documentation (Design Development Record) is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Resolved Design for Advanced Manufacturing
In this assignment you will refine the concept for the identified advanced manufacturing technologies, workflow and material specifications to produce a resolved design and prototype suitable for manufacture.
Only the submission of documentation (Design Development Record) is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
- For general security, safety and wellbeing, students should review HiQ Safety and security
- Access to KG, Z10 or GP, J Block workshops requires completion of a Workshops safety induction
- Access to studios in the Creative Industries Precinct requires completion of a KG studios induction
- Student projects that may involve medium or high risk, or off campus projects, require a formal risk assessment
All students and staff who access campus buildings and facilities are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction. This must be completed online. Additional safety inductions may be required for this unit.
Further information can be found on the unit Blackboard site.
Resources
There are no set textbooks for this unit. Please refer to the unit Blackboard site.
Risk Assessment Statement
You are required to have undertaken a J Block Workshop induction as part of this unit. Further information on this will be made available early in the semester.
Workshop usage will be associated with this unit. Prior to workshop access all students are required to complete the General Safety Induction and the J-Block workshop induction that introduce safety regulations. You will be advised if you need to complete Tier 2 and 3 safety requirements for relevant machinery and equipment. Students who do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace and Health and Safety Act will be asked to leave workshop.
Further information can be found on the unit Blackboard site.