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D. Gerhard, S. Ugurlu:
"Integrative Product Creation - Results from a New Course in a Learning Factory";
Talk: E&PDE 2014 16th International conference on Engineering and Product Design, University of Twente, The Netherlands, Enschede; 2014-09-04 - 2014-09-05; in: "16th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education", Design Society, DS 78 (2014), ISBN: 978-1-904670-56-8; 543 - 548.

This paper describes a new higher education course "Integrative Product Creation" in the bachelor curriculum of mechanical and industrial engineering and its implementation in the TU Wien Learning and Innovation Factory (LIF). LIF is a faculty-wide cooperation of three institutes combining engineering design, production technology, and industrial engineering aspects. This new didactic approach has an integrated teaching concept with a real product "slotcar" and real processes. The aim of this program is to practice the complete generation of a slotcar from product conception to serial production. The paper presents also the practice oriented learning in the design education regarding the design for X approaches especially applying DFMA (Design for Manufacturability and Assembly). The paper reviews experiences and analyses students work during their practical training to understand the transference of engineering-based knowledge into design practice.

This paper describes a new higher education course "Integrative Product Creation" in the bachelor curriculum of mechanical and industrial engineering and its implementation in the TU Wien Learning and Innovation Factory (LIF). LIF is a faculty-wide cooperation of three institutes combining engineering design, production technology, and industrial engineering aspects. This new didactic approach has an integrated teaching concept with a real product "slotcar" and real processes. The aim of this program is to practice the complete generation of a slotcar from product conception to serial production. The paper presents also the practice oriented learning in the design education regarding the design for X approaches especially applying DFMA (Design for Manufacturability and Assembly). The paper reviews experiences and analyses students work during their practical training to understand the transference of engineering-based knowledge into design practice.

Learning factory, integrative product design, design practice, design education.