Introduction to Engineering

Course title

33003900

Middle-level Diploma Policy (mDP)

Program / Major	mDP	Goals
Mechatronics Course	DP-4・2	キャリアを見据えた高度な専門知識機械・電気分野の高度な専門知識を修得し、社会的ニーズに適切に対応した機械・電気システムを設計・開発できる。
Architecture and Architectural Engineering Course	DP-4a・2	キャリアを見据えた高度な専門知識国内外を問わず多様な人々と協働しながら、最新技術とシステム思考、柔軟な発想力でこれからの社会に必要とされる空間（建築）を創出できる。
Environmental Systems and Urban Planning Course	DP-4b・2	キャリアを見据えた高度な専門知識国内外を問わず多様な人々と協働しながら、持続可能なまちづくりに必要な環境システム、対策、政策、ビジネス等を提案し、社会実装に寄与できる。
Bioscience Course	DP-4a・3	専門分野と他分野を関連付ける素養主軸となる分野の専門知識を他分野と関連付ける分野横断型の知識と行動力を修得し、社会で活用できる。
Biomedical Engineering Course	DP-4b・3	専門分野と他分野を関連付ける素養主軸となる分野の専門知識を他分野と関連付ける分野横断型の知識と行動力を修得し、社会で活用できる。
Sports Engineering Course	DP-4c・3	専門分野と他分野を関連付ける素養主軸となる分野の専門知識を他分野と関連付ける分野横断型の知識と行動力を修得し、社会で活用できる。

Purpose of class

Products and services are realized through combinations of various systems. By breaking down the functions of each system, we explore the specific functions required to realize the overall function and the engineering technologies needed to implement those functions. The goal of this exploration is to understand how products and services that solve societal challenges are realized through the integration of engineering technologies from various fields.

Course description

Current products and services are designed and manufactured through combinations of various systems. For example, automobiles are evolving into designs where functions are defined and can be updated via software, known as Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs). In this class, students will select a product or service of their own interest and use reverse engineering to identify the combination of systems required to realize the overall system. Students will then decompose the functions of each system and explore the engineering technologies needed to implement those functions. Through this exploration, students will understand that products and services are realized through a combination of engineering technologies from various fields.

Goals and objectives

A system is a combination of elements that interact with one another to achieve a specific objective, and can understand that it consists of elements such as people, hardware, software, services, and information.
Can understand that the functions required to realize a system are designed through a combination of engineering technologies from various fields.
Can explain that products and services are realized through combinations of various systems, and can describe the functions required to achieve the overall functionality of each system, as well as the engineering technologies used to implement those functions.

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	System Structure Diagram	Function Structure Diagram	Presentation	Peer Review	Total.
1.	25%				25%
2.		25%			25%
3.	5%	5%	30%	10%	50%
4.					0%
Total.	30%	30%	30%	10%	-

Evaluation method and criteria

A total score of 60 points or higher is required to pass.
System structure diagram, Function structure diagram, and Presentation each weigh 30% of the total score; peer review using a rubric accounts for 10%.
(60 points: The minimum required to be considered to have acquired the essential knowledge for this class.)

Language

Japanese(English accepted)

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1.	Orientation Select a topic of interest, such as a product or service	Check the syllabus	30minutes
1.		Survey familiar products and services	150minutes
2.	What is Reverse Engineering?	Read the textbook and complete pre- and post-class assignment	120minutes
2.	What is Reverse Engineering?	Summarize the lecture content	150minutes
3.	Deploying Function Structure Diagram Using a Systematic Approach to Engineering Design	Read the textbook and complete pre- and post-class assignment	120minutes
3.		Summarize the lecture content	150minutes
4.	System Decomposition of the Selected Product or Service	Analyze product and service specifications	120minutes
4.	System Decomposition of the Selected Product or Service	Create system architecture diagrams	150minutes
5.	Decomposition of the selected product or service’s functions	Define the overall functions of each system	120minutes
5.		Create a function structure diagram	150minutes
6.	Analysis of the engineering technologies required to implement these functions (Mechanical, Electrical, Information, Environmental technologies, etc.)	List the functions and implementation methods in the function structure diagram	120minutes
6.		Summarize used engineering techniques	120minutes
7.	Presentation and Summary of Lectures Group Presentations and Peer Assessment	Preparation of presentation materials	120minutes
7.		Summarize the presentation evaluation	120minutes
Total.	-	-	1740minutes

Feedback on exams, assignments, etc.

ways of feedback	specific contents about "Other"
Feedback outside of the class (ScombZ, mail, etc.)

Textbooks and reference materials

Lectures based on handouts
Reference book:
1. G. Pahl, W. Beitz, J. Feldhusen, K.H. Grote, Ken Wallace, Gerhard Pahl, W. Beitz, Jörg Feldhusen, Karl-Heinrich Grote, Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach, Springer Science & Business Media, 2007
2. K. Kawwamo, M. Suga, Methods of Creative Engineering Design: Principles of New Product Creation, Yoken-do, 2003 (in Japanese)

Prerequisites

Pre-researching products or services you're interest

Office hours and How to contact professors for questions