ID236 MANUFACTURING MATERIALS
| Course Code: | 1250236 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Industrial Design |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. NAZ AYŞE GÜZİDE Z. BÖREKÇİ |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
On completion of the course, students should have:
• gained awareness of the importance and scope of materials and manufacturing within the profession of industrial design;
• become familiar with the main influences driving industrial designers’ choices of materials and manufacturing routes;
• acquired a broad knowledge of materials, manufacturing, finishing and joining methods specified in contemporary products;
• developed skills in materialising product ideas.
Course Content
ID236 aims enabling undergraduate students to establish and develop an awareness and broad knowledge for selecting materials and manufacturing processes appropriate to various industrial design projects duing their education and continuing professional life. Subjects include properties of materials (including plastics, metals, woods, composites, glass, ceramics), manufacturing and supplementary finishing processes, and component joining methods. Technical and sensorial based approaches to material selection are introduced. Field trips to manufacturers are organised.
Course Learning Outcomes
The expected learning outcomes from the course for the students are:
- To select and justify suitable materials for the desired product experience envisioned for their projects.
- To describe the correct production, joining and finishing processes for the realisation of their projects.
- To make appropriate material, production, joining and finishing processes selections for products regarding their purpose of use and context of use.
- To relate alternative materials for a product with the appropriate production, joining and finishing processes.
- To interpret the implications of material selections made for various products, particularly in terms of usage, user interactions, function and product performance.
- To follow state of the art knowledge about developments in manufacturing and materials issues from an industrial design perspective.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Creative problem definition, developing solution-oriented ideas, critical thinking and creating solution proposals by synthesizing the knowledge gained | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Planning, managing and conducting the design process | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Planning and carrying out design-oriented research and transferring the results to the design process | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Thinking with basic design and visual organization elements and principles and being able to apply ideas in two and three dimensions | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Identifying the user's needs, predicting their expectations and integrating them into the design process | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to work individually and to conduct team-work | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Understanding the relationship of the Industrial Design field with different disciplines and being able to carry out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Ability to communicate in international mediums using a foreign language and follow the professional agenda | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Developing an independent, lifelong learning approach by being aware of the ever-changing contexts of design | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Being aware of the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental context in design and considering the benefit of society and the environment | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to interpret the issues related to art and culture affecting the historical development of industrial design on the local and global scale | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Having knowledge about business models, ethical principles, and laws and regulations that should be followed in professional practice | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Knowing the materials and production technology within the scope of Industrial Design and using them in the design process | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Having command of technological developments in the field of industrial design, being able to use the necessary technological tools | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Being able to present design ideas and solutions with relevant communication tools and methods | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution