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Undergraduate Course: Engineering Design Analysis & Manufacturability 3 (ELEE09022)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryIntroduction to a quantitative approach in:
electronic product design
product manufacture
the link between design & manufacture
design & analysis of experiments
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Microelectronics with Design and Manufacturing 3 (ELEE09034) AND Microelectronics 3 (ELEE09021)
Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesBasic knowledge of introductory statistics
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Course Start Date 16/09/2019
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 18, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 55 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% examination
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)1:30
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understanding and ability to articulate the concept of quality in the design manufacture of products.
  2. Appreciation of the detrimental effect of defects created in the manufacturing process.
  3. Familiarity with and ability to implement quantitative methods of measuring and minimizing defects.
  4. Knowledge of the fundamentals of Statistical Process Control (SPC).
  5. Knowledge of the fundamentals of Design of Experiments (DoE).
Reading List
Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Sixth Edition, by William M. Mendenhall

Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, D C Montgomery (John Wiley)

Design and Analysis of Experiments, D C Montgomery (John Wiley)

Statistical Process Control and Quality Improvement, G M Smith (Prentice-Hall)

Statistical Quality Control, E L Grant & R S Levenworth (McGraw-Hill)

Quality Donna, C S Summers (Prentice-Hall)

Statistical Methods for Quality, I Miller & M Miller (Prentice-Hall)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Requires a classroom that can be reconfigured between lecture style and interactive groups of 5 to 10 students
KeywordsDesign,analysis,manufacturability,Taguchi,"Design of Experiments",Bayes
Contacts
Course organiserProf Ian Underwood
Tel: (0131 6)50 5631 / 7474
Email: Ian.Underwood@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Megan Inch-Kellingray
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: M.Inch@ed.ac.uk
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