Curricula

Objectives

You are able to apply in practice the different parts of product development process, you learn working methods used in industry and you are prepared for typical tasks for product development engineers. You learn to recognize customer needs and learn to select essential information from customer need to guide your development process. You are attending project in multi subject teams with subjects from industry.

Investigations and information retrieval:
You are able to do information retrieval and benefit patent databases and other relevant sources.

Engineering practice:
You learn to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering versatile problems and are able to select is relevant and established established analytic, computational and experimental techniques and methods. You can develop and design complex products (devices, artefacts, etc.) to meet established requirements that can include societal, health and safety, environmental, economic and industrial constraints. You are able to select and have the practical skills to apply relevant design methodologies, standards, safety regulations and established guidelines.

Communication and team working:
You are able to communicate clearly about ideas, problems and solutions with the engineering community. You have ability to function effectively as an individual and as a member of a team and to cooperate effectively with engineers and non-engineers.

Content

Product development project which is made through product development process. It includes: project plan, time schedule, creation of ideas, table of demands, problem solving and comparison of technical solutions by using evaluation matrix. It includes also written and mutual report and writing of memos. The is also final seminar where results of project will be presented.

Time and location

Class room.

Learning materials and recommended literature

The lecture material of the Product Development course is sufficient.

Teaching methods

The course has weekly contact sessions in the class. The contact sessions review the progress of the project work in a student-led manner.

Practical training and working life connections

The assignment will be carried out for technology companies in Central Finland. The subject is a real problem-solving task offered by the company related to the field of technology.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

No exam. The course is evaluated on the basis of project work reporting.

International connections

Company topics may also include international contributions.

Student workload

Weekly contact hours in class 15 weeks x 3 h + independent work 15 weeks * 6 h, i.e. weekly student load 9 h and during the semester a total of 135 h.

Content scheduling

The course is divided into autumn semesters and proceeds in a student-led and project-like manner
1 . Forming teams
2. Teams select a project (students can find a topic during the summer job and bring it with them for evaluation)
3. Teams make a project plan
4. The course proceeds according to the project plan
- the project plan is updated during the course as necessary
5. At the end of the course there is a final seminar, to which business representatives are also invited

Further information for students

The assessment is a table-based continuous assessment that lasts throughout the course. The assessment is divided into sub-entities. The assessment criteria are reviewed at the beginning of the course.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The assessment criteria is based on refundable tasks and project meetings according to separate evaluation model.

Sufficient (1): You have lacks in project´s complete implementation, in following time table and you have not utilized knowledge given in other courses.The amount of ideas is very limited, your selections are not justified and research work is very narrow. The report has not been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is not informative.

Satisfactory (2): You have slight lacks in project´s complete implementation, in following time table and you have utilized slightly knowledge given in other courses. The amount of ideas is limited, your selections are not justified and research work is narrow. The report has not been wholly written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is relative informative.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3): You have some lacks in project´s complete implementation, in following time table and you have utilized knowledge given in other courses. The amount of ideas is satisfactory, your selections are justified and research work is versatile. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is quite informative and convincing.

Very good (4): You understand project´s complete implementation, follow time table well and you have utilized knowledge given in other courses widely. The amount of ideas is comprehensive, your selections are well justified and research work is wide. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is informative and convincing.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You master project´s complete implementation, follow time table very well and you have utilized knowledge given in other courses widely. The amount of ideas is very comprehensive, your selections are very well justified and research work is very wide. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is very informative and convincing.

Prerequisites

Student has basic knowledge of product development procedures: creation of ideas, product development process and progress of product development project.

Objectives

You are able to apply in practice the different parts of product development process, you learn working methods used in industry and you are prepared for typical tasks for product development engineers. You learn to recognize customer needs and learn to select essential information from customer need to guide your development process. You are attending project in multi subject teams with subjects from industry.

Investigations and information retrieval:
You are able to do information retrieval and benefit patent databases and other relevant sources.

Engineering practice:
You learn to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering versatile problems and are able to select is relevant and established established analytic, computational and experimental techniques and methods. You can develop and design complex products (devices, artefacts, etc.) to meet established requirements that can include societal, health and safety, environmental, economic and industrial constraints. You are able to select and have the practical skills to apply relevant design methodologies, standards, safety regulations and established guidelines.

Communication and team working:
You are able to communicate clearly about ideas, problems and solutions with the engineering community. You have ability to function effectively as an individual and as a member of a team and to cooperate effectively with engineers and non-engineers.

Content

Product development project which is made through product development process. It includes: project plan, time schedule, creation of ideas, table of demands, problem solving and comparison of technical solutions by using evaluation matrix. It includes also written and mutual report and writing of memos. The is also final seminar where results of project will be presented.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The assessment criteria is based on refundable tasks and project meetings according to separate evaluation model.

Sufficient (1): You have lacks in project´s complete implementation, in following time table and you have not utilized knowledge given in other courses.The amount of ideas is very limited, your selections are not justified and research work is very narrow. The report has not been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is not informative.

Satisfactory (2): You have slight lacks in project´s complete implementation, in following time table and you have utilized slightly knowledge given in other courses. The amount of ideas is limited, your selections are not justified and research work is narrow. The report has not been wholly written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is relative informative.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3): You have some lacks in project´s complete implementation, in following time table and you have utilized knowledge given in other courses. The amount of ideas is satisfactory, your selections are justified and research work is versatile. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is quite informative and convincing.

Very good (4): You understand project´s complete implementation, follow time table well and you have utilized knowledge given in other courses widely. The amount of ideas is comprehensive, your selections are well justified and research work is wide. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is informative and convincing.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You master project´s complete implementation, follow time table very well and you have utilized knowledge given in other courses widely. The amount of ideas is very comprehensive, your selections are very well justified and research work is very wide. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your presentation is very informative and convincing.

Prerequisites

Student has basic knowledge of product development procedures: creation of ideas, product development process and progress of product development project.