Product Development Project (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

You are able to apply the knowledge and skills acquired during the professional studies of mechanical engineering. You will train the work methods of the industry, as well as the typical tasks of a product development engineer.

Depending of the subject of the project, emphasis of the following could be different:

Investigations and information retrieval: You can analyze and solve technical challenges.

Engineering practice: You can use appropriate methods in a product development process and develop complicated products, processes and systems.

Communication and team-working: You can work as a team member in a productive way. You can do co-operation with your engineer colleagues and bring out your ideas on troubleshooting cases.

Content

The students apply to practice the things learnt in the module and deepen their competence in a chosen subject.

Materials

Project work instructions

Teaching methods

Team work through the whole course done by students.

Completion alternatives

Project work 100 % and compulsory seminar presentation.

Student workload

Guidance on assignment 20 h
Student teamwork 115 h
Total 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate (1): You have lacks in project´s complete implementation, the project has time table problem nor in implementation there has not been utilized knowledge given in other courses. Your problem solving skill is simple and research work is very narrow. You reach only partly the goals which satisfied the client company.
You have not written report according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your role in seminar presentation is humble.

Satisfactory (2): You have slight lacks in project´s complete implementation, the project has little time table problem nor in implementation there has not been noticeable utilized knowledge given in other courses. Your problem solving skill is simple and research work is narrow. You reach only partly the goals which satisfied the client company. Your report has not been wholly written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. Your role in seminar presentation is humble.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): You handle moderate demanding project´s implementation, the project has no time table problem and in implementation there has been utilized some knowledge given in other courses. Your problem solving and research work are versatile. You reach mainly the goals specified by the client company. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions. The student’s role in seminar presentation is significant.

Very good (4): You manage a demanding project, it proceeds according to schedule, and your application to practice is very successful. In your implementation, you have made extensive use of the information obtained from other courses. Your search for information has been extensive. You have written a report on JAMK's thesis guidelines. Your role in the seminar presentation is significant. The client company is very satisfied with the results.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You manage a particularly demanding project, it proceeds according to schedule, and your application to the practice is very successful, and in your implementation you have made extensive use of the information obtained from other courses, and your search for information has also been extensive. The project has features of of innovation. You have written a report on JAMK's thesis guidelines. Your role in the seminar presentation is very significant. The client company is very satisfied with the results.

Qualifications

The students have understanding of the basics of product development.

Further information

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