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

Contact lessons in class according to a schedule published at the beginning of a course.

Teaching methods

Team work through the whole course done by students.

Practical training and working life connections

The assignment is work life oriented, i.e. the topics of the project are business-oriented.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

There is no exam during the course, but the assessment is based on the evaluation of project work.

Student workload

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

Further information for students

The assessment is based on assessment that progresses throughout the course. Part of the assessment is an assessment of the personal part and part is a team-specific assessment.

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.