Engineering Design Project

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design

Instructor(s)

Shigeki Saito / Kazuaki Inaba / Hiraku Sakamoto / Wataru Hijikata / Daisuke Kurabayashi / Yuki Taoka / Takumi Ohashi / Maki Kishimoto / Masanori Kado / Masaki Yagisawa / Ryo Terui

Class Format

Exercise/Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive (Design Factory)

Class

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Course Code

ESD.B402

Number of credits

022

Course offered

2020

Offered quarter

3-4Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The aim of this class is to provide students an opportunity to exercise the design of user experience, software, and hardware that can solve the problem given for individual groups on the basis of "Design Thinking" approach. Each design prompt for the problem comes from an inspiration from the real world. The students are supposed to work as groups consisting of 4 or 5 members having different expertise. In solving the problem, the students are requested to learn the viewpoint of human-centered design using "Design Thinking". The way of ideation is typically unlike the viewpoint of technical-seeds oriented. The students are also supposed to learn the fundamental of the project management in order to lead the project of which members have different backgrounds.

Course description and aims

The goal is to obtain the capability of designing and presenting the solution that can solve the problem given through the use of "Design Thinking" approach as a group. The problem is provided typically on the basis of the inspiration from the real world. The outcome of the project should include the functional prototype that can give people the real user experience which will be designed in this class.

Keywords

Design Thinking, Project-Based-Learning (PBL)

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Students are supposed to have a group work under instructors' supervision. The class style is Project-Based-Learning (PBL).

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

Each instructor specifies textbooks.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Each instructor specifies materials.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Each instructor specifies criterion and methods for assessment (interview, presentation, report).

Related courses

• ESD.A402 ： Design Thinking Fundamentals
• ESD.B401 ： Engineering Design Advanced

Prerequisites

Each instructor specifies requirements for her/his class. (Students who enrolled after April 2020 can take this course.)