2021 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
Engineering Design Advanced
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
- Instructor(s)
- Shigeki Saito / Kazuaki Inaba / Hiraku Sakamoto / Yuki Taoka / Masanori Kado / Masaki Yagisawa / Ryo Terui
- Class Format
- Exercise/Experiment
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive (Ishikawadai Bldg.5 , Desaign Factory and S323)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ESD.B401
- Number of credits
- 011
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- 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 on the basis of "Design Thinking" approach. 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.
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
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Each instructor specifies her/his class schedule. | Each instructor indicates assignment. |
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.B402 ： Engineering Design Project
Prerequisites
Each instructor specifies requirements for her/his class. (Students who enrolled after April 2020 can take this course.)