2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
Prototyping Methodology for Engineering Design
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Engineering Sciences and Design
- Instructor(s)
- Kazuaki Inaba / Yuki Taoka
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ESD.D406
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the personal fabrication technology to design and produce products. Topics include basics of industrial design, shaping process, 3D printing, laser cutting, and single-board microcontroller.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to select appropriate shaping processes and make their prototypes in the design factory.
Keywords
Fabrication, Design
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course introduces basic knowledges and how to use fabrication tools. Students will have chances to make prototypes by applying knowledge acquired through this course.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Industrial Design, Shaping Process | Understand industrial design and shaping process. |
| Class 2 | CAD, CAE | Understand CAD and CAE. |
| Class 3 | Laser Cutter | Understand laser cutter and to be able to cut and raster materials |
| Class 4 | 3D Printer: Modeling & Printing | Understand 3D printer and to be able to model and print with 3D printer |
| Class 5 | Single-Board Microcontroller | Understand single-board microcontroller and be able to use it. |
| Class 6 | Personal Fabrication | Design and fabricate prototypes |
| Class 7 | Presentation | Present prototypes and share fabrication methods |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Neil Gershenfeld, Fab: The cominc revolution on your desktop—from personal computers to personal fabrication, Basic Books, (2008)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exercise (35%), Presentation (30%), and report (35%)
Related courses
- ESD.A402 ： Design Thinking Fundamentals
- ESD.B401 ： Engineering Design Advanced
- ESD.B402 ： Engineering Design Project
Prerequisites
Due to restrictions on the location and equipment usage time, unless there are special circumstances, the course is limited to students of the Engineering Sciences and Design major.