UNIT 1:
Introduction to product design
Product life-cycle, product policy of an organization. Selection of a profitable product, Product design process, Product analysis.

UNIT 2:
Value engineering in product design
Advantages, applications in product design, problem identification and selection, Analysis of functions, Anatomy of function. Primary versus secondary versus tertiary/unnecessary functions, functional analysis: Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST), Case studies.

UNIT 3:
Introduction to Product design tools
QFD, Computer Aided Design, Robust design, DFX, DFM. DFA, Ergonomics in product design.

UNIT 4:
DFMA guidelines
Product design for manual assembly, Design guidelines for metallic and non-metallic products to be manufactured by different processes such as casting, machining, injection molding etc.,

UNIT 5:
Rapid Prototyping
Needs of rapid prototyping, needs, advantages, working principles of SLA, LOM and SLS.