Engineering Design and Applications (MAEG3920)

EngineeringDesignandApplications

Prof.LiZhang
DepartmentofMechanical
andAutomationEngineering
TheChineseUniversityofHongKong

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Chapter 9
Design Reporting

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Learningobjectives
Learnhowtoconductdesignreviews
Learnhowtoprepareaoralandwrittendesign
report

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Review
Whatwehavelearnt?

Problemdefinition
Conceptualdesign
Preliminarydesign
Detaileddesign

Whatwewilllearn?
Reporting

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ReportingGuidelines
Generalguidelines

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OralPresentation
Oralpresentationistotellacrowdwhatsbeen
done
Knowyouraudience:clientvs.user
Thepresentationoutline

Atitleslide
Anoverviewofthepresentation
Aproblemstatement
Backgroundmaterialontheproblem
Thekeyobjectivesoftheclientandusers

ifnooneunderstandsyourworkthennoonecaresaboutyourwork
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OralPresentation
Thepresentationoutline(continue)

Functionsthatthedesignmustperform
Designalternatives
Highlightsoftheevaluationprocedureandoutcomes
Theselecteddesign
Featuresofthedesign
Proofofconcepttesting
Ademonstrationoftheprototypes
Theconclusions

Goodslidesthatareclearlyvisiblegiveagoodimpression......
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OralPresentation
Visualpresentation

Avoidusingtoomanyslidesorgraphics
Besuretointroduceyourselfandyourteammates
Bewareoftheclutter
Makepointsclearly,directly,andsimply
Usecolorskillfully
Highlightthekeypoints

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OralPresentation
Practice
Practicemakeprefect
Prepareforquestions
Alistofquestions
Supportingdocuments
Tolearnfromtheaudience.

Perfectslideswillnotmakeagoodpresentationontheirown good
communicationisevenmoreimportant
Giveyourbest,theaudiencedeserveit
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OralPresentation
Designreviews
Designreviewisalongmeetingatwhichtheteam
presentsthedetails
Designdecisionmustbemade.
Designconflictsmustbeaddressed.
A design review is a milestone within a product development process whereby a
design is evaluated against its requirements in order to verify the outcomes of
previous activities and identify issues before committing to and if need to be re
prioritise further work. The ultimate design review, if successful, therefore triggers
the product launch or product release. (Wikipedia)

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Reporting
Reportingprocedure

Determinethepurposeandaudienceofthereport
Constructtheoutline
ConstructtheTopicSentenceOutline(TSO)
Distributetheworkload
Solicitreviews
Reviseandrewrite
Preparethefinalversion

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AnExample
TheDanburyarmsupport
Roughoutlineofthereport1

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AnExample
Roughoutlineof
thereport2

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AnExample
TheTSO
(TopicSentenceOutline)
Everyentryrepresentsa
paragraph.

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Structuringthefinalreport

Theprojectreport:writingfortheclient,notforhistory.
Outline

Abstract/Executivesummary
Introduction andoverview
Problemstatementandproblemdefinition,includingliteraturesurvey
Designalternativesconsideration.
Evaluation ofdesignalternativesandbasisfordesignselection.
Results ofthealternativesanalysisanddesignselection
Supportingmaterials,ofteninappendices,including(Drawinganddetails,
Fabricationspecs,Supportingcalculationormodelingresults,anyothermaterialsthat
theclientmayrequireorbeinterestedin).

Forateamreport,itisbettertoassignaneditortomake
surethereportflowscontinuously,isconsistentandaccurate,
andspeakinasinglevoice.
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Audit
Aftertheproject,therewouldbeaudit
Internalaudit
Externalaudit

Theobjectivesoftheaudit:
Whathavewedone
Nexttimewewill(nextphase,outlook,perspective)

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Audit
Basictopics
Reviewtheprojectgoal
Reviewtheprojectprocesses,especiallyintermsof
orderingofevents
Reviewtheprojectplan,budgetanduseofresources
Reviewoftheoutcomes(deliverables,milestones)

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HongKongtakesinnovationleadinAsia

Questions?
https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/content.aspx?page=dataanalysis
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