Objectives

“ Design is the prolonged checking, pondering, and compromising on requirements which are often quite contradictory until there appears - as the end product of numerous associations of ideas, a network of ideas - the design. ”

Right from the time the wheel was invented, all the things that man has created has a rationale behind it. Almost all the manmade objects that we see around us have an engineering design component in it.

While the spoon is a very basic example, the complex artifacts that humans make today invariably involve engineering design. The Worli Sea link in Mumbai, the fastest car in the world, the supersonic jets, smart phones, the Burj Khalifa and the latest innovation in diagnostic medicine - all are examples of engineering design at work.

Thus, the prime purpose of engineering design is to apply scientific knowledge to the solution of technical problems. While engineers provide a technical solution, it is very important to understand that engineering design implies a solution that is aesthetic as well. In other words, designers too are involved to ensure that the end product is economical, eco friendly and appeals to users.

Engineering Design Tools

Many tools are available today that helps engineers / designers achieve their objective. Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) are software that allows engineers to be creative while satisfying the technical requirements of a product. A few of the popular tools include Siemens Industry Tools, CAE Suite of Solutions from Altair, 3 D printers from Stratasys, MATLAB and SIMULINK from MathWorks and CYPE.

Introduced in the 1960’s to automate the task of design engineering, these tools have now grown phenomenally in terms of sophistication and functionality offered. Often time, special training is required to use these tools correctly.

Engineering Design Services

Most of the CAD / CAE software available today is complex. It takes special training to understand and utilize the harness the real power of these applications. There are also times when the organisation has trained manpower and good CAD / CAE infrastructure, but the people working there are simply overloaded with work. In such cases too, organisations avail engineering design services to share their work load when they are hard pressed for time.

Learning Objectives

Participants

The College believes that the following individuals or organizations will benefit the most in attending the Conference:

• Faculty members teaching in related disciplines

• Researchers

• Government agencies

• Business and industry groups

• Design -related businesses

• Design -related advocacy groups

• Graduate students in the related fields of study

For other inquiries on how the conference may be related to you, please do not hesitate to contact us.