Introduction to Design

Arlindo has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and 25 years of teaching and research experience.  He started his career at the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lisbon (UL), Portugal, where he taught Materials, Design and other Engineering related topics at all levels of higher education before moving to Singapore in 2015. He has written three books and co-edited another two, published over 100 articles in journals, conferences and book chapters, and filed over 50 patents with his students on innovative designs. His current research interests rest on engineering design, product development, creativity, materials selection methodologies, cost modelling and management of uncertainty in design. He received the MIT-Portugal Education Innovation Award in 2009 and was a Professor of Excellence at UL in 2011, 2012 and 2014. He was also a Senior Materials Education consultant at Granta Design Ltd, Cambridge, UK, and is an active member of PDMA, ASEE, DS and SPEE. Christine Yogiaman is a founding partner of Yogiaman Tracy Design, an award winning research and design practice based in Singapore. She has received Honorable Mention for 2012 Steedman Fellowship international design competition, finalist at 2012 TEX-FAB APPLIED: Research through Fabrication competition, and received an AIA Middle East 2013 design award. Christine Yogiaman holds a Master of Architecture Degree from Columbia University, New York, and Bachelor of Science in Architecture Degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Prior to joining SUTD in 2015, Christine taught architecture design studios in American University of Sharjah, and Washington University in St Louis, where she developed and coordinated the Architecture Graduate Core Design studio and digital coursework.

When do you stop designing a product?- Systems thinking, What is design?.- Stirring up a storm!- Project scoping.- The calming of reality…- Understanding your customer/user/client.- Why, who, when and how?- Understanding function.- Preserving sanity, boundaries can be good…- Establishing product specifications.- Show me the money!- Product architecture.- The harsh truth of tests…- Generating, selecting and testing concepts.- Who makes it?- Design for manufacturing and assembly.- Final proof- Prototyping.