Dr. C.H. Vithalani Associate Professor, E.C. Engineering Government Engineering College, Rajkot Final Year Projects … With design engineering approach … Developing a product by experience ….

Purpose of Project Work … C.H. Vithalani 2 To reinforce theory knowledge with practical skills… To learn new technology which is not part of curriculum … To create the next generation of designers and thought-leaders who will design solutions to the complex challenges facing industry, society, and our planet.

Purpose of Project Work … C.H. Vithalani 3 To develop life long self learning ability in the students … It is effort to bring out project designer who will develop product or process which is useful to society and industry. MessageMessage of VC

Personality Profile of Designer C.H. Vithalani 4 Great Designer is good observer Understand need and try to satisfy need Integrative Thinking Optimism (Always think that there is solution for every problem) Experimentalism Collaboration (Do not work alone, in team particularly inter-disciplinary) Play

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Empathy Canvas C.H. Vithalani 6 User Stack holders Activities (find out by interview) Happy Story and Sad Story (By interview) Empathy is ability to sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling. An empathetic person is someone who can share another person's feelings.

Ideation Canvas C.H. Vithalani 7 People Activities Situation/Context/location Props Expand activity list by finding variations in user activities in different situations and locations. Image different situations which user can face during activities.

Ideation Canvas C.H. Vithalani 8 Identify Problem Statements (Problems can be identified when user face variation in the activities) Find multiple problems and select one or two key problems to find solution Identify random technologies and concepts. Make a list of technologies, concepts, instruments, devices and objects These technologies can be anything…

Product Development Canvas C.H. Vithalani 9 In the first two canvas, designer is very clear about for whom he is designing the product What problem he will solve Use empathy canvas to describe user experience (what user will feel while using the product/solution) Put down emotional experience What your product does … What are the features ….. & functions ….

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Guidelines for Project-1 and 2 C.H. Vithalani 11 Prepare Empathy, Ideation and Prototype Canvasses Time line: August-2015 Group size: 3 to 5 Students Requirement Analysis sheet (Learning Needs Matrix) Time line: 5 h September-2015 Project group shall search at least 2 most relevant research papers on their Product Development concept – May be referring journals or patent database Timeline: Last week of April-2015

Example of Learning Needs Matrix C.H. Vithalani 12

Guidelines for Project-1 and 2 C.H. Vithalani 13 Literature Review before development of the Project Time line: August-October 2015 Dirty mock-ups (Fast Prototype): Group shall prepare schematic plan/ prototype (conceptual/ rough/ broadly anticipated only). It shall elaborate on details on anticipated working patterns/ mechanisms. This is just to meet proof of concept criteria Time line: October-2015

Guidelines for Project-1 and 2 C.H. Vithalani 14 Prior Art Search: Do patent search analysis … and related literature related to project (problem statement) Attend workshops related to patents/projects frequently organised by GTU Know Design and innovation and entrepreneurial initiatives of GTU. refer website:

Guidelines for Project-1 and 2 C.H. Vithalani 15 Industrial Shodh Yatra is part of Project Do vendor search/market search for your project Frequent meeting with your guide and presence during review of project Register on PMMS tool of GTU Submit report and progress diary as a part of termwork Apply for research grant from IPR under TEQIP Apply for research grant from GUJCOST

Register on C.H. Vithalani 16 Create your user-id and password by simply entering it on website Enter all your Canvas details Enter details of Team members Enter details of your mentor

Websites …. C.H. Vithalani Website of component manufacturers (Refer application datasheets)

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