Using product dissection to integrate product family design research into the classroom and improve students' understanding of platform commonality

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 375-382

  Simpson, Timothy W ^a   Thevenot, Henri J ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Commonality; Hands on learning; Product dissection; Product family design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS;

COMMONALITY; HANDS-ON LEARNING; PRODUCT DISSECTION; PRODUCT FAMILY DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33244483429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-84639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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