Creative Mechanical Engineering
In this elective, the principles of mechanical engineering in design were explored. Topics in engineering such as manufacturing, materials and mechanical design were part of finding out a more technical approach to design. Especially focus on what could work and what is especially difficult for designers. As a final assignment, we made a redesign of a tabletop injection molding machine. This by analyzing different structures (FEM) and putting principles to the test in a real-life problem.
Especially for me, some hard skills were obtained by this elective. 3D-modeling for the first time and making use of Solidworks to test and validate what would be the best material, costs and structure were some new skills. Overall the elective showed what other mechanical engineering side design can have and eventually is something you have to consider from early on in the project.