ID236 MANUFACTURING MATERIALS
Course Content
ID236 aims enabling undergraduate students to establish and develop an awareness and broad knowledge for selecting materials and manufacturing processes appropriate to various industrial design projects duing their education and continuing professional life. Subjects include properties of materials (including plastics, metals, woods, composites, glass, ceramics), manufacturing and supplementary finishing processes, and component joining methods. Technical and sensorial based approaches to material selection are introduced. Field trips to manufacturers are organised.