ENGR 4080U – Automotive Systems Design I

This course constitutes the first part of a two term design endeavour which will culminate in ENGR 4081U – Automotive Systems Design II. It covers design considerations for automotive systems. Students will learn the automotive product development process. The increasing complexity of automotive systems and the pressure to deliver these systems to market faster is driving the need for better engineering design approaches to product development. Students work in small groups and complete a series of assignments building to the development of an automotive system. By the end of this course students will have completed the following parts of the design process to cover the fundamentals of vehicle design: customer requirements; background search; design plan and project management; brainstorming; preliminary concept generation: sketching ideas; engineering specifications (benchmarking); detailed concept generation; functional decomposition; concept development and screening/ selection; preliminary project presentation; preliminary design report; and preliminary vehicle design proof-of-concept demonstration.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of all non-elective courses in third year, i.e. ENGR 3030U or MECE 3030U, ENGR 3190U or MANE 3190U, ENGR 3270U or MECE 3270U, ENGR 3350U or MECE 3350U, AUTE 3010U or ENGR 3010U or ENGR 4260U, AUTE 3290U or ENGR 3000U or ENGR 3290U, ENGR 3210U or MECE 3210U, ENGR 3220U or MECE 3220U, ENGR 3320U or MECE 3320U, ENGR 3360U or BUSI 1700U, AUTE 3450U or ENGR 3450U