Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

MEC531- Engineering Design 1

Assignment 1 (10%)
Engineering design is a process of devising of a plan to build a product with a specified
performance goal. The activities involve in Phase 1 are including Define Problem, Gather
Information, Concept Generation and Evaluation of Concepts that may need to be repeated
many times before production of a final product can begin. As an engineer, you are required to
design a product (Refer to Appendix A). As part of design process, customer requirement and
their importance level have been identified as shown in Table 1.
No
1
2
3
4
5

Customer requirement
Cost- The product must be affordable to purchase and operate.
Durability- The product must be durable.
Effectiveness- The product must be perform effectively
Maintenance - The product is easily to maintain and serviceable
Features - The product must be equipped speacial features

Importanc
6
8
9
5
7

Table 1

1. Using Physical Decomposition, Functional Decomposition and Morphological Chart to

generate 3 design concepts.
2. Using Pugh selection method, compare and evaluate the 3 generated design concept.

Note: Sketches are recommended for detailing.

Appendix A
No Product
No Product
1
Folding Gate
17 Vacuum Cleaner
2
Baby Walker
18 Desk Lamp
3
Household Ladder
19 Cooking Hood
4
Computer Keyboard
20 Torch Light
5
Electric motorcycle for children
21 Hand Mixer
6
Emergency Light
22 Standing Fan
7
Bicycle for Children
23 Electric Space Heaters
8
Water Dispenser
24 Wheelchair (Disable)
9
Ceiling Fan
25 Grass Trimmer
10 Electric Iron
26 Stand Mixer
11 Hair dryer
27 Lawn Scarifies
12 Rice Cooker
28 Electric Drills (Portable)
13 Sandwich Toaster
29 Baby Stroller
14 Electric Car for children
30 Portable blower
15 Computer Mouse
31 Electric Toaster
16 Mechanical Tricycle for Children
32 Emergency Fan
*Selection of product is based on sequence number in students attendance list.