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Deshpande, Aditya M.
- Implementation of Advanced Product Quality Planning in Engineering Project
Authors
1 Department of Automobile Engineering, B.V.B.C.E.T., Hubballi, IN
Source
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol 29, No Spl Iss (2016), Pagination:Abstract
Engineering Design (ED) process is the foundation on which Automobile Engineering students currently base their project work. Though efficient in addressing the primary academic requirements, it is nevertheless open ended and hence the methodology for project execution will differ from team to team. ED at higher semesters, in the author's perspective, is less structured and feel there is a need for a defined industrial methodology based on ED, especially to address the needs of automobile engineering students.This requirement can be fulfilled by Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), a framework of procedures and techniques followed by the automotive industry worldwide.
An attempt was made to implement APQP on experimental basis in a project titled Solar Array Electric Vehicle. The following four stages were incorporated in the project: Plan and Define Program, Product Design and Development, Feedback and Corrective actions and Control Plan Methodology. This paper highlights the scope, implementation methodology and results of application of APQP in Solar Array Electric Vehicle project.
Keywords
Engineering Design, APQP, Solar Array Electric Vehicle.- Competition Based Minor Projects–A New Experience
Authors
1 Department of Automobile Engineering, BVBCET, Hubballi, IN
Source
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol 29, No Spl Iss (2016), Pagination:Abstract
The existing practise for choosing projects for Mini, Minor and Capstone projects is either open ended, wherein the students propose the topic/area/field they wish to work in, or theme based, where the department defines the field/area in which the students pursue their projects. A novel approach to projects was introduced in the department where a national level student competition (SAE Eco kart) was chosen carefully to reflect on the quality and quantity of project work, which required all the project teams to work towards a common goal. The Competition was aimed at designing a single passenger kart operated by a Motor AC or DC, where Source of running the motor is a battery.
The theme for the competition as specified by SAE India for the current academic year was adopted for the minor project and minor changes were incorporated in the rule book to suit important factors such as curriculum, timeline and available resources. The primary objective of the theme chosen was to enable students to apply the fundamental knowledge gained in the curriculum and develop capabilities to formulate problem, design by analytical and computational methods, create manufacturing drawings and simulate the automotive systems and integrate them in virtual environment.Being a multidisciplinary project the project teams further subdivided themselves into groups to design individual systems.
Design goals as well as the expectations were communicated during an orientation session in the first week of the semester. Further, necessary tutorials from subject experts and live demonstration of a working model were conducted. Teams were regularly monitored by the review team (authors) through regular interactions and official review sessions. Measure of performance of each team was done through rubrics. Evaluating the current effort authors felt students were able to demonstrate the planned objectives.