Università Roma Tre

1. Engineering Design
• Product Development. Phases of engineering design.
• Product configuration and modularity. Differences between Configure-to-Order and Engineer-to-Order.
• Product lifecycle.
2. Geometric Modeling with CAD Tools
• CAD feature-based modeling and advanced parameter management techniques.
• PMI: annotations in the 3D model.
• Overview of surface modeling.
3. CAE Tools: Computer-Aided Engineering
• Introduction to CAE systems and applications.
• Interfacing and interoperability between CAD/CAE systems.
• Software tools for finite element numerical simulation – FEM.
• Structural simulations.
4. Optimization Tools
• Tools and methods for parametric optimization.
• Multi-objective optimization.
• Topology optimization in FEM simulations.
5. Design for Additive Manufacturing – Additive Manufacturing
• 3D printing technologies, metal powder 3D printing.
• Modeling using lattice structures.
• Support structures and orientation.
• Design for Additive Manufacturing: phases, tools, and project development.
• CAD/CAE tools for additive design.
6. Design for Environment
• Principles of Life Cycle Assessment for the Industrial Sector.
• Eco-design methods supported by Life Cycle Assessment analysis (Design for Sustainability).

Online documentation on the Moodle site of the course.
Some reference books are:
• G. Pahl, W. Beitz, J. Feldhusen, K.H.Grote, “Engineering Design: A Systematic Approach”, Springer, Third Edition, 2007.
• E.Manzini, C.A. Vezzoli, “Design for Environmental Sustainability”, Springer 2008. A. Saksvuori, A. Immonen, "Product Lifecycle Management", Springer 2010.
• Geoffrey Boothroyd, Peter Dewhurst, Winston A. Knight., “Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly”, CRC Press, Third Edition. 2010.
• James G. Bralla, “Design for Manufacturing Handbook”, McGraw Hill, Second Edition, 1986.
• Product Design and Development, Fifth Edition, Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger, 2012, McGraw-Hill
• Olaf Diegel, Axel Nordin, Damien Motte, “A practical guide to Design for Additive Manufacturing”, Springer, 2019.