Student guide Faculty of Engineering A.Y. 2010/11

Quality of Design
Lesson timetable, Notice board, Additional material
Aim of the course
The principal learning objective is to acquire the fundamental tools of quality management for fulfilling the specifications of a project.
Students will therefore examine aspects relating to both the product design and development phases.
This material will then be completed with a description of the organisational and procedural problems connected with quality certifications.
Analysis of experimental data and statistics.
Syllabus
1. Definition of quality.
- Product quality and conformity: definitions.
- Total quality.
- Principles for the economic valuation of quality.
2. Quality in the design of products and processes.
- Definitions and examples of performance and specifications.
- Tools for defining product specifications.
- Design oriented toward production and post-production.
3. Measurement as a tool for acquiring data for quality control.
- Architecture of a measuring system.
- Parameters which determine the quality of a measuring system.
- Measurement uncertainties.
4. Quality in production. Instruments for improvement.
- Capacity of the process.
- Statistical process control.
Examinations
There will be a written examination.
Reading list
Lecture notes and reading materials.