Course detail

Advanced Materials in Design

FSI-YAM Acad. year: 2024/2025 Summer semester

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Students will be acquainted with the overview and technologies of production of advanced materials, but especially with the potential benefit of their applications in industrial design. Students will be able to analyze material composition of products and work with tools for environmental impact assessment.

The student acquires:
- The knowledge of current and advanced materials.
- The ability of environmental impact analysis.
- The ability to identify the ecological aspects of design work.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Bachelor's
branch ---: no specialisation, 3 credits, compulsory

Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
branch CLS: , 3 credits, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Syllabus

– Introduction to problems, familiarization with the environmental significance of advanced materials, standards and regulations.
- Production options (injection molding, 3D printing, bending, ...).
- Material analysis of selected products with subsequent product lifecycle processing.
- Polymers (meaning, properties, use).
- Composites (meaning, properties, use).
- Metals (meaning, properties, use).
- Glass (meaning, properties, use).
- Textile materials (meaning, properties, use).
- Concrete and ceramics (meaning, properties, use).
- Recycled and multi-circular materials (meaning, properties, uses).
- Interactive materials (meaning, properties, use).
- Bonding of semi-finished products (meaning, properties, use).
- Potential of products using non-traditional materials.

Studio work

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

– Introduction to the workshops.
- Get familiar with eco-design tools.
- Assessment of material composition of current products, subsequent product life cycle analysis.
- Design concept from advanced materials.
- Product Design of Advanced Materials.
- Design concept from advanced materials, credit test.
- Design of advanced materials products.
- Product Design of Advanced Materials.
- Design of advanced materials products.
- Oral presentation of assigned tasks students.
- Credit test, product life cycle analysis of the product.