The expected learning outcomes from the course for the students are:
- To select and justify suitable materials for the desired product experience envisioned for their projects.
- To describe the correct production, joining and finishing processes for the realisation of their projects.
- To make appropriate material, production, joining and finishing processes selections for products regarding their purpose of use and context of use.
- To relate alternative materials for a product with the appropriate production, joining and finishing processes.
- To interpret the implications of material selections made for various products, particularly in terms of usage, user interactions, function and product performance.
- To follow state of the art knowledge about developments in manufacturing and materials issues from an industrial design perspective.