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Engineering Design Methodology

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Engineering Design Methodology
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2018
Module code: BMT2410.KON
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P213-0195
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
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ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
4
Semester: according to optional course list
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
 


[updated 23.09.2025]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BMT2410.KON (P213-0195) Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2018 , optional course
BMT2410.KON (P213-0195) Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor, SO 01.10.2025 , optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
The total student study time for this course is 120 hours.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Andrea Bohn
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andrea Bohn

[updated 11.04.2022]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will be able to analyze the function of technical products and model the structure of technical systems. They will be familiar with and proficient in the entire product development process and will be able to shape its key phases by adapting the general methods used in these phases to the development of biomedical products.
 


[updated 23.09.2025]
Module content:
1 Product lifecycle
2 Product development process
3 Product development
  3.1 Project definition process
  3.2 Concept process
  3.3 Design process
  3.4 Preparation process


[updated 23.09.2025]
Recommended or required reading:
– Bender, B.; Gericke, K.: Pahl/ Beitz – Konstruktionslehre.
  9. Auflage. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg, 2020
– VDI 2221 Blatt 1:2019-11: Entwicklung technischer Produkte und Systeme – Modell der Produktentwicklung.
  Berlin: Beuth-Verlag, 2019


[updated 23.09.2025]
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