Module 3 - Material Selection Abstract

In this module the students will conduct material selection with a goal of reducing the environmental impact of a product while also meeting functional requirements and reducing material costs. Office furniture is presented as a case study, while the students apply the following techniques, to the product chosen at the beginning of the class

  • Weighted property index (WPI) method
    • Decision matrixes
      • Pair-wise comparison
      • Saaty’s Scale analysis
    • Application of WPI
    • Performance Indices
    • Sensitivity analysis
  • Cambridge Educational Software (CES Software)

Additional Material Available

KIET can provide interested parties with: 1) A complete set of PowerPoint lectures 2) Complete set of lecture notes with detailed calculations 3) Active learning exercises associated with the lecture

The National Science Foundation financially supported the project with a three-year CCLI grant DUE#0511322. If you want to download the sample or the zipped complete file you will need to email Dr. Terri Lynch-Caris with your contact information, please email tlynch@kettering.edu

Course Contact Information:

Jennifer Aurandt - jaurandt@kettering.edu

PowerPoint Sample

Module 3 Zipped File

           

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