22-Mec-B5 Product Design and Development
Worked solutions to 13 past sittings (2013–2019), 91 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
- December 2019
- December 2018
- May 2018
- December 2017
- May 2017
- December 2016
- May 2016
- May 2015
- December 2014
- May 2014
- December 2013
- May 2013
- Undated paper
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Assembly (7 sittings): December 2018 Q7 · December 2017 Q3 · December 2016 Q2 · May 2016 Q2 · May 2015 Q6 · May 2014 Q6 · December 2013 Q2
- Design for Manufacture (5 sittings): December 2017 Q3 · December 2016 Q2 · May 2016 Q2 · May 2015 Q6 · December 2013 Q2
- Design for Manufacturing (4 sittings): December 2019 Q6 · December 2018 Q7 · May 2014 Q6 · May 2013 Q6
- Manufacturing (3 sittings): May 2018 Q6 · May 2017 Q5 · May 2014 Q2
- Protecting an Idea (3 sittings): May 2018 Q4 · December 2017 Q4 · December 2014 Q3
- Universal Design (3 sittings): May 2014 Q6 · December 2013 Q6 · May 2013 Q6
- Additive manufacturing (2 sittings): May 2015 Q2 · December 2014 Q2
- Communicating Design Information (2 sittings): May 2016 Q3 · May 2013 Q4
- Design Process (2 sittings): December 2017 Q2 · May 2013 Q2
- Engineer (2 sittings): December 2018 Q2 · December 2013 Q4
- Enhancing Reliability (2 sittings): December 2016 Q6 · May 2016 Q6
- Gate Decisions (2 sittings): December 2019 Q7 · Undated paper Q6
- Incremental design (2 sittings): May 2017 Q3 · December 2016 Q3
- Iteration (2 sittings): December 2019 Q7 · December 2017 Q2
- Non-disclosure agreements (2 sittings): May 2017 Q4 · December 2016 Q4
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: Updating a 50-Year-Old Aircraft — Team, Objectives, Concept Selection and Specification Flow-Down
- Question 2: Government Regulation and the Final Design
- Question 3: Early Indications of a Failing Design Process, and Recovery
- Question 4: Nondisclosure Agreements and the Canadian Patent System
- Question 5: The Functional Definition of Design, Function versus Aesthetics, and Drawing Content
- Question 6: Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly Used Together
- Question 7: Stages of a Product Development Process, Gate Decisions, Concurrency and Iteration
December 2018
- Question 1: Improving the functional and non-functional aspects of a product
- Question 2: The engineer and the artist as designers
- Question 3: Factors that limit a design, and how to overcome them
- Question 4: Protecting and commercializing an invention
- Question 5: Designing a new product versus refining an existing one
- Question 6: Communicating a design to the manufacturing team
- Question 7: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
May 2018
- Question 1: Redesigning a Product to Reduce Weight
- Question 2: The Engineer's Design Process Against the Artist's
- Question 3: How Design Activity Has Changed, and What Comes Next
- Question 4: Protecting an Idea
- Question 5: Designing a New Product Against Refining an Existing One
- Question 6: Communication Between Design and Manufacturing
- Question 7: Phases of a New Product Development Process
December 2017
- Question 1: Improving a Design for Manufacturability
- Question 2: The Design Process, Iteration, and What Makes a Design Complete
- Question 3: Specifying Tolerances, and Design for Manufacture and Assembly
- Question 4: Protecting an Idea
- Question 5: The Product Designer and the Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Question 6: Communicating Design Information Within a Team
- Question 7: Material Selection for a Bicycle Crank Arm
May 2017
- Question 1: Improving the functionality of a consumer product
- Question 2: Design as process and as outcome
- Question 3: Radical and incremental design, and adoption
- Question 4: Non-disclosure agreements, patents and trade secrets
- Question 5: Design, materials, manufacturing and Canadian innovation
- Question 6: Reliability and robustness of a door lock
- Question 7: Material selection for a chair
December 2016
- Question 1: Improving the Cost Effectiveness of a Car Roof Rack for Bicycles
- Question 2: Design for Manufacture and Assembly
- Question 3: Radical and Incremental Design
- Question 4: Non-disclosure Agreements and Securing Intellectual Property
- Question 5: Design, Materials, Processes and Canadian Productivity
- Question 6: Enhancing Reliability and Robustness
- Question 7: Material Selection for a Kitchen Table and a Computer Case
May 2016
- Question 1: Improving Product Functionality for a Specific User Group
- Question 2: Design for Manufacture and Assembly
- Question 3: Communicating Design Information
- Question 4: Nondisclosure Agreements and Securing Intellectual Property
- Question 5: The Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems
- Question 6: Enhancing Reliability and Robustness
- Question 7: Material Selection for a Computer Case
May 2015
- Question 1: Universal design of a kitchen faucet
- Question 2: Additive manufacturing and a transtibial prosthesis
- Question 3: Life cycle of a toaster
- Question 4: The four components of a complete product design
- Question 5: Standards in the design of a portable electric heater
- Question 6: Specifying a tolerance, and Design for Manufacture and Assembly
- Question 7: Materials for a chair and a selection framework
December 2014
- Question 1: The design process applied to a CNC machining centre
- Question 2: Additive manufacturing and the fuel injector nozzle
- Question 3: Protecting an idea and the options for intellectual property
- Question 4: The product designer and the process engineer compared
- Question 5: Technologies that enhance the quality and speed of design
- Question 6: Standards and government regulation in public-facing design
- Question 7: Material selection for a reusable water bottle
May 2014
- Question 1: The design process applied to a sustainable green bin
- Question 2: Materials, manufacturing and the viability of the hybrid electric vehicle
- Question 3: Globally distributed design teams
- Question 4: The engineering design process and the artistic process
- Question 5: Technologies that enhance design quality, and interfacing them
- Question 6: Design for manufacturing and assembly, the environment, and universal design
- Question 7: Material selection for a coat hanger
December 2013
- Question 1: The Design Process Applied to a Universal-Design Product
- Question 2: Design for Manufacture and Assembly
- Question 3: Computer Applications in the Design Process
- Question 4: The Nature of Design — Engineer and Artist
- Question 5: Challenges that Limit the Design Process
- Question 6: Redesign under DFM, DFE and Universal Design
- Question 7: Manufacturing Route Selection for a Bicycle Pedal
May 2013
- Question 1: The Design Process Applied to a Chosen Product
- Question 2: Diversity and the Design Process
- Question 3: New Product Development Versus Refinement of an Existing Product
- Question 4: Communicating Design Information and Optimizing a Design
- Question 5: Securing Intellectual Property in a Design
- Question 6: Design for Manufacturing, Design for the Environment and Universal Design
- Question 7: Manufacturing Route Selection for a Door Handle
Undated paper
- Question 1: Improving Productivity Through Product Design — a PC Case
- Question 2: The Team Approach to Design
- Question 3: Life-Cycle Stages and Life-Cycle Cost
- Question 4: Canadian Patents and the Alternatives
- Question 5: Recognising and Correcting a Failing Development Process
- Question 6: Development Phases, Gate Decisions and Concurrent Engineering
- Question 7: Resolving the Conflict Between Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly