Module PS3310-KP05

Interdisciplinary Prototype Development (IPE)


Duration

2 Semester

Turnus of offer

beginning each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses for health sciences, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
  • Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules

Classes and lectures:

  • PS3310-P: Interdisciplinary Prototype Development (project work, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 30 hours in-classroom work
  • 120 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

  • CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT:
  • Analysis and critical evaluation of prototype concepts.
  • Fundamentals of creative thinking and idea development.
  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
  • Effective collaboration in interdisciplinary teams.
  • Introduction to project management basics without detailed technical aspects.
  • BASICS OF CONSTRUCTION:
  • General introduction to prototype development processes.
  • Overview of various aspects of product development.
  • PROTOTYPE PRODUCTION:
  • Hands-on experience in the workshop, independent of specific construction tasks.
  • Get to know material processing and technologies.
  • TESTS AND EVALUATION:
  • Application of project management methods to real scenarios.
  • Testing and evaluation of prototypes in practical environments
  • FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROTOTYPES:
  • Adjustments and optimizations based on the experience gained
  • Presentation of the prototypes and their development.

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students can effectively organize interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • They can develop, plan and implement concepts for product developments.
  • They can successfully apply project management methods.
  • They can present results and processes convincingly.
  • They can gain practical experience in workshop work and in handling various materials and technologies.
  • They can produce and test prototypes.
  • They can critically evaluate and improve the developed prototypes.

Grading through:

  • project work

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Dr. Georg Schildbach

Teacher:

Literature:

  • Feldhusen, Jörg; Grote, Karl-Heinrich : Pahl/Beitz Konstruktionslehre : Methoden und Anwendung erfolgreicher Produktentwicklung Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag, 2013
  • Dombrowski, Uwe : Lean Development: Aktueller Stand und zukünftige Entwicklungen Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag, 2015

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Successful completion of one of two project assignments as specified at the beginning of the semester

Module examination(s):
- PS3310-L1: Interdisciplinary prototype development winter semester, project work, 40% of the (non-existent) module grade
- PS3310-L2: Interdisciplinary prototype development summer semester, project work, 60% of the (non-existent) module grade


The module takes place at the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences.

Last Updated:

02.10.2025