Innovation and failure in mechatronics design education

Edward Simpson; David Bradley; Peter Hehenberger

Innovation and failure in mechatronics design education

Edward Simpson, David Bradley, Peter Hehenberger

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Innovative engineering design always has associated with it the risk of failure, and it is the role of the design engineer to mitigate the possibilities of failure in the final system. Education should however provide a safe space for students to both innovate and to learn about and from failures. However, pressures on course designers and students can result in their adopting a conservative, and risk averse, approach to problem solving. The paper therefore considers the nature of both innovation and failure, and looks at how these might be effectively combined within mechatronics design education.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reinventing mechatronics
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of Mechatronics 2018
Editors	Xiu-Tian Yan, David Bradley, Philip Moore
Place of Publication	Glasgow
Publisher	University of Strathclyde Publishing
Pages	17-24
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781909522374
Publication status	Published - 30 Sep 2018
Event	Mechatronics 2018 - Reinventing Mechatronics: 16th Mechatronics Forum International Conference - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Sep 2018 → 21 Sep 2018 Conference number: 16 http://mechatronicsforum.co.uk/

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Conference	Mechatronics 2018 - Reinventing Mechatronics
Abbreviated title	Mechatronics 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	19/09/18 → 21/09/18
Internet address	http://mechatronicsforum.co.uk/

Keywords

Engineering design
Innovation
Failure
Education
Curriculum design

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Innovation and failure in mechatronics design education. / Simpson, Edward; Bradley, David; Hehenberger, Peter.

Reinventing mechatronics: Proceedings of Mechatronics 2018. ed. / Xiu-Tian Yan; David Bradley; Philip Moore. Glasgow : University of Strathclyde Publishing, 2018. p. 17-24.

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