IB Design Technology HL1 (Period 1) Assignments

IB Design Technology (IBDT) exposes students to a broad range of principles from various engineering disciplines.  Students will be exposed to general engineering topics that pertain to all aspects of engineering.  Students who have interest in become mechanical, civil, manufacturing, aerospace, industrial, materials and environmental engineers will all benefit greatly from this course.  The course will cover the design process in great detail, including product innovation, green design and product development.  Students will learn to use CAD software as a tool for design.  Using Solid Works, students will learn to create part files, engineering drawings and assembly files.  Finite Element Analysis software will be introduced to students and they will learn the basic operation.   A broad range of materials and their properties will be studied and students will learn how they are applied to different engineering projects.   Mechanisms such as lever, pulleys, gears, screws, wheels and inclined planes will be studied and investigated.  Manufacturing techniques, computer aided manufacturing and computer numerical control will all be studied and students will have an opportunity to operate industry standard equipment.  Upon completion of this course, students should have a strong foundation of engineering principles to build upon once they reach a college or university engineering program.