- 3EM5SCS6

Goal(s)

Over the course of a full week, four teams of around eight students each compete to respond to a challenge set by a client (a local business or socio-economic organisation) with the most innovative and creative solutions possible. Eight challenges are presented to the students, who express their preferences, leading to their assignment of a specific challenge.

Several educational objectives:

• Apply the concepts and methods of the sustainable design module to a real-world problem
• Work, collaborate and organise themselves as a large team on a real-world problem
• Design, scale and build a prototype solution to the chosen problem
• Discover and utilise methods of innovation, creativity and design in a real-world situation with real clients
• Raise students’ awareness of the societal challenges of tomorrow and make the school a socio-economic actor engaged at a local level

The driving force behind this seminar is the satisfaction of having worked as a group and produced a useful solution for clients involved in social or environmental entrepreneurship, using creative methods.

Responsible(s)

Stephane GUILLET

Content(s)

Sustainable Design Week is structured around guided sessions and periods of independent work.
The programme lasts six days:

• One day to kick off the week
• Five days of intensive work to design, scale and build a solution for their clients.

The programme is structured around:

• An immersion phase with stakeholders to clearly identify the obstacles (scientific, economic, sociological, philosophical, etc.)
• A brainstorming phase to seek innovative solutions
• Several rounds of design and sizing discussions with the challenge proposers and future users to improve the initial solution
• The practical construction of a demonstrator using the school’s Fablab facilities
• A deliverable provided to the client who proposed the challenge, setting out the design specifications
• A pitch to be prepared for the final round held on the last day, during which various prizes will be awarded

Open-mindedness, professionalism, commitment

Test

Session 1
Continuous assessment (CC1) :
Final assessment (ET1) : each group in a challenge must submit a deliverable (video, descriptions, booklet, instructions, etc.) to the customer showing the solution they have created. Each group present the project to the customer and the coach of the challenge.

Session 2
Final exam (ET2): new assessment (ET2) to replace session 1 assessment (ET1)
Continous assessment (CC2): no resit for continuous assessment, session 1 assessment retained (CC1=CC2)

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

• Curriculum - Master of Engineering GEE - Semester 5-6
• Curriculum - Year 1 Engineering Bachelor Degree - Semester 5

Additional Information

Course ID : 3EM5SCS6
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Bibliography

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