Design for Manufacturing (D4m)

Diablo Valley College’s (DVC) industrial design program addresses the workforce needs of the design and manufacturing sector with the design for manufacturing(D4m) certificate of achievement. The program courses provide current digital fabrication skills, while providing a foundation of traditional manufacturing.Students will also learn the design process and rapid prototyping techniques required by the field of industrial design as well as business marketing skills.

Graduates of the design for manufacturing (D4m) program may be employed in jobs that include production occupations, engineering occupations, assemblers and fabricators, engineering technicians, computer controlled machine operators, rapid prototyping for product design, and within research and development (R&D) fields. Students will gain the skills necessary to create 3D CAD models, program computer numerical control (CNC) manufac­turing equipment,and operate traditional machinery such as lathes, mills, drill presses and precision measuring devices. Students completing this program will also be candidates for a broad range of manufacturing and corporate jobs requiring a com­bination of technical knowledge and the skills needed to collaborate between marketing, design, engineering, and manufacturing.

The design for manufacturing (D4m) certificate of achievement program shares coursework with both the machining and mechanical engineering technology and industrial design certificate programs. To earn the certificate of achievement, students must complete each of the courses required for the major with a “C” grade or higher.

Program Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1.     analyze markets, marketing strategy, the marketing environment, and the marketing mix variables of product, price, promotion, and distribution.

2.     work within a team of diverse industry professionals to establish and meet design criteria.

3.     develop detailed technical drawings of a product.

4.     determine the most efficient and responsible manufactur­ing method for products.

5.     manufacture an object from a given drawing using ma­chine tools.

6.     prototype an object from a given technical drawing or three-dimensional CAD model.

7.     design and prototype mechanical parts under the super­vision of engineers.

     8. use computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) and com­puter numerical control (CNC) software for automation of manufacturing.

Unduplicated Headcount	Projected Annual FTES	Annual Completers

Year 1	FA	30	SP	30	Year 1	1	30
Year 2	FA	30	SP	30	Year 2	1	30

Program Goal: Occupational Skill Development

Diablo Valley College’s (DVC) Industrial Design and Engineering Technology programs are seeking to meet the job needs of the growing high-tech manufacturing sector by offering students and our industry partners a design for manufacturing (D4m) certificate of achievement. This D4m certificate combines existing advanced manufacturing courses with DVC’s established industrial design discipline. The combined design and advanced manufacturing curricula has been aligned to provide the latest digital fabrication and CNC machining skills, while also teaching design methodology and rapid prototyping techniques inherent to the field of industrial design. In addition to select courses from DVC’s industrial design and machining for mechanical engineering technology, a business marketing course is included within the D4m certificate of achievement.  No new courses will be developed.

Already addressed in Catalog Description above.

Course	Title	Units	Year (1, 2, or both)	Fall
BUSMK-256	Marketing	3	1	X
ENGTC-119	Introduction to Technical Drawing	3	1	X
ENGTC-129	Product Design Using SolidWorks	3	2	X
ENGTC-165	Machining and Manufacturing I	3	1
ENGTC-168	Introduction to Computer Numerical Control	3	2	X
IDSGN-120	Introduction to Industrial and Product Design	3	1	X
IDSGN-121	Industrial and Product Design Foundations	3	1
IDSGN-137	Digital Fabrication and Prototyping	3	1
IDSGN-105	Assembly and Fabrication Workshop	2	1
IDSGN-107	Furniture Design Studio	2	1	X
ENGTC-226	Computer Aided Drafting Design, Advanced Concepts – AutoCAD	3	1
IDSGN-220	Soft Goods Product Design Studio	4	2	X
IDSGN-221	Transportation Design Studio	4	2	X

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The program is a reconfiguration of existing coursework: By combining the disciplines of both DVC’s industrial design and machining & mechanical engineering technology programs, students completing the design for manufacturing certificate will be have the technical skills required to gain employment develop new products and working prototypes. As such, no impacts to other programs in the region are anticipated.