Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering 

Industrial Processes
Introduction to the manufacturing processes for the different families of materials: ceramics, metals, polymers and compounds. From molds to additive manufacturing, through machining, injection or cold forming. It delves into the technological aspects of the design and development process of a product and the technical decisions of a product, defining the materials that compose it and the manufacturing processes (ENG).

Structural Calculation
Sizing structural elements subjected to combined efforts, analyzing mechanical systems (products) and evaluating the loads that act and the efforts they cause. You will learn to calculate stresses and deformations in an elastic regime and to size elements with the appropriate safety factor, applying the failure criteria corresponding to each material.

Statistical Methods
Methodology to perform statistical calculations in the descriptive and inferential area. Properly apply data collection methods, work with random variables and be able to define probability distributions. Creation of confidence intervals to guarantee the reliability of the data, linear regression techniques and correlation to make hypotheses from the collected data.

Graphic Expression
Bases for graphic communication with drawing techniques in sketches and CAD programs. Starting point to achieve the knowledge of graphic representation in engineering through the creation of industrial assemblies and the breakdown of their components, including the representation applying the regulations by manufacturing plans, tolerances and finishes.

Design and Experimentation Project
Introduction to the project from the most exploratory and experimental side, with scientific knowledge as the starting point of the investigation. The role of technical documentation of scientific research for the justification of the decisions made will be deepened. A briefing or problem to be solved is proposed to implement project techniques and methodologies that allow reaching a solid value proposition.

Materials Technology
Study and understand the principles that govern the behavior of matter from an optical, thermodynamic and fluidic point of view. Analysis of optical phenomena such as reflection and refraction, dispersion and polarization with existing materials. Heat transmission: conduction, induction, convection and radiation, as well as the fundamental notions of fluids and their behavior on a micro and macro scale.

Computer Aided Manufacturing
Design of products for their manufacture and assembly: design of parts for the production process, solving the systems of unions and mechanical assemblies of the product. Generation of the corresponding technical documentation. Industrial technologies and digitization systems for manufacturing will be studied in depth.

Technology and Interaction
Technology and user experience. Methodologies for concretion of the architecture of interactive products, systems and services, to attend to the entire life cycle: usability, functionality, manufacturing, distribution and rejection. User experience techniques to make design decisions, adapting the product to the different cultural, social, economic, ethical and gender perspective (ENG) realities.

Management of Technological Projects
Learn different business models, ways of managing a project and market research. Techniques for managing teams and leading departments. Tools and resources to delegate tasks and monitor objectives. Emphasis on management with a gender perspective.

Development and Sustainability Project
Introduction to industrial ecology projects through the application of sustainable, economic and social analysis techniques, applied in the life cycle of a product, system and/or service. Study of existing methodologies and current regulations, and preparation of documentation for technical feasibility.

Advanced Materials
Study of the different families of materials (ceramic, metallic and polymeric) within a framework of sustainability and circularity of materials. Design and development of circular technical materials through the revaluation of waste. Creation of new materials suitable for additive manufacturing or the creation of composites.

Simulation
Optimization of the mechanical behavior of a product with simulation tools. Analysis of complex mechanical mechanisms and systems, dimensioned for their function and to comply with the corresponding safety factor. Definition of the boundary conditions and material properties with simulation tools, to obtain the
product stresses and displacements.

Mechatronics and Robotics
History of robotics. Definition of the technologies associated with robotics, as well as the different types of robots, and domestic and industrial applications. Knowledge of complex mechanisms, analysis of forces, speeds and degrees of freedom, analysis of critical positions, optimization of mechanisms and technical redesign applied to robotics.

Elective
To choose 1 subject (see the end of the study plan)*

Electives
To choose 4 subjects (see the end of the study plan)*

Design Research
Introduction to research through design, scientific research techniques and tools applicable to the design and development of a project. Search methodologies of the design process taking into account the different cultural, social, economic, ethical and gender realities. The context of application will be the previous investigation of the Final Degree Project with the aim of guiding the first explorations and reaching a value proposition (ENG).

External Intersnships I and II
Application of the knowledge and skills obtained during the degree in a professional environment, whether in institutions, companies, or technological and/or research centers. Development and reflection on professional identity in a practical way and in context.

Elective
To choose 1 subject (see the end of the study plan)*

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Definition and development of a business plan for the Final Degree Project or any other project created at school or personally. Analysis of its life cycle, assessing its industrial, business organization, financing and profitability implications in the current legal-fiscal framework, to achieve a successful situation (ENG).

Communication & Academic Writing
Tools and strategies for visual, oral and written communication of a project, aimed at the scientific community and society in general. Application in the Final Degree Project or any other project to be developed, both at an academic and business level (ENG).

Final Degree Project
Development of the Final Degree Project that starts from an own proposal or collaboration with institutions, companies or research centers. It will have a theoretical foundation, a research methodology, a formal and technical development, an economic feasibility study and a final documentation and exhibition.

Simulation Project
Management and development of a real engineering project through virtual validation of the product. Application of digital technologies used by the industry, and emerging simulation tools that support manufacturing, assembly and use.

Structural and Multiphysics Simulation
Design based on simulation and finite element analysis. Structural simulation as a validation and design tool. Design generation from topological optimization and multiphysics simulation.

Kinematics and Dynamics Simulation
Creation of complex kinematic connections of mechanical system. Evaluation of the technical requirements necessary for the design and operation of a product. Interpretation and evaluation of the results obtained in a kinematic and dynamic simulation of a mechanism. Optimization of the movement of a product.

Implementation and Technical Development
Management of the product life cycle during its development, technical validation and production through a practical case. Industrial implementation based on the development for the manufacture, function and assembly of components, under the standards of manufacturing processes and quality.

Data Project
Integration in the company of a process of innovation and control of the productive system to be competitive in the current changing context. Application of the processes to experiment and validation of the integration of innovation, in order to make the right decisions, implement them and organize human teams.

Manufacturing and Intelligent Systems
Digital technologies for the development, manufacture and distribution of a product, system and service. Application in the contexts of industry 4.0, the maker world and the new digital crafts.

Connected Ecosystems
Fundamentals of communication between devices (wifi, bluetooth or radio frequency communication). Creation of architectures for the management of data captured by sensors and processing of this information with basic artificial intelligence systems.

Data Analysis and Visualization
Tools for the analysis and correct visualization of the data, in a panorama in which there is more and more information. Creation of different visualizations and representations, with an artistic approach.

Materials Project
Design and development of a product (or applied technology) from a material and its properties. Creation of a functional prototype that integrates the investigated material, the integral communication of the investigation and the results in a scientific, cultural, social and economic context.

Design and Biomaterials
Study and experimentation with materials of biological origin and/or materials suitable for biological interaction (or biomaterials). Introduction to advanced biological materials, implantation in living systems, and tissue engineering. 3D and 4D printing for the digital fabrication of tissues and living systems. Natural microstructures and nanomaterials.

Sustainability and Regeneration
Holistic vision of sustainability and in-depth analysis of the life cycle of a product, system or service. Data interpretation of the ecological, economic and social impact of the design process. Manufacture and use of products, systems and services as a principle to regenerate the local economic, social and industrial fabric.

Hybrid and Sensory Materials
Exploration and creation of hybrid materials, combining organic and inorganic materials. Learning techniques such as screen printing, printed electronics, textiles and additive manufacturing. Exploration of outer layers with interactive properties on the body in the form of wearables and second skins.

Crossover Project
Development of transversal projects with teams of various specialties (ENG).

Graphic Design Project
Learning the structure of the phases of a graphic design project.

Product Design Project
Approach to speculative and technological product design.

Space Design Project
Development of methodologies that allow defining the design project of public spaces in its different phases.

Interactive Experience Design Project
Review of concepts and theoretical perspectives and tour of interactive projects.

Processes and Materials Workshop: Graphic Design
Advanced text composition, grid and font design.

Processes and Materials Workshop: Product Design
Theoretical-practical exercises to learn about and experience new industrial processes and materials and digital manufacturing technologies.

Processes and Materials Workshop: Design of Spaces
Details and construction systems, control of the sustainability of a project (environmental impact and well-being).

Processes and Materials Workshop: Design of Interactive Experiences
Conceptualization, design and creative programming of an interactive prototype.