T_[m N[m_:

R_port [n^ Pr_s_nt[tion M[rks:

a b b*a/4
Part Category Score Weight LO *PO Marks
(/4) (%) (%)
A1 (Intro) Problem Definition 1 LO5 PO8a
Root Cause Analysis 1 LO5 PO8a
TRIZ Engineering Contradictions 1 LO5 PO8a
Solution Models & Concepts 3 LO5 PO8b
Final Concept 2 LO5 PO8b
B (Springs & Other Complex Fundamentals) Presentation Content 4 LO1 PO11
Peer Review 3.5 LO1 PO11
C (Seals & Other Complex Fundamentals) Presentation Content 4 LO4 PO11
Peer Review 3.5 LO4 PO11
D (Drive Transmissions & Other Complex Design Analyses) 7.5 LO2 PO4
E (Gear Design & Other Complex Design Analyses) 7.5 LO3 PO4
A2 (Final Design & Conclusion) Material Selection & Size Approximations 5 LO5 PO8a
3D Model and Detailed Design 5 LO5 PO8b
Impact of Solution to Society & Environment 2 LO5 PO8a
Total Marks, (/50 %)
*PO4: Design solutions for complex engineering problems that meet specified needs with relevant considerations of their impacts in society
*PO8a: Understand importance of sustainability in design & development of professional engineering solutions, & its impacts in societal & environmental contexts
*PO8b:Understand importance of cost-effectiveness in design & development of professional engineering solutions, & its impacts in societal & environmental contexts
*PO11: Function effectively as an individual, & as a member or leader in a team

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2
3
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Summ[ry of M[rks (By LO [n^ PO):
LO: Marks by LO (%): PO: Marks by PO (%):
LO1 PO4
LO2 PO8
LO3 PO11
LO4
LO5

Coor^in[tor: Ir. Dr. Ng PK

 EME 2026: Engineering Design II

Design Project (50%)

Read through the following problem statement for your design project.

Recent research has indicated that long-term computer usage can be physically disabling. Long-
term computer users can develop a wrist condition called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Design a
device than can be attached to a keyboard that eases the stress on the wrists. The device cannot be
any larger than two cubic feet, cost no more than RM 100.

No physical prototype is required for the project, but you are expected to create a 3D model using
CAD software along with detailed drawings, prepare for oral presentations and a report.

Although there may be existing solutions available in the market, you are not allowed to follow
them 100%. You are required to use TRIZ techniques when developing your concepts in order to
arrive to an innovative solution. If existing parts or machines are used to support your overall
design, you are supposed to design them and do the necessary calculations for them, and not just
declare that you buy them and plug and play them into your design. If it includes a simple motors
or basic devices, you may declare that you purchase them for your design, but you are not allowed
to have every single part of your design purchased with minimal (or no) design involved.

The ideas of your design need not be solely based on the syllabus of Engineering Design II (Springs,
Drive Transmissions, Gears etc). The ideas of your design can also incorporate complex
engineering analysis from different areas in mechanical engineering (Applied Statics, Applied
Dynamics, Engineering Graphics, Strength of Materials, Engineering Design I, etc). However,
there are parts of your assignments where you need to justify why you chose not to use (or chose
to use) the Engineering Design II elements in your design.

This project is a team project and should include no more than 5 students per team. The teams will
be divided within your respective tutorial groups. As such, nobody is allowed to switch tutorial
groups. If you are not able to make it for your tutorial/studio sessions, please make sure you have
approval from FET office to be absent during your tutorial session and do not switch to another
forthcoming tutorial group after your session. Any team who has more than 5 members will be
penalised.

For this project, each team is required to present for 15 minutes for the following occasions:
1. Progress Report Presentation 1 (7.5%)
2. Progress Report Presentation 2 (7.5%)

Your presentation will be graded based on a rubrics assessment and it will be worth 15% in total.
The presentation will be reviewed by the instructor and some of your peers. At the end of this
course, you are required to submit a report which will be worth 35% in total. The report should be

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more than 50 pages (Font type: Times New Roman, Font size: 12, Line spacing: 1.5 pt, Spacing
before/after line: None, Report binding style: Stapled). Please use the DESIGN PROJECT
COVER template provided to your team. All in all, the total marks for this whole project will
be 50% (15% project presentation and 35% project report).

All in all, your project should include the following parts (some parts involve hardcopy report
format. Some parts involve hardcopy presentation slides format, meaning only presentation is to
be done and no report is to be submitted, but hardcopy slides should be printed and submitted to
instructor on same day of presentation):

Part A1: Introduction (8%) Hardcopy Report

a. Problem definition
b. Root cause analysis
c. TRIZ engineering contradictions
d. Solution models and concepts
e. Final concept

Part B: Springs and Other Complex Engineering Fundamentals (7.5%) Hardcopy

Presentation Slides

Part C: Seals and Other Complex Engineering Fundamentals (7.5%) Hardcopy

Presentation Slides

Part D: Drive Transmissions and Other Complex Engineering Design Analyses (7.5%)
Hardcopy Report

Part E: Gear Design and Other Complex Engineering Design Analyses (7.5%) Hardcopy
Report

Part A2: Final Design and Conclusion (12%) Hardcopy Report

f. Material selection and size approximations
g. 3D model and detailed design
h. Impact of solution to society and environment

The studio sessions (as specified in the lecture plan) are to help you with the progress of this project.
Please present your progresses during these sessions and ask SPECIFIC, LOGICAL and
REASONABLE questions that you are sure you need help on during the studio session.

Do not ask us to verify if your design or your method is correct or not! Please do not ask questions
such as "how do I do this project/chapter?", "is it correct if I design it this way", "what information

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do I need to get good marks?", "where can I get the formula for this relation?", "what does this
word mean?" or "how do I calculate this?" These are questions you should ask yourselves and
discuss with your team members or use GOOGLE. It is better to do some background work on the
topic first, come up with a draft and then show it to the lecturer.

Before asking a question by e-mail, social media, in class or during consultation, it is suggested
that you do the following:

Try to find an answer by searching the archives of the university's library.

Try to find an answer by searching the Web.
Try to find an answer by reading a handbook, manual, research book or research article.
Try to find an answer by inspection, observation, survey or experimentation.
Try to find an answer by discussing with your team members.

Please be informed that the instructor has the right to deduct any amount of marks from
your report if it does not adhere to all of the above instructions. The deadline to submit your
design report (according to the lecture plan) is by Week 14 during your team's respective
presentation time. Any team that submits their report after their presentation will be penalised with
the deduction of a substantial amount of marks.

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EngineeringDesignII TotalPO4(%) 15 MappedtoLO2&LO3 PO4: Design solutions for complex engineering problems that meet specified needs with relevant considerations of their impacts in society

Assignment(50%) TotalPO8a(%) 10 MappedtoLO5 PO8a: Understand importance of sustainability in design & development of professional engineering solutions, & its impacts in societal & environmental contexts
TotalPO8b(%) 10 MappedtoLO5 PO8b: Understand importance of cost-effectiveness in design & development of professional engineering solutions, & its impacts in societal & environmental contexts
TotalPO11(%) 15 MappedtoLO1&LO4 PO11: Function effectively as an individual, & as a member or leader in a team
Total(%) 50

AssignmentPartsand% CATEGORY Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unacceptable Score Weightage LO PO Complex Knowledge
POINTRANGE 4 3 2 1 0 (%) Covered Covered Engineering Profile
PartA1 ProblemDefinition Thissectionprovidedadetailed Aproblemwasdefinedandthere Aproblemwasdefinedandtherewas Therewasnoclearmainproblem Nomainproblemor 4 1 LO5 PO8a WP2
(Introduction8%) preliminaryideaofwhatthemain wasabriefexplanationontheideaor averybriefexplanationontheideaor definitionseenforthissection,and background
problemisandsomebackground. backgroundofthemainproblem. backgroundofthemainproblem. justasimpleshortbackgroundwrite reportedatall.
Report upwaspresented.
(HardcopyReport
RootCauseAnalysis Adetailedrootcauseanalysiswas Arootcauseanalysiswasdonewitha Asimplerootcauseanalysiswasdone Arootcauseanalysisthatwasfartoo Norootcause 4 1 LO5 PO8a WP2
Submission)
donewithseveralbranchesofcauses fewbranchesofcausesfromthe withasinglebranchofcausesfromthe simplewaspresented.Norootcause analysisdoneatall.
fromthemainproblem.Attheend,a mainproblem.Attheend,asingle mainproblem.Attheend,asingleroot wasidentifiedorevenlinkedtothe
singlerootcausewassingledout rootcausewassingledoutthrough causewassingledoutthrough engineeringcontradictionstatementin
throughbrainstormingandelimination brainstormingandeliminationof brainstormingandeliminationofother thenextstep.
ofothercauses.Strongjustifications othercauses.Briefjustificationswere causes.Nojustificationswereprovided
wereprovidedfortheeliminationof providedfortheeliminationofeach fortheeliminationofeachcause.The
eachcause.Therootcauseidentified cause.Therootcauseidentifiedwas rootcauseidentifiedwaslinkedtothe
waslinkedtotheengineering linkedtotheengineering engineeringcontradictionstatementin
contradictionstatementinthenext contradictionstatementinthenext thenextstep.
step. step.

TRIZEngineering Basedontherootcause,an Basedontherootcause,an Basedontherootcause,an Theengineeringcontradiction Noengineering 4 1 LO5 PO8a WP2

Contradictions engineeringcontradictionstatement engineeringcontradictionstatement engineeringcontradictionstatement statementwasnotlinkedwithanyTRIZ contradiction
wasformed.Theengineering wasformed.Theengineering wasformed.Theengineering systemparameters. statementatall.
contradictionstatementwaslinked contradictionstatementwaslinked contradictionstatementwaslinked
with45setsofTRIZsystem with23setsofTRIZsystem withonlyonesetofTRIZsystem
parameters. parameters. parameters.

SolutionModelsand BasedonseveralsetsofTRIZsystem
Concepts parameterschosen,45setsofTRIZ
inventiveprincipleswerechosenfrom
theTRIZcontradictionmatrix.Based
onthesetsofinventiveprinciples,45
conceptswerecreatedtoresolvethe
engineeringcontradiction.Adetailed
conceptselectionwascarriedout
(withconsiderationofcostanalysisof
theconcepts)inordertoselectthe
bestconcept.
BasedonafewsetsofTRIZsystem BasedonasinglesetofTRIZsystem Therewasnoclearsolutionmodelthat Nosolutionmodels 4 3 LO5 PO8b WP1 WK5
parameterschosen,23setsofTRIZ parameterschosen,onlyonesetof ledtotheconceptthatresolvesthe orconceptsatall.
inventiveprincipleswerechosen TRIZinventiveprincipleswerechosen engineeringcontradictionorthemain
fromtheTRIZcontradictionmatrix. fromtheTRIZcontradictionmatrix. problem.
Basedonthesetsofinventive Basedonthatonesetofprinciples,1
principles,23conceptswerecreated conceptwascreatedtoresolvethe
toresolvetheengineering engineeringcontradiction.Noconcept
contradiction.Abriefconcept selectionwascarriedout.
selectionwascarriedout(with
considerationofcostanalysisofthe
concepts)inordertoselectthebest
concept.

FinalConcept Adraftofthefinalconceptwas Adraftofthefinalconceptwas Aneatsketchofthefinalconceptwas Aroughsketchofthefinalconceptwas Nofinalconceptor 4 2 LO5 PO8b WP1 WK5
appropriatelyprepared.Therewasa appropriatelyprepared.Therewasa prepared.Therewasabriefdiscussion prepared.Therewasanextremely discussionatall.
detaileddiscussiononhowthe briefdiscussiononhowthesolution onhowthesolutionworksandhow briefdiscussionononhowthesolution
solutionworksandhowbeneficialor worksandhowbeneficialorcost beneficialorcosteffectiveitis worksandhowbeneficialorcost
costeffectiveitiscomparedtoother effectiveitiscomparedtoother comparedtoothertypesofexisting effectiveitiscomparedtoothertypes
typesofexistingsolutionsinthe typesofexistingsolutionsinthe solutionsinthemarket. ofexistingsolutionsinthemarket.
market. market.
AssignmentPartsand% CATEGORY Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unacceptable Score Weightage LO PO Complex Knowledge
POINTRANGE 4 3 2 1 0 (%) Covered Covered Engineering Profile
PartB PresentationContent Excellentargumentswereprovidedon Goodargumentswereprovidedon Satisfactoryargumentswereprovided Poorargumentswereprovidedon Didnotdothe 4 4 LO1 PO11 WP3
(SpringsandOther whetherspringswereusableas whetherspringswereusableas onwhetherspringswereusableas whetherspringswereusableas presentationatall.
ComplexEngineering mechanismsforthesolution.Ifsprings mechanismsforthesolution.If mechanismsforthesolution.Ifsprings mechanismsforthesolution.Withthe
Fundamentals7.5%) wereused,detailedengineering springswereused,briefengineering wereused,briefengineeringanalyses optionofsprings,therewere
analysesonspringsweretobe analysesonspringsweretobe onspringsweretobepresentedin extremelybriefengineeringanalyses
Presentation presentedinregardtothesolution.If presentedinregardtothesolution.If regardtothesolution.Ifother presentedinregardtothesolution.
(PhysicalPresentation othermechanismswereusedforthe othermechanismswereusedforthe mechanismswereusedforthe Withtheoptionofothermechanisms
andHardcopySlides solutioninsteadofsprings,then solutioninsteadofsprings,thenbrief solutioninsteadofsprings,thenbrief insteadofsprings,therewerealso
Submission) detailedengineeringanalysesfor engineeringanalysesforthese engineeringanalysesforthese extremelybriefengineeringanalyses
thesemechanismsweretobe mechanismsweretobepresented. mechanismsweretobepresented. presented.Presentationwaspoor.
presented.Presentationwasvery Presentationwasgood.Q&A Presentationwassatisfactory.Q&A Q&Aperformancewaspoor.
excellentandsmooth.Q&A performancewasgood. performancewassatisfactory.
performancewasexcellent.

PeerReview Verysmoothpresentation,thorough Smoothpresentation,explanationof Smoothpresentation,some Wordswerenotclear,noexplanation Therewasnopeer 4 3.5 LO1 PO11 WP3
explanationandstrongexamples,no studieswithsomeexamples explanationprovided,littlereference onthestudy,alwayslookingatnotes. reviewdoneatall.
referencetonotes,goodeyecontact. provided,noreferencetonotes. tonotes.Therewasamoderatelyclear Therewasnocleardirectionthatledto
Directionleadingtothemaintopic Therewasacleardirectionleadingto directionthatledtothemaintopic. themaintopic.Presenterwasunable
wasveryclear.Presenterconfidently themaintopic.Presenterresponded Presenterrespondedtoquestionswith torespondtoquestions.
respondedtoquestionswithexcellent toquestionswithgoodanswers. satisfactoryanswers.
answers.

PartC PresentationContent Excellentargumentswereprovidedon Goodargumentswereprovidedon Satisfactoryargumentswereprovided Poorargumentswereprovidedon Didnotdothe 4 4 LO4 PO11 WP3
(SealsandOtherComplex whethersealswereusableas whethersealswereusableas onwhethersealswereusableas whethersealswereusableas presentationatall.
Engineering mechanismsforthesolution.Ifseals mechanismsforthesolution.Ifseals mechanismsforthesolution.Ifseals mechanismsforthesolution.Withthe
Fundamentals7.5%) wereused,detailedengineering wereused,briefengineeringanalyses wereused,briefengineeringanalyses optionofseals,thereextremelybrief
analysesonsealsweretobe onsealsweretobepresentedin onsealsweretobepresentedin engineeringanalysespresentedin
Presentation presentedinregardtothesolution.If regardtothesolution.Ifother regardtothesolution.Ifother regardtothesolution.Withtheoption
(PhysicalPresentation othermechanismswereusedforthe mechanismswereusedforthe mechanismswereusedforthe ofothermechanismsinsteadofseals,
andHardcopySlides solutioninsteadofseals,thendetailed solutioninsteadofseals,thenbrief solutioninsteadofseals,thenbrief therewerealsoextremelybrief
Submission) engineeringanalysesforthese engineeringanalysesforthese engineeringanalysesforthese engineeringanalysespresented.
mechanismsweretobepresented. mechanismsweretobepresented. mechanismsweretobepresented. Presentationwaspoor.Q&A
Presentationwasveryexcellentand Presentationwasgood.Q&A Presentationwassatisfactory.Q&A performancewaspoor.
smooth.Q&Aperformancewas performancewasgood. performancewassatisfactory.
excellent.

PeerReview Verysmoothpresentation,thorough Smoothpresentation,explanationof Smoothpresentation,some Wordswerenotclear,noexplanation Therewasnopeer 4 3.5 LO4 PO11 WP3
explanationandstrongexamples,no studieswithsomeexamples explanationprovided,littlereference onthestudy,alwayslookingatnotes. reviewdoneatall.
referencetonotes,goodeyecontact. provided,noreferencetonotes. tonotes.Therewasamoderatelyclear Therewasnocleardirectionthatledto
Directionleadingtothemaintopic Therewasacleardirectionleadingto directionthatledtothemaintopic. themaintopic.Presenterwasunable
wasveryclear.Presenterconfidently themaintopic.Presenterresponded Presenterrespondedtoquestionswith torespondtoquestions.
respondedtoquestionswithexcellent toquestionswithgoodanswers. satisfactoryanswers.
answers.

PartD
(DriveTransmissionsandOtherComplex
EngineeringDesignAnalyses7.5%)
Report
(HardcopyReportSubmission)
Excellentargumentswereprovidedon Goodargumentswereprovidedon Satisfactoryargumentswereprovided Poorargumentswereprovidedon Nosectionreported 4 7.5 LO2 PO4 WP1 WK3
whetherdrivetransmissionswere whetherdrivetransmissionswere onwhetherdrivetransmissionswere whetherdrivetransmissionswere ontheuseofdrive
usableasmechanismsforthesolution. usableasmechanismsforthe usableasmechanismsforthesolution. usableasmechanismsforthesolution. transmissionsand
Ifdrivetransmissionswereused, solution.Ifdrivetransmissionswere Ifdrivetransmissionswereused,brief Withtheoptionofdrivetransmissions, othercomplex
detailedengineeringanalysesondrive used,briefengineeringanalyseson engineeringanalysesondrive therewereextremelybriefengineering engineeringdesign
transmissionsweretobereportedin drivetransmissionsweretobe transmissionsweretobereportedin analysesreportedinregardtothe analysesforthe
regardtothesolution.Ifother reportedinregardtothesolution.If regardtothesolution.Ifother solution.Withtheoptionofother solutionatall.
mechanismswereusedforthe othermechanismswereusedforthe mechanismswereusedforthe mechanismsinsteadofdrive
solutioninsteadofdrive solutioninsteadofdrive solutioninsteadofdrivetransmissions, transmissions,therewerealso
transmissions,thendetailed transmissions,thenbriefengineering thenbriefengineeringanalysesfor extremelybriefengineeringanalyses
engineeringanalysesforthese analysesforthesemechanismswere thesemechanismsweretobe reported.
mechanismsweretobereported. tobereported. reported.
AssignmentPartsand% CATEGORY Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unacceptable Score Weightage LO PO Complex Knowledge
POINTRANGE 4 3 2 1 0 (%) Covered Covered Engineering Profile
PartE Excellentargumentswereprovidedon Goodargumentswereprovidedon Satisfactoryargumentswereprovided Poorargumentswereprovidedon Nosectionreported 4 7.5 LO3 PO4 WP1 WK3
(GearDesignandOtherComplexEngineering whethergeardesignswereusableas whethergeardesignswereusableas onwhethergeardesignswereusable whethergeardesignswereusableas ontheuseofgear
DesignAnalyses7.5%) mechanismsforthesolution.Ifgear mechanismsforthesolution.Ifgear asmechanismsforthesolution.Ifgear mechanismsforthesolution.Withthe designsandother
designswereused,detailed designswereused,briefengineering designswereused,briefengineering optionofgeardesigns,therewere complex
Report engineeringanalysesongeardesigns analysesongeardesignsweretobe analysesongeardesignsweretobe extremelybriefengineeringanalyses engineeringdesign
(HardcopyReportSubmission) weretobereportedinregardtothe reportedinregardtothesolution.If reportedinregardtothesolution.If reportedinregardtothesolution. analysesforthe
solution.Ifothermechanismswere othermechanismswereusedforthe othermechanismswereusedforthe Withtheoptionofothermechanisms solutionatall.
usedforthesolutioninsteadofgear solutioninsteadofgeardesigns,then solutioninsteadofgeardesigns,then insteadofgeardesigns,therewere
designs,thendetailedengineering briefengineeringanalysesforthese briefengineeringanalysesforthese alsoextremelybriefengineering
analysesforthesemechanismswere mechanismsweretobereported. mechanismsweretobereported. analysesreported.
tobereported.

PartA2 MaterialSelectionand Therewasareliablematerialselection Therewasasufficientmaterial Therewasabriefmaterialselection Thematerialselectionprocesswas Nomaterial 4 5 LO5 PO8a WP2
(FinalDesignand SizeApproximations process.Amodeling/simulationwas selectionprocess.Size process.Sizeapproximationswere poorlydone.Sizeapproximationswere selectionorsize
Conclusion12%) donetocheckthefunctionandspatial approximationsweredonetosatisfy brieflydone.Thedimensionsand poorlyestimated.Therewasnowayto approximations
constraints.Sizeapproximationswere theproductdesignspecifications. tolerancesestimationswerenot determineifthedimensionsor werecarriedoutat
Report donetosatisfyproductdesign Thedimensionsandtoleranceswere accurate. toleranceswereaccuratelyor all.
(HardcopyReport specifications.Thedimensionsand accuratelyestimated. systematicallyestimatedornot.
Submission) toleranceswereestimatedaccurately
andsystematically.

3DModeland A3Dmodelwasshownalongwith Onlydetailed2Ddrawingsorplans Onlysimple2Ddrawingsoronlya Noproperdesigndrawingsorplans No3Dmodelor 4 5 LO5 PO8b WP1 WK5
DetailedDesign detailed2Ddrawings/plansusinga werepresentedusingCADsoftware. single3Dmodelwaspresented.The presented(ortheonesgivendonot detaileddesigns
CADsoftware.Thedrawingsare Thedrawingsarepracticalandcanbe drawingsarenotdetailedbutcanstill reflectdetaileddesign).Thedrawings shownatall.
practicalandcanbeeasilyfollowedfor easilyfollowedforfurtherfabrication bereferencedforfabricationpurposes. arenotdetailedandcannotbe
furtherfabricationandmanufacturing andmanufacturingactivity. referencedforfabricationpurposes.
activity.

ImpactofSolutionto Excellentexplanationsonthe Goodexplanationsonthesustainable Satisfactoryexplanationsonthe Poorexplanationsonthesustainable Nosectionon 4 2 LO5 PO8a WP2

Societyand sustainableimpactsofthesolutionto impactsofthesolutiontothesociety sustainableimpactsofthesolutionto impactsofthesolutiontothesociety impactofsolution
Environment thesocietyandenvironmentwere andenvironmentweregiven.Good thesocietyandenvironmentwere andenvironmentweregiven.Poor tosocietyand
given.Excellentdirectionsforfuture directionsforfutureresearchinthe given.Satisfactorydirectionsforfuture directionsforfutureresearchinthe environment
researchinthesolutionwerealso solutionwerealsoprovided. researchinthesolutionwerealso solutionwerealsoprovided. reportedatall.
provided. provided.

Markspercategory(%)=(Scoreofcategory)/4*(Weightageofcategory)% Total 50