Overview of the design process and innovative approaches in product design. Concurrent engineering as a product development approach. Design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and service. Computer aided process planning. Product design and analysis tools ¿ Solid Modelling and Finite Element Analysis. Analysis Types: Static, Dynamic, Stress, Thermal, Contact stress, Buckling, Fatigue. Design Optimisation, Processing and Post processing - theoretical and practical issues. Practical Case studies: static stress analysis, modal analysis, thermal analysis, basic fluid/structure interaction analysis. Use of the SolidWorks Simulation software package.