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Engineering Problem Solving

Mérnöki problémamegoldás
A tantárgyleírás hatályossága
Hatályosság kezdete:
2026. March 21.
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Subject name (Hungarian, English)
Mérnöki problémamegoldás
Engineering Problem Solving
Subject code BMEVIVEAK48
Subject type
Training Level
Course types and hours (weekly/semester)
Course type lecture tutorial laboratory
hours (weekly) 2 0 0
type (linked/independent)
Assessment type félévközi érdemjegy
Credits 2
Subject coordinator
DR. Farkas László
Responsible department
Villamos Energetika Tanszék
Faculty Villamosmérnöki és Informatikai Kar
Subject website
Primary curriculum type
Direct prerequisites – Strong prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Weak prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Parallel prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Milestone prerequisite none
Direct prerequisites – Exclusion none

Objectives

Programme

Week 1: Introduction, definitions, purpose and relationships of engineering problem solving (PS), its role in innovation

Week 2: The EC2000 engineering standard and its parts, the place of problem solving in engineering practice

Week 3: Requirements, forms of engineering documentation, sources of information

Week 4: The problem-solving cycle, parameters, constraints and limitations

Week 5: Basics of decision support and product development methods used in the PS cycle (e.g. Analytic Hierarchy Process, Quality Function Deployment, Pugh method)

Week 6: Problem solving cycle case study (Superconducting Energy Storage Flywheel design)

Week 7: Psychological factors, their interpretation, critical thinking. Personal conditions of the PS, team and group work, skills and abilities to help solve the problem

Week 8: Basic methods of finding new solutions, the role of contradictions, ways to resolve them

Week 9: Methods for improving solutions

Week 10: Methods and tools of conceptual design. The role, content and structure of engineering feasibility studies. Engineering feasibility case study (measurement of torque of a valve drive)

Week 11: Practice - Defining the Problem

Week 12: Practice - from requirements to specification

Week 13: Practice - searching for ideas and solutions

Week 14: Practice - evaluation, concept outline

The problems that arise and need to be solved in industry require a broad vision, appropriate engineering knowledge, open and creative thinking. Based on this need, the course provides practical and theoretical knowledge, solution methodologies, develops practical engineering skills and abilities, usually through examples. The case studies present the technical background of the developments, the problems to be solved, the development of the conceptual plan of the solutions, the realization of solution alternatives, i.e. the whole process of engineering problem solving. The goal of engineering problem solving (PS) is to create new technical solutions to engineering problems. Problem solving involves many areas that engineers need to know: searching and selecting problems, breaking down complex problems into parts, exploring history (literature search), finding, selecting and optimizing suitable solution alternatives, checking the solution, and developing a conceptual plan. The course introduces the theoretical foundations and methods of engineering problem solving through presented case studies based on electrical engineering practice. The subject is accompanied by homework, in which students process an engineering problem and create a conceptual plan to solve it.

Learning outcomes

Ez a tantárgy a KKK rendeletben meghatározott, következő kompetenciák fejlesztését szolgálja:

Knowledge

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Attitudes

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Autonomy and responsibility

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Oktatási módszertan

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Recommended preliminary knowledge for completing the subject

Knowledge type competencies
(azon előzetes ismeretek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)
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Skill type competencies
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Recommended (non-compulsory) preliminary competencies
(azon ajánlott (nem kötelező) előzetesen megszerzendő kompetenciák összessége, amelyek jelentősen hozzájárulnak a tantárgy eredményes teljesítéséhez)
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General rules
Követelmények: A szorgalmi időszakban: 1 db zárthelyi és 1 db házifeladat sikeres teljesítése. A félévközi jegy a két ellenőrzés osztályzatának átlaga. Pótlási lehetőségek: A házifeladat az utolsó tanítási hét végéig adható be. A zárthelyi pótlására lehetőséget biztosítunk a szorgalmi időszakban.
Assessment methods
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Grade calculation

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Rules for retake and resubmission

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