2134/18683 Guy Bingham Guy Bingham Darren Southee Darren Southee Thomas Page Thomas Page Meeting the expectation of industry: an integrated approach for the teaching of mechanics and electronics to design students Loughborough University 2015 Design education Electronics Engineering design Industrial design Mechanics Product design Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified Education 2015-09-09 15:32:11 Journal contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Meeting_the_expectation_of_industry_an_integrated_approach_for_the_teaching_of_mechanics_and_electronics_to_design_students/9346769 This paper examines the traditional engineering-based provision delivered to Product Design and Technology (B.Sc.) undergraduates at the Loughborough Design School and questions its relevancy against the increasing expectations of industry. The paper reviews final-year design projects to understand the level of transference of engineering-based knowledge into design practice and highlights areas of opportunity for improved teaching and learning. The paper discusses the development and implementation of an integrated approach to the teaching of Mechanics and Electronics to formalise and reinforce the key learning process of transference within the design context. The paper concludes with observations from the delivery of this integrated teaching and offers insights from student and academic perspectives for the further improvement of engineering-based teaching and learning.