Open Access

Stefan Junk

• Additive manufacturing (AM) has become increasingly popular in recent decades and is now used in many fields. This increases the need for lectures and courses at universities to provide future engineers with the necessary knowledge for product development and design for additive manufacturing (DfAM). In this paper, a “rapid prototyping workshop” is presented to provide students with the technicalAdditive manufacturing (AM) has become increasingly popular in recent decades and is now used in many fields. This increases the need for lectures and courses at universities to provide future engineers with the necessary knowledge for product development and design for additive manufacturing (DfAM). In this paper, a “rapid prototyping workshop” is presented to provide students with the technical and design skills for product development using additive manufacturing. In this workshop, this knowledge is imparted by means of the development of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Based on a literature review, the state of the art will be analyzed using previous approaches to integrating additive manufacturing into teaching using UAVs. Subsequently, a new approach is presented in which two groups of Master's students design and additively manufacture a UAV. The students learn a methodical approach to adapt the design of the UAV's components to different requirements, to connect the components and to select suitable materials. The implementation of the new design will use different tools, such as morphological box and finite element simulation. The results show the successful implementation of two different design approaches in compliance with the requirements. Assessment of the learning outcomes of this course will be through student feedback.…